I assume that when others go to do something like pay their car insurance or register for college, or just say go to the grocery store ,that they do just that and then that is it. But let me tell you, that is not how it goes for me. It is never it. It can never be as simple as completing a task and being done with it. No. When I go to do something like go to a grocery store I like to use coupons. A lot of what I buy is because of a coupon. It makes me feel good to use them and my money stretches a little further. Anyway, it is not uncommon for me to realize after paying that the cashier never applied the coupon or that the sale price never came off. So, by this time I am usually out in the parking lot and have to go back in to customer service and have it fixed. And, because according to the Rules of my Life #1, I will be running late, and I will develop bad anxiety and look like a crazed woman. That is usually when someone I haven't seen since high school happens to walk up to customer service looking for gluten free cake mix.
Solution: I have now been using self check-outs to avoid this problem. I have become a self check out snob. Honestly I hate when other people bag my stuff. It's actually probably unhealthy how strong I feel about others bagging my stuff. Don't touch it!
So right before Christmas this year I got laid off from my job. This caused me great stress and while I was feeling sorry for myself, moping around I decided I was no longer going to be depressed and went to work getting back to school. I went to work trying to register and apply for financial aid. I had missed the registration date to enter the regular semester so I found classes that started a little later. Once I started the classes I realized they were accelerated. Before they started though I had several important questions that had to be answered before I knew if I could make it work. I called the school's many numbers and departments. Nobody answered. The next day I left messages. No calls back. Ok was this school closed down? The third day was the deadline for a particular payment plan I wanted. Guess what? I missed it. The online way to register was only allowing me to register for one class. So I called the school, again having the same issue. No answer. I get notice before calling them again the next morning ,that I no longer qualified for financial aid. I had had it! Rule #1 was full in effect! Finally some one answered and I just burst into tears!! After the lady on the line fixed the computer issue, hung up with me and probably told the whole staff of the school how pathetic student # blah blah blah is I went back online to register for the second class and what to you know? The damn class that I just saw had openings was now filled. Waitlisted!! Why does this shit happen to me? WHy cant anything just go smoothly?
I did get into that class by the way after many emails and pleading, but there's always an ordeal. So back to me getting laid off which by the way was done in a shitty way. Last minute, and handing my job over to someone new who happened to be friends with the boss. Among other reasons..... So I go about the pain in the ass unemployment process who now makes you jump through hoops to get the money you've paid into your whole working life. Things go somewhat smoothly once I started receiving money which was after Christmas until last week. I was at the grocery store- yes at the self check out, slid my unemployment card that should've been deposited in the middle of the night and it was "insufficient funds." The freaking little amount of money that I receive wasn't deposited. Ok so you're thinking well just call them then and see what's going on. Yeah, call them. PA laid off more than half of their workers due to an auditing mistake I believe. And guess when that took place? yup you got it- the week I first started collecting. I waited till the next day to call but only got the busy signal all day. I called Friday and they weren't even open! I called over the weekend and nothing then called through out the day today but never even rang once! Finally, I obtained an email but still have heard nothing. I mean this is the definition of the Rules of my Life #1. There will always be an issue. p incompetence within businesses is rampant! If I could just do everything myself I would. Then if something happened I would only have myself to blame.
Even though I am fully aware of the Rules of my Life I am still always surprised by it. I am always thinking everything with go smooth, it has to, no room for mistakes, oh but how wrong that is. The simplest task for me has turned into such fiascos that it is almost blog worthy.
PS I kid you not. I went through my mail after writing this earlier and I see a letter from the college I go to denying me of aid because it states something changed since I filed it. Frustrated I went online and on there it says everything was processed for the fall semester. Of course!! More phone calls again! It's a shame I'm not getting paid for all these calls! Rule #1 of my life is trying to prove a point.
