The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[Shadow Wolf]

Both?

Could be. I'm about to call to discover the fate of my job.
I also got another poor nights sleep because my sisters cat wanting to lay on my face, claw at my chest, and again play with my feet. And because of stress.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I hate third party companies that handle medical leave. I swear to **** if I learn of another job I lost by getting COBRA papers in the mail (or just lose it) I'm gonna call the rich people I know to get hooked up with a lawyer I'm gonna tell to add a desired payment onto what I'm suing for.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Errors can be difficult to fix in a bureaucracy.

Nah (well, yes, actually) it's just mostly a scam. Pay them month after month, year after year and IF you need to use it for what you're paying them for--even if it's not your fault--they make you pay more. They can even cancel you for using them for the very exact reason you are paying them for.
Don't know about you, but I wouldn't trust security and safety things to a company that seems more interested in looking for excuses to screw customers over and squeezing them for more money than actually working with them and doing the things they are paid to do. Any other company that looks for excuses to not do what I pay them to do is a business I won't do business with in the future. But it's the norm for auto insurance.

 

[Wu Wei]

You know.... the fact that I allowed myself off center this morning here on RF, the fact that I seem to look at political posts, the fact that I can't seem to stop myself from replying to silliness at the moment, when I know better, the fact that it is a highly political time in the US, which seems to bleed over into RF, the fact that I am easily irritable..... all says.... I need to not be on RF for a bit....so.... I think I will go out, hop in my new car....and go for a ride...... so without further adieu.....

 

[sun rise]

Errors can be difficult to fix in a bureaucracy.

True that. There are stories about people having trouble proving their still alive. ChatGPT found 2 for me:

Here are two stories where individuals had to convince a bureaucracy that they were still alive:

1. The Case of Jean Hutchinson (UK, 2018)
   Jean Hutchinson, an 80-year-old British woman, was declared dead by mistake by her pension provider. Her state pension payments were abruptly stopped, and her death was recorded with government agencies. Despite being very much alive, she had to go through a lengthy bureaucratic process, submitting official documents and repeatedly visiting offices to prove her existence. Even after showing up in person, she encountered numerous delays as different departments struggled to correct the error.
2. The Story of Clarence Bright (USA, 2013)
   Clarence Bright, a 92-year-old from Detroit, Michigan, was declared dead after his son mistakenly informed officials of his father's passing. The error led to the cancellation of Social Security and other benefits. Bright, who was still alive, had to battle various government offices to correct the record, facing frustrating red tape. It took months for his benefits to be restored, and the ordeal highlighted the complexity of reversing such a bureaucratic error.

 

[sun rise]

You know.... the fact that I allowed myself off center this morning here on RF, the fact that I seem to look at political posts, the fact that I can't seem to stop myself from replying to silliness at the moment, when I know better, the fact that it is a highly political time in the US, which seems to bleed over into RF, the fact that I am easily irritable..... all says.... I need to not be on RF for a bit....so.... I think I will go out, hop in my new car....and go for a ride...... so without further adieu.....

I need to start chanting a mantra before posting in some threads. Maybe "this too shall pass"?

 

[Shadow Wolf]

After I'm done watching this especially violent and gory show about a vampire who enjoys "playing" with his food (he makes Eric Draven look nice), I think another watching of Venture Brothers is necessary.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

True that. There are stories about people having trouble proving their still alive. ChatGPT found 2 for me:

Here are two stories where individuals had to convince a bureaucracy that they were still alive:

1. The Case of Jean Hutchinson (UK, 2018)
   Jean Hutchinson, an 80-year-old British woman, was declared dead by mistake by her pension provider. Her state pension payments were abruptly stopped, and her death was recorded with government agencies. Despite being very much alive, she had to go through a lengthy bureaucratic process, submitting official documents and repeatedly visiting offices to prove her existence. Even after showing up in person, she encountered numerous delays as different departments struggled to correct the error.
2. The Story of Clarence Bright (USA, 2013)
   Clarence Bright, a 92-year-old from Detroit, Michigan, was declared dead after his son mistakenly informed officials of his father's passing. The error led to the cancellation of Social Security and other benefits. Bright, who was still alive, had to battle various government offices to correct the record, facing frustrating red tape. It took months for his benefits to be restored, and the ordeal highlighted the complexity of reversing such a bureaucratic error.

Yeah. I've heard of other stories. It seems remarkably difficult to prove one is still alive after being wrongly declared dead.

 

[mangalavara]

I need to start chanting a mantra before posting in some threads. Maybe "this too shall pass"?

At best, that is a śloka.

 

[mangalavara]

I had ordered two sticks of deodorant recently, and they were delivered today.

Yes, that is the very box that they were shipped in.

No, there wasn't anything else inside.

 

[JustGeorge]

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I had ordered two sticks of deodorant recently, and they were delivered today.

Yes, that is the very box that they were shipped in.

No, there wasn't anything else inside.

There's an invisible rabbit in there.

 

[sun rise]