Friday, September 5, 2008

Friday Frustrations

I usually don't have this many frustrating things happen to me in one day, but here they are, my Friday Frustrations:

  1. The trash company picked up our trash AND took my trash cans too! The trash company provides us with the trash cans. We had two very large bins that we were paying for and were not using. I called them two weeks ago to come pick up one bin since we didn't need it. They finally get around to picking it up but instead picked up both of them. I tried to stop the guy but I noticed this as I was getting dressed and I wasn't quick enough! So I called the company and the girl tells me she can not promise me I will get a can back before our next trash collection day! ARGH!
  2. Because of the calls I ended up running late to work. Another big ARGH!
  3. I got all the way from the parking lot into the office and realized I left my office key in the car. ARGH!
  4. After finally getting into the office and starting to get settled I get a call from the insurance company of the lady who hit me last week and they need to have a second adjuster come look at my van because the first guy thinks it is a total loss so they need to have the second guy come out and settle with me. The lady said this guy will come out and tell me what my total loss is and then he will get a check issued. They will be giving me a market value of the vehicle (whatever that means). But I have already done my research and know what the van is worth so they better not try to give me less than that! Oh, and because they base the adjuster's routes on zip code - and the van is parked at the house -- I need to make sure someone is there for the second adjuster between 10 and 5 today. ARGH!
  5. The boys and myself woke up with a start to a cold, and Lady Bug's is getting worse. ARGH!
  6. A work related frustration: I work in the legal field. I am trying to schedule a 2-day trial. First I make the call to the court clerk to obtain dates, she gives me 5 options. Then I narrow down the dates that work on my boss' calendar, then call the opposing counsel to clear the dates. There are two attorney's on the other side, and of course they are not available for any of the options I provided. So I need to call the clerk for more dates and try again. Come on people let's work together here. There are 4 calendars I am dealing with, just cut me some slack on a Friday, would ya?? ARGH!

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6 comments:

Bar-b said...

but it's friday? my advice, don't fret over the lawyers...you'll get the dates to mesh soon enough, and remember they're the ones making the big bucks. Call the court clerk and pop a couple of chill pills...it's effin friday :) your garbage bin? that sucks but you can teach the kids about garbage and our society (teachable moment). I say befriend your neighbor and you can borrow theirs :) your van estimate (market value is good) so you should get a very similar number to the one you have in your head and yay having someone be there from 10-5 is really sucky but maybe you can convince your lawyers to let you work from home half day? Oh and about getting sick, yeah, that sorta sucks too but I say soup, a movie and the family bed.

here 's to hoping your day goes better now that you have this sage advice ;) Happy Friday

Aubrey said...

Argh!

Hope your day gets better but I doubt it because I know what you are doing later today!! LOL

I better not laugh...I'll be there too! Argh!

Beth Cotell said...

Good thing it's the weekend! Sounds like you need a break!

Julie said...

ugh, fair market value means they are going to try and give you hardly nothing. i hope i'm wrong though. and how convenient to wait around for 7 HOURS for an adjuster - that's crazy. Can't they call you when they are an hour away or something?

on the brightside it's swingtown night - that should take your mind of your frustrations.

Steph said...

I had a whole ARGH week! I could not wait for Friday to get here. Hope you have a great weekend!

United Studies said...

Good Lord! Having to coordinate mine and my husbands schedules can be bad sometimes, but 4?!?!

Hope you had a good, relaxing weekend.