Nataly

Hmm.. Maybe when all this is over you can sue their ass for all the hassle!! I had a similar issue when I got my wallet stolen when I had *just* moved to London from Canada.. I wanted to get my driver's license replaced and they told me I had to come in person.. I explained that I lived in London now so I couldn't just pop in.. They suggested I just trade in my old license for a British one since I would be living here anyway.. And I'm like: well, I need my old license in order to trade it in for a UK one, so they said no problem - just come in and pick it up!! Hmmm.. I eventually got them to agree to give it to my parents, who still live out there.. The *only* reason it got resolved in the end is that I wouldn't give up until I found a way to get my license back. To this day I can't understand why they thought it was ok to give it to my folks (who never even got ID'd!!), but that it wasn't ok to send it directly to me??! Oh well. Got my license - that's all I really cared about. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Hmmm.. It would seem from your latest post that she just might be slow!! Oh dear. Well, not everyone can be above average!! Then there would be no average!! Bite your lip and count to 10.. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

That's just gross.. Why would they both want to sleep with *you*?!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Mmm.. Then you turn over and say.. Could you rub the udder one? "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Best one has to be moosehead - *plus* it's a Canadian beer

this one!? Unfortunately, what they *don't* tell you is that it's like twice the size of a normal rubber-ducky and it doesn't fool anyone!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

All I can say is FAAAN!! You are one lucky bastard! Ta hand om dig

Eye wuld sttle fohr suhmeone too brush my haar. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

For brushing my hair or rubbing me? "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Holy CRAP!!! Bet he's glad to have *that* video Bet he's feeling lucky to be alive too. Must have been awful to watch when it was happening. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Oh wow

Back / shoulders.. They're *killing* me But I would settle for someone willing to brush my hair.. I always find that extremely stress-relieving (unless the person is yanking on the brush!!!) "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

That's the tricky bit.. Most people call up and just complain and complain and complain - it doesn't actually achieve anything. You need to: -tell them what they did wrong -tell them how to fix it You can explain why the fuck-up was a problem, but make sure you focus on what they need to *do* to resolve it. Good luck

I didn't vote, but would have picked "depends"... I would consider myself to be a very quick learner overall, HOWEVER, when I get frustrated it can take me a *LONG* time to pick something up.. I feel empathy for this new worker who is struggling with excel.. When I moved into my first finance role, I had never used excel before & believe me I felt really stupid for not *getting* it... I too couldn't figure out the most basic reports and I'm sure lots of people who kept explaining it to me thought I was a fucking moron.. After I *finally* got my head around it, I picked it up really fast. I'm the person everyone comes to now with excel questions!! Just goes to show.. She might be a slow learner.. It might be poor training.. There might be other issues at play.. Or maybe like me it's an isolated "glitch" (possibly combined with frustration).. I hope it works out - would it be out of line for you to speak to her about it? "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

*someone* has to fight back!! I generally believe you get what you pay for.. I accept that if I get something from the dollar store there's a strong possibility that it will be a useless piece of crap that will break as soon as I take it out of its packaging.. I think the customer has to be a bit aware of what they can realistically expect when they buy something.. In this case, however, I felt it was pretty reasonable of me to want my money back. I'm glad it was resolved, finally

A couple of years ago I had this instructor who used to work in an insurance company.. He told the class that within that company, it was policy to decline any claim at least 3 times before they would consider paying out.. And apparently, you should never take what's first given to you, because the insurance company knows most people will take whatever they can get even if it's MUCH LESS than what they're entitled to! They basically assume that if you persist you're either genuinely entitled to the compensation, or else you're such a pain in the ass they will generally pay out just to shut you up! On this basis, I chased a couple of companies for a refund.. I had to write about 15 emails in all, but I got my money back

But, but, but... you're married to Vskydiver. No need for that! Maybe he meant that he can do a lot to her with them "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

So there is a high probability that you just made that up, huh.... g There's a 93.2% chance that he did just that "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

64% of men say that the first thing that they notice about women is their eyes. 81% of women say that the first thing that they notice about men is that 64% of them are liars. Funny.. I looked up "eyes" in the urban dictionary and it didn't say "nipples"!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Alright - let's see it then "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Nope... "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Yeah, but that's a lot of stamps for a lot of people!! Maybe if we agree that once it gets sent around a bunch of times and gets too thick for one envelope that it gets sent back to me and I can scan it and mail copies of the "final" version to everyone who participated? Hope they get passed on

Wouldn't *you* like to know?!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

As requested

That dog was about to get head - what an idiot!!! Poor kitty "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss