Category Archives: rant

The Technologically Impaired

Just got our taxes form to fill out for the accountant. They are going “digital”. Yeah, right. I received an encrypted PDF to “print out and mail back to us”. So what’s digital about that? I called to try and help – tell them how to check the right box so it could be digitally [...]

What’s wrong with this car insurance scenario?

Where is the justice anymore?  Recently my daughter was in an accident – fortunately her airbags went off and she is fine.  However, because she just paid off her car and could barely afford to eat, much less pay for car insurance, she dropped it down to PLPD – what that means is she had no collison.  [...]

Outsourcing a GOOD thing? Ask Michigan…

Someone recently asked if Outsourcing is a bad thing….well, I have one word: Michigan Outsourcing has ruined our state. There is nothing left here but government jobs doing work for the defense department. The only non-govt jobs left here are retail like Wal-Mart and McDonald’s. Everything else has moved overseas or is being outsourced there. Businesses [...]

Chasing my tail

Why is it lately, all I seem to do is fix everyone elses mistakes.  I spend all my time on the phone getting refunds someone forgot or fixing bills that are wrong.  Examples?

Comcast has screwed up my bill for over a year and still can’t seem to get it right (doesn’t count the terrible service [...]