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Here is the deal. To burn PS2 games, I need a particular kind of DVD. They work best for my system, and the games play flawlessly. These DVDs are not those that you can get in store, it seems, or at least, I've never seen them. So I generally order them from Newegg, which I did last Wednesday. I paid for 3 day shipping courtesy of UPS. It is now Wednesday of the next week, and this is the first day UPS has attempted to deliever said DVDs. I was at work, so I could not get them, and they didn't leave them here. I called UPS about this, and they told me that I could pick them up -- except the Newegg has prohibited this and any other delivery status change. This makes me just a tad angry, but I figure I can call Newegg and they will take care of this as they are always very accomodating to me. I call Newegg, and the first person I talk to tells me flat out there is nothing I can do. I ask her if, then, when no one is here to sign for the package tomorrow, and on Friday, the final delivery attempt, it will get shipped back to them. She tells me yes, and I will receive a refund. So she's of no help.
Because I worked in phone service in the past, I know what a pain in the ass it is when someone asks for your supervisor, but I felt I had no choice her. This royal BITCH on my fucking phone seemed to want to be as unhelpful as possible (very remiscent of my own style of call taking from back in the day). I talked to her supervisor who informed me that unless the package is at the "hub" (the last location before delivery), then there is nothing they can do as far as requesting a delivery status change. I advise HIM that the package is at the "hub", and that I'd like this request to be put through. At first, he seems to tell me that there is NO request they can make, but then tells me that they can make one, that the original representative should have told me that, and that she has since made the request. Ok, awesome, maybe I'll get these DVDs yet tonight.
I call UPS back as quick as possible to arrange for a pickup, wade through their awful computer driven menu with which you must actually speak (that's another rant for another day), and get a CSR there. I talk to her, as she is looking at this account, in real-time, and she advises that NO REQUEST has been put through for delivery status change. Wow, awesome, so like so many other phone bank workers and supervisors, the supervisor at Newegg told me whatever it took to get me off the phone (again, my style).
To sum this up, I will NEVER get these DVDs. I will be forced to order from some other company due to this. This policy is absolutely unacceptable and foolish, and is an inconvenience to anyone who works for a fucking living and is not sitting at home waiting for the precious Newegg shipment to get here. I'm sitting here, angry as all fucking hell now, because I have a bunch of PS2 games I want to play and not a single way to burn them and play them. I'm going to call Newegg again just to make sure they are aware that they have made me somewhat angry and that I will cease ordering from them (I know they don't give a shit, but I like swearing at people that have no ability to help me, people that don't care about my plight. If I can make someone else's day a little worse, I will be happier in the end). Fuck this.
Current Music: 
Black Flag - Gimme Gimme Gimme (from Damaged)
I haven't posted in a long time, so I figured I'd update this morning while I had a second. I'm having a great time at my new job, learning alot, and doing alot. Busy all the time, working 9-11 hour days every day, but it's rewarding and not a problem coming in early at all.
My marriage is also going well, I love my wife, and am enjoying starting my new life with her. She's so wonderful to be around, and is such a caring person, it makes me wonder every day how I pulled something off like this.
That's all I got for now, I'm thinking of changing the look of this site soon, but I have another personal project I have to finish first. Me and Shelby are both working on it, and it should be done in the near future, I will post a link here once it is.
Current Music: Office Noise
It's the caffeine, the nicotine, the miligrams of tar
It's my habitat, it needs to be cleaned, it's my car
It's the fast talk they use to abuse and feed my brain
It's the cat box it needs to be changed, it's the pain
It's women, it's the plight for power it's government
It's the way your giving knowledge slow with thought control and subtle hints
It's rubbing it, itching it, It's applying cream
It's the foreigners sight seeing with high beams, It's in my dreams
It's the monsters that I conjure, It's the marijuana
It's the embarassment, displacement, It's where I wander
It's my genre, It's Madonna's videos
It's game shows, It's cheap liquor, blunts, It's bumper stickers with rainbows
It's angels, demons, gods, it's the white devils
It's the monitors, the soundman, it's the motherfucking mic levels
It's gas fumes, fast food, Tommy Hil, mommy's pill (?)
Columbia House music club, designer drugs and rhyming thugs
It's bloods and crips, five and six,
It's stick up kids, It's christian conservative terrorists, it's porno flicks
It's the east coast, no it's the west coast
It's public schools, it's asbestos
It's mentholated, It's techno
It's sleep, life, and death
It's speed, coke, and meth
It's hay fever, pain relievers, oral sex, and smokers breath
It stretches for as far as the eye can see
It's reality, fuck it, it's everything but me
Too good for words...
Current Music: Atmosphere - Scapegoat
Ok, a few things. First, I posted two new photo sets in my gallery (neither of which is complete). One of my office and workplace, one of Mean Chase. Check them out.
Also, I would like to mention this if for the sole fact that it helps someone else googling this problem. I'm not totally sure of WHICH motherboards have this on them, but the motherboard of my work box has the Azalia Codec in it, set as enabled in the BIOS. Ubuntu was hanging on hotplug whenever I installed it. To get Ubuntu to work properly, you must disable this. From what I know this may or may not also disable sound all together, but since I have no speakers, I can not confirm that.
That's it for now. Back to the grind!
Current Music: Led Zeppelin - All of my Love
Ok, so it's been a while since I posted here.... in that time, I have gotten married, went to Jamaica and started my new job.... first, the wedding... thanks to those that read this that came out, your presence was welcomed and made me all the happier on that wonderful day.... I really enjoyed myself and each of you was at least a part of it...
Jamaica was awesome... ~85 degrees every day, and we got to fly first class for very cheap... We stayed at an all inclusive resort, so basically, I could drink whenever I wanted and not have to pay for it... Bourbon and water is going to be the death of me, let me tell ya...
Ok, new job.... I got my own office, and a PIMP computer setup:
3.0ghz Pentium D
Geforce 6600 256mb
1.0gb RAM
160gb HD
Dual 19" Flat Panel Monitors
They bought all this for me especially when I came in... thanks to wezzul.com (or, more importantly, what it is running on), I was able to get this job... I knew that all this stupid PHP coding would come in handy at some point...
Ok, so that's all for now... some Jamaica pictures online perhaps shortly...
Current Music: Envelope Opening
