Pet Peeves: Aka Things That Make You Go "Gah!"

[SoMuchTV]

2 hours ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

That does not work for my clogs, but my bathroom sink and tub/shower clog due to my hair. All baking soda, vinegar, or hot water does is get rid of the gunk attached to the hair. 

For preventing hair clogs, I highly recommend this:

That picture is from Amazon, but I’ve found them at a discount at places like tjmaxx. They also come in different sizes for tub, sink, etc. 

[Dimity]

My FB peeve of the day - if I read one more meme that goes something along the lines of "Maybe it's just me but I want my tax dollars to go to veterans not students" or "I don't know about anyone else but I think we should have a national pride in our veterans month"  Ugh.  As if it's impossible to support more than one thing at a time.  Do the people writing these memes not realize that they look like (among other things) the kind of person who can't walk and chew gum at the same time?

[roseha]

I actually use a strainer all the time in both the bathroom sink and the tub so I don't think my issue is hair, I believe (and these are very old pipes) it's generally a problem with bar soap which I've read can re-solidify in the drain (another good argument for liquid hand soap).  Apparently the blue dawn detergent is some kind of super emulsifier which is why it eventually works.  I do use a lot of it if I have to, followed by hot water if necessary, but especially on a weekend it's such a relief when it finally works.

[graybrown bird]

Is there more than one kind of blue Dawn detergent?  Because I recently bought a small bottle of blue Dawn just to see if I still  liked it (used some version of it regularly years ago) and found I could not stand its smell!  Very stinky, like the worst dryer sheets.

[Ancaster]

Dealing with customer service at places who are making money off you.

A couple of days ago I was checking my credit card bill and saw a name* I didn't recognize.  I googled to check, since sometimes vendors have different names come up on credit card statements.  Sure enough, this place is fraudulent.  It was for just under $50 so maybe not enough for some people to notice.  Or for it to trigger some alert.

I immediately got onto my bank, and was less than happy with their customer service.  I was made to feel that they were doing me a favor by reporting fraud and were less than helpful with my follow-up questions.  In addition, I was told a replacement card would take 5-10 business days to arrive.  When I put my foot down and told them that was unacceptable (and reminded them that I've been banking with them for 30 years) they caved and said they'd expedite it.  It arrived the next day.

What I'm still pissed about is that I now have to let any businesses that I have a recurring payment with that the number has changed.  I don't know why Visa can't take care of this.

Two lessons:

- check your c/c bill

- credit card companies don't really care about the little people, especially the ones who pay off their bills every month

* HMEMBERBILL.COM

 

[roseha]

6 hours ago, graybrown bird said:

Is there more than one kind of blue Dawn detergent?  Because I recently bought a small bottle of blue Dawn just to see if I still  liked it (used some version of it regularly years ago) and found I could not stand its smell!  Very stinky, like the worst dryer sheets.

I've never noticed the scent of any Dawn I have bought but the one I currently have and used to unclog the sink is a large blue one with the  yellow baby duck that appears in their commercials (because it is apparently used to save birds caught in oil slicks).

[Kimboweena]

19 hours ago, Dimity said:

My FB peeve of the day - if I read one more meme that goes something along the lines of "Maybe it's just me but I want my tax dollars to go to veterans not students" or "I don't know about anyone else but I think we should have a national pride in our veterans month" 

My husband is a veteran who paid off his student loans.  I totally support all of this!

[graybrown bird]

13 hours ago, roseha said:

I've never noticed the scent of any Dawn I have bought but the one I currently have and used to unclog the sink is a large blue one with the  yellow baby duck that appears in their commercials (because it is apparently used to save birds caught in oil slicks).

Thanks.  This bottle does have the baby duck and says "50 percent less scrubbing."  I find the scent awful -- maybe it's me that's changed.

[rcc]

17 hours ago, Ancaster said:

Dealing with customer service at places who are making money off you.

A couple of days ago I was checking my credit card bill and saw a name* I didn't recognize.  I googled to check, since sometimes vendors have different names come up on credit card statements.  Sure enough, this place is fraudulent.  It was for just under $50 so maybe not enough for some people to notice.  Or for it to trigger some alert.

I immediately got onto my bank, and was less than happy with their customer service.  I was made to feel that they were doing me a favor by reporting fraud and were less than helpful with my follow-up questions.  In addition, I was told a replacement card would take 5-10 business days to arrive.  When I put my foot down and told them that was unacceptable (and reminded them that I've been banking with them for 30 years) they caved and said they'd expedite it.  It arrived the next day.

What I'm still pissed about is that I now have to let any businesses that I have a recurring payment with that the number has changed.  I don't know why Visa can't take care of this.

Two lessons:

- check your c/c bill

- credit card companies don't really care about the little people, especially the ones who pay off their bills every month

* HMEMBERBILL.COM

 

Same happened to me last year. Walmart.com order hacked. Key Bank with bad customer service. Neither one helpful. Left both companies. Will not shop at Walmart on line or store. Finally resolved after 3 months!

[Bastet]

22 hours ago, Ancaster said:

In addition, I was told a replacement card would take 5-10 business days to arrive.  When I put my foot down and told them that was unacceptable (and reminded them that I've been banking with them for 30 years) they caved and said they'd expedite it.  It arrived the next day.

I particularly love when the bank issuing the card is the one to initiate the call to say they need to give me a new account (because of some unspecified risk of future unauthorized activity), canceling the current one immediately and sending me the card for the new one in that 5-10 days span.  No, fuckwits, you decided this needed to be done, so you're overnighting me the new card.  This has happened to be twice and they've agreed both times, but why do I need to have the argument in the first place?

Edited 3 hours ago by Bastet

[rcc]

I should have insisted they overnight the new card. When I received the new card I had one more day to pay cable bill or they would have charged me $15.00 late fee even after I explained why. Not with them anymore either.

[Calvada]

Several years ago, my company informed me they had canceled my card because of some breach and a new one was on its way to me.  One week later, they started sending me emails telling me I needed to activate my new card.  After four consecutive days of these emails, I called and told them I would love to activate the new card but had not received it.  They told me to contact them if I didn't receive it in the next two days and they would overnight one to me.  I suggested relying on the US Postal Service to send new cards, which has been so damaged by mismanagement and political interference, was not the best decision.  

I recently got a new card for my primary credit card since the expiration date was September 2024.  It's the card I use for several monthly charges - two newspapers, two streaming services, my cell phone, etc.  What a pain to go on all these sites to update the card.  And I couldn't just change the expiration date.  For all of them, I had to enter a new payment method as if I had completely changed everything.