Wonderful. Simply wonderful. I try to do some simple research to further advance my stalking skillz, and Google Maps crashes on me. Thanks, Microsoft for your great example of crashing.
Monthly Archive for August, 2005
Well, I finally got the header image up…
dang, that is one handsome devil, you might say…
WRONG!!!!!!!!!
(note to LJ viewers: obviously, my header image doesn’t appear in Livejournal. You’ll have to come on down to the blog to see it and comment. Heck, I’ve been thinking of cutting off LJ anyway, because I can 
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Dang, that is a schweet theme, you might say.
RIGHT!
Yeah, so, obviously, I’ve just installed a new theme. Now I’m starting the process of moving all the old stuff back here.
And if anyone from The Alliance comes calling, yes, I’m going to bring back the logo. I’ve already put in the Fake Glenn quote, just so you wouldn’t think I’m snubbing you.
All the stuff for this site should be back on soon. I’m even going to actually make a logo for the top of the pages, it’s looking a bit sparse without the provided image
It’s gonna be a long day of coding for mattfast1.
I hate paying off.
I’m starting to feel a little like ACC’s picked me up by the ankles and I’m now being shook for all I’m worth.
Last week, I paid my tuition bill. That was only a hit worth $1095.70 (gain 70 xp)
This morning, I paid for books. That hit was $353.35. It was cheaper to pay taxes in Littleton than to have them shipped, so that’s what I did. My most expensive book? Math. Least expensive? English, and that’s only because that’s the only one I could get used.
Neither charge has yet cleared the bank, possibly because they’re not used to such large charges on my card. They’re probably trying to figure out if someone’s stolen my identity to go to college - even though they know I’m a college student. Anyway, why would anyone want my identity?
OK, now that I’ve had a minute to catch my breath… the whole Firefox thing isn’t really what I’m pissed about.
No, I’m pissed because the deadline to buy my pass was 11:50 instead of midnight.
Those ten minutes made a huge difference.
*sigh* Oh well, I guess that’s just one more phone call I’ve got to make tomorrow…
So I upgraded my version of Internet Explorer to get my bus pass. Out of curiousity, I launch the install program for Firefox. The one that has yet to start successfully.
And the fucking thing starts.
Maybe I’m wrong, but isn’t the goal of Firefox to remove our dependancy on Internet Explorer? And if that’s the case, wouldn’t you think the installer wouldn’t be dependant on a 5.5+ version of IE?
So, simply to buy my bus pass so I can get to work and school rather than continue to use the July pass (which is kinda starting to fall apart), I have to update my copy of Internet Exploder.
That’s gonna take a while to download. Stupid bloatware.
The only problem? All passes are processed on the 25th of each month. So, if I miss the deadline, which is in an hour, I won’t be able to buy my pass online, and I’ll either be forced to make a cash transaction at a brick and morter House ‘O RTD.
Stupid that it doesn’t work with Firefox. Believe me, I’ve tried.
Yeah, so it’s been brought to my attention that, not only does the various crap I have in this theme take forever to load, but the theme only works completely in the most recent versions of Firefox, and that the control panel’s theme, “Tiger”, has problems in other browsers as well.
Now, normally, I just wouldn’t care. But since about half of the activity on my site is brought by Internet Explorer viewers (which is pretty good considering it’s on 90% of the world’s computers), I do kinda like the idea of having a theme that’s usable for those users. I know I’ve been saying I’m going to change the theme for a while now, but now, I’m going to be actively in the market. If anyone wants to custom-make a WordPress 1.5.2 theme for me, I’d be happy to hear from you. Otherwise, I’m just going to end up tweaking a premade theme (yet again), as I have little knowledge of PHP.
So since Trillian doesn’t want to fire up tonight, I’m playing poker instead.
Somebody shoot me.
So yesterday, I worked somewhat over my scheduled time. Why would you do that, you might say? Well, right when I was supposed to leave, both the lanes and guest service, which is what I was covering at the time, was getting slammed. It would have been extremely difficult for me to leave the desk without being mauled by the crowd around the desk. So, I ended up working from 10:45 until 7:45, which, for those who can’t add, that’s a 9 hour day. Well, actually, it’s 8 and a half, because of my half hour (unpaid) lunch.
I was on the service desk from about 2:30 onward. It was kinda fun, except for this one guy who (thankfully) was just a caller. I didn’t have to confront him face-to-face. Anyway, the conversation goes something like this:
[extension 238, the second of two GS phones rings. Matt answers.]
Matt: Guest Services! 
Caller: Yeah, I have a $200 moterized scooter that I bought at your store about a year ago. It stopped working, and when I consulted the manuals, it said not to return the scooter to the store it was bought from. Instead, they have an e-mail address and a phone number, and neither of them are working. I would like to know if there’s anything you can do for me.
[Matt thinks this guy's an idiot, since he already read the papers and saw that we couldn't do anything for him, but attempts to apease him anyway since he's already pissed off.]
Matt: I’m sorry sir, but since the manual specifically said that we can’t do anything about it, and it’s been so long since you purchased it, I’m afraid I can’t do anything other than point you to the manufacturer. Have you tried running a google search for the manufacturer?
[Caller gets angrier]
Caller: So if you can’t do anything about this, why should I ever shop at your store again? Why should I ever shop at another Target store?
Matt: Have you ever tried getting through guest service at a Wal-Mart? I have, and let me tell you, it’s somewhat harder than trying to get a berth on a US space shuttle.
[suddenly, the Caller gets - you guessed it - even angrier]
Caller: So what the fuck can I do here????????
Matt: Sir, let me give you the phone number for Guest Services at the headquarters. They’ll be able to help you more than I can at this point.
[so I give him the number]
Matt: Have a nice evening, sir.
Caller: (five minutes of profanity deleted)
Matt: There’s really no need for that, sir.
Caller: *click*
[Matt hangs up phone and starts helping next guest in line]
…I love guest services… I really do… except when I’m doing something like that, and I have an extremely rude guest. Oh well. I guess he’ll figure something else out, since all I did was tell him the truth. Perhaps the string of profanities will help whoever speaks to him at HQ’s guest service department speedily get rid of him in any way possible.