The Daily Peeve / Rant

[frugal-one]

Sick of Trump.... hearing about, watching and discussing! Maybe if I thought he was worthy of anything I would feel differently.

[iris lilies]

Sick of Trump.... hearing about, watching and discussing! Maybe if I thought he was worthy of anything I would feel differently.

Agreed, the media needs to just, ah, be more quiet for a while.

[frugalone]

I made a photo book in InDesign and tried to upload it last night at the 11th hour. Unfortunately, the software wouldn't cooperate, so I lost out on the 40% off deal.

[JaneV2.0]

I just spent an hour with Humana's telephone tree, hold (advertising non-stop) to change my address and get off their call list. I always talk to, and swear at phone trees, so maybe it was cathartic. During one particularly long hold I chanted "single payer single payer single payer." It accomplished nothing, but I feel a little better. Have I mentioned how much I hate insurance companies? Probably.

[iris lilies]

I just spent an hour with Humana's telephone tree, hold (advertising non-stop) to change my address and get off their call list. I always talk to, and swear at phone trees, so maybe it was cathartic. During one particularly long hold I chanted "single payer single payer single payer." It accomplished nothing, but I feel a little better. Have I mentioned how much I hate insurance companies? Probably.

I am retaining a land line anymore for the sole purpose of deadling with insurance companies and other bureaucratic organizations.

[JaneV2.0]

I'm retaining a land line to get a clear connection. One of the (three? four?) clerks I talked to today was on a cell and was barely intelligible. And of course there can be no overlap in conversation, or you lose the whole thing. Every time I talk to a sibling they forget they have no battery and I'm talking along to nothing. Then they have to fiddle around, plug in, call back. I'm not a fan of cell phones in general--for talking, anyway.

[iris lilies]

We are new to Obamacare. I wondered aloud to DH "where is our insurance card, why havent they mailed it." And the next day, on cue, the insurance company mailed a letter saying they wont be mailing an insurance card because it is the end of the year. If I want one, I can go to their site and print it.

hahahaha this is ridiculous, they could have just as easily mailied that damn card as the letter.

[KayLR]

I haven't searched back too far to see if this has already been b*tched about, but I am really peeved about seeing Christmas displays and even trees up in the neighborhood and all over town. We can't even get to Thanksgiving. It all starts consecutively with Halloween, as if the holiday in between doesn't even exist.

I want simplicity---one holiday at a time! I'm so tired of stuff being crammed down my throat. But I seem to be in the minority. Everything just gets milked for all it's worth these days---even Veterans Day is more like Veterans Week.

It's no wonder by the time they're over we are just SO DONE with the holidaze.

[KayLR]

We are new to Obamacare. I wondered aloud to DH "where is our insurance card, why havent they mailed it." And the next day, on cue, the insurance company mailed a letter saying they wont be mailing an insurance card because it is the end of the year. If I want one, I can go to their site and print it.

hahahaha this is ridiculous, they could have just as easily mailied that damn card as the letter.

Good grief!

[Zoe Girl]

already sick of holiday crap, my mom has been asking for a month what all my kids want for Christmas. I don't know! they are grownups. And there seems to be no way out of this. I would love to celebrate something more in line with my religion/non-religion so I just keep it simple and include that they have Jewish grandparents (I have been doing Hannukah with someone my whole life one way or another). Still the frenzy does not help the simple, family-focus celebration.