Bad Service

This morning I am employed in the important business of fixing stupid things. Instead of spending my time making progress in life, I am correcting the failures of the following organizations:

1. Soldboats.com - A vendor I use for boat valuations has mis-charged my credit card
for the third time. I waste a lot time on these idiots but I need the service.

2. Chase Manhattan Bank - They issued the credit card that was misused by Soldboats.
I spent an hour on the phone with their people in India. Disconnected twice and was not helped at all.

3. Gmail - Absolutely no record of half the e-mails I sent yesterday.

4. HP and Microsoft - Don't know where to start there.

5. The liars that sold us this place - The construction below goes on. The floor vibrates from hammer blows, the noise and dirt are endless.

6. Comcast - The phone and internet have not worked correctly since the start. It is causing me problems.

7. Washington Mutual Bank - Can't gain access to my personal account and they have no idea why. They admit a problem but seem to be unable to help me.

8. T-Mobile - No access to my online account, their site is down as usual. They want to charge me for making my payment by phone.

9. Firestone Service center - Installed new brakes in car for a lot of money. A month later and that have started squeaking like crazy.

That was just this morning! I'm marching through many hours of aggravation just to get what I paid for. Here is why so many companies can provide bad service: they don't care and they don't have to care. They can live without me but I can't do too well without them. If I had the time and space to do so I'd figure out how to fix my own damn brakes. Every lifestyle has its aggravations. If I lived on a tropical island I'd probably be harassed by bugs or something. For the time being I will spend the untold hours trying to sort these things out, but... I will also be trying to figure out how to eventually phase out this crap and worry about bugs and stuff instead.