Octopus Overlords

In his diary, Colborne wrote: “I want my legacy to say that I fought a one-man war against the capitalist regime. I want them to see my transition from poor red-haired victimised minority that is constantly walked over to a fully transformed military terrorist striking at the hearts of the bigoted tyrannical rulers and of course the dark haired dark eyes Caucasian race.”

One note read: “‘Kill Charles and Prince Harry becomes king.”

I ordered an item as a Christmas gift on the 15th with Prime two-day shipping, well in advance. Most of the items in the order arrived on the 16th. Two were scheduled for later. One arrived on time. The other was scheduled to arrive on the 22nd. The 22nd passed and the item did not arrive, and checking it again tonight (the 23rd) shows that it was still due for delivery the day before, but lists it as 'has not shipped.' I needed to have to this for a planned Christmas Eve event tomorrow.

I contacted support. Here is what I was told:

"the item you ordered was sold by Best Costume & Toy Deals, the item got out of stock from that seller and now it's sold by Swift Buy, when this happens we can't send it from another seller, we wait until that seller has it back in stock."

Nobody notified me of this. Nobody notified me of a delay beyond the scheduled delivery on the 22nd.

The customer service rep then proceeded to cancel the order, telling me to re-order it with one day shipping. He did this before checking to see if this was even possible. It is not. The one-day shipping options will deliver the item on the 29th. When I told him this, this was his response:

"Me: Alright.
I am finding a number of them that ship with one-day shipping, but all of them would arrive on the 29th.
Javier: Really? "

Apparently he thought I was making a joke. He then went on to essentially tell me that I was out of luck.

He then sent an email follow-up that contained the following:

"2 day shipping starts applying after we have the items in our fulfillment center and we put them on transit. If an item isn't available, selecting One-Day or Two-Day Shipping will reduce only the transit time to one or two business days after we've shipped your order. It won't impact how long it takes us to prepare it for shipment.

Some items require extra time to prepare them properly to get it to you in the best possible condition. This could be because of the nature of the item or size.

By the way we always send an email confirmation right after you place the order confirming the delivery date. In case you need it faster then we can try to upgrade the shipping or look for it from another seller that may ship it faster.

When you signed for Prime membership the full terms and conditions were given properly specifying this situation."

Your survey asked me if Amazon showed ownership of the issue. This email is telling me that it was my fault - my mistake. That I didn't understand how it worked, and then pointed out my service terms to excuse Amazon from any blame. That is both condescending and insulting. I am well aware of how two-day shipping works. That is why I ordered it ten days in advance. I also understand that sometime supply problems occur. It's business; it is life. Where Amazon made the mistake was in not notifying me that my item would not be arriving in time. I would have had several days to come up with an alternative. As it is, though, I live in a very small town. The only local store is a small grocery store.

Some things are out of your control. Notifying me of a problem is not. That mistake - entirely yours - has prevented me from coming up with an alternative. I am going to have to show up tomorrow at an event with an apology instead of a gift. This will make me look bad and irresponsible, and any attempt to explain it will sound like I am making excuses.

To follow that up with an email telling me it was my own fault is over the line.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested a man in his 30s and charged him with impaired driving, resisting arrest and refusing a breathalyzer after he wrecked an ice rink in Manitoba on Saturday, CBC reports.

The incident happened during the second intermission of a game in Ste. Anne.

"On his first lap he struck the gate where the Zamboni drives onto the ice, and broke the boards and also broke pieces off the actual Zamboni," Martin Kintscher, manager of the Seine River Snipers bantam team, told CBC. "One piece got stuck under the Zamboni, which left a ridge on the ice with every lap."

Authorities arrived and arrested the man, who was not identified. But the Zamboni driver insisted that the rink was in great condition.

Kraken wrote:The company that I complained about a few posts ago finally sent me a shipping notice today -- the day after the package arrived.

Isgrimnur wrote:ZWI

Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested a man in his 30s and charged him with impaired driving, resisting arrest and refusing a breathalyzer after he wrecked an ice rink in Manitoba on Saturday, CBC reports.

The incident happened during the second intermission of a game in Ste. Anne.

"On his first lap he struck the gate where the Zamboni drives onto the ice, and broke the boards and also broke pieces off the actual Zamboni," Martin Kintscher, manager of the Seine River Snipers bantam team, told CBC. "One piece got stuck under the Zamboni, which left a ridge on the ice with every lap."

Authorities arrived and arrested the man, who was not identified. But the Zamboni driver insisted that the rink was in great condition.

Operation while impaired

253. (1) Every one commits an offence who operates a motor vehicle or vessel or operates or assists in the operation of an aircraft or of railway equipment or has the care or control of a motor vehicle, vessel, aircraft or railway equipment, whether it is in motion or not,

(a) while the person’s ability to operate the vehicle, vessel, aircraft or railway equipment is impaired by alcohol or a drug; or

(b) having consumed alcohol in such a quantity that the concentration in the person’s blood exceeds eighty milligrams of alcohol in one hundred millilitres of blood.

Marginal note:For greater certainty

(2) For greater certainty, the reference to impairment by alcohol or a drug in paragraph (1)(a) includes impairment by a combination of alcohol and a drug.

GreenGoo wrote:Can you get a DUI while mowing your lawn on a riding mower? That would double suck.

All those kids driving tractors on the farm are just an incident away from losing points on their non-existent driver's licenses I guess.

KKBlue wrote:^ Do you ever have a boring day dbt?

AAA says more than 76 percent of U.S. drivers are parking incorrectly.

"U.S. drivers most frequently park their vehicle by pulling forward into a parking spot ... a riskier practice that driving experts warn leaves pedestrians more vulnerable."

So apparently, we should be backing into parking spots.

Now, all cars manufactured by 2018 will have rearview cameras with enhanced visibility, but they're not 100 percent effective, so don't completely rely on them.

dbt1949 wrote:So yesterday my wife asks me if the reason I don't sleep at night is because I'm afraid she's going to come in my bedroom at night and kill me.
She says my DIL told her this.

GreenGoo wrote: Interesting. I didn't know traffic law applied inside privately owned buildings while on vehicles not intended for public roads. Getting a dui while on a zamboni has got to SUCK.

Can you get a DUI while mowing your lawn on a riding mower? That would double suck.

All those kids driving tractors on the farm are just an incident away from losing points on their non-existent driver's licenses I guess.

hepcat wrote:I work in IT. It's not our fault.

Zarathud wrote:

hepcat wrote:I work in IT. It's not our fault.

Yes it is. Not because you work in IT, but because you're still not wearing any pants.

Rip wrote:

Zarathud wrote:

hepcat wrote:I work in IT. It's not our fault.

Yes it is. Not because you work in IT, but because you're still not wearing any pants.

The handbook only listed a bunch of kinds of pants we couldn't wear. It didn't explicitly state that we had to wear pants.

Now if you will return my floppy disk we can get back to work.