in which I vent

[go_gentle]

so, I have a monthly T pass, because I commute every day, right? and I buy them online, and this was the first month that I tried the automated version, where they just bill your credit card and upload a new pass automatically. So on the 20th, I got an email reminding me they were going to bill me, which I thought was very thoughtful of them, and on the 26th, when I tapped through the gate, I saw the message that my pass had been updated, and I thought all was well.

Scene: This morning (ie, the first of November). I'm running a little bit late, and the T station is full of people buying passes. I fell very smug about having already taken care of that! But when I tap my card, I get the angry buzzing noise and the "not enough funds!" message. I say, "WHAT THE SHIT". Except, 8am, so it's more like, "blergh what the shit". So I have to put a few bucks on my card so I can, you know, get to work. It's not a big deal, except my tolerance for dealing with basically anything at 8am on a Monday morning is basically non-existent.

I checked at work, and the online system thinks I have a November pass (and thus wouldn't sell me one even if I was willing to buy another), and my credit card's been billed.

On my way home, I checked my card on the fare vending machine, and there are two lines of passes listed. One, from September 1 to October 31, and one for October 1 to October 31. So it looks like they sold me a second October pass. On October 26th. The guy manning the vending machines looked at them and asked, "why do you have two October passes?" to which I could only say "I have no clue." So I went to the ticket window.....where they told me since I bought it online, they couldn't help me, and I had to call.

So I called, and I spent 20 minutes talking to two different people (or on hold) who could only come up with "huh. That's really weird." (but promised to get their supervisor to manually push a pass tomorrow, and hopefully I will have it before it's time to go home.) (on the bright side, they did also tell me they'll reimburse me for any fares I have to pay while they try to get the pass to work.

BLARHG. tell me something cheerful?

Comments

[shoemaster.livejournal.com]

Soupy's back!

[go-gentle.livejournal.com]

i hear this is exciting! and means that maybe Keith won't have to play all of the minutes!

[shoemaster.livejournal.com]

I enjoy this.

[go-gentle.livejournal.com]

oh hey, i had forgotten that was happening tonight too!

[etben.livejournal.com]

omg i understand COMPLETELY. I get a monthly pass too, but through school, and they didn't have the november passes ready until I was at work friday (and of course the office closed before I got off work). AND THEN I forgot all about it until this morning, when I had an exciting T moment of D:ALDJASLDKAS:L JUST LET ME ON THE BUS, SIR.

...but it looks very much like evan lysacek is going to be a guest judge on tonight's dwts? :D?

[go-gentle.livejournal.com]

I had a brief moment of "is it really fare jumping if I've paid for a pass?" before I decided getting a citation would not do anything to improve my morning.

:DDD:

[thesamefire.livejournal.com]

when i arrived in boston a couple years ago, my friend came to pick me up and we specifically asked an mbta employee if she could tap her card twice to pay both our fares so i wouldn't have to deal with getting my own card right then, and he assured us it was possible, so she tapped it twice and we went through and then some other mbta employee came through and was all, "i saw you on the security cameras! one of you didn't pay a fare!" and i was just like "LISTEN BUDDY I JUST SPENT SIX HOURS ON A BUS IN THE WORST TRAFFIC, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IS UP." and he eventually backed off but it was really not something i needed.

[allthespoons.livejournal.com]

(http://es.tinypic.com?ref=b84qzc)

Is it troubling that I find this picture cheerful? :|

[allthespoons.livejournal.com]

Also

Room Service you always order?

Fruit and Eggs, and Ice Cream for Kaner (Patrick Kane)

they are so MARRIED.

[go-gentle.livejournal.com]

SO TRUE.

omg, that entire interview is awesome. (i love that he can't decide if he's on facebook all the time, or not at all. get your story straight, toews!) I think my favorite is "Best vacation spot? Never been on vacation"

[thesamefire.livejournal.com]

wait, what is that from? I THOUGHT I WAS ON TOP OF THINGS

[allthespoons.livejournal.com]

I honestly feel like I could write out a schedule for what goes on in Kane and Toews' hotel room, based on the level of detail of their interviews. It is GREAT.

[thesamefire.livejournal.com]

no because that is the best of all pictures

[allthespoons.livejournal.com]

I saved it twice. Just in case I want to look at it in two different windows? I am a crazy person.

[thesamefire.livejournal.com]

that's ok, i'm the one who took that screencap in the first place. i still have the original file on my desktop, for easy access.

[go-gentle.livejournal.com]

no! because it is excellent.

(someone on SCH was saying Kane and Toews were on the outs, and someone else explained that that Tazer was the first to go check on Kaner after he got hit, and I had to remember that 'lol boyfriends' is not the sort of commentary that goes on sch.)

[allthespoons.livejournal.com]

Unless it's Duncs and Seabs. (I'm not on SCH, but my impression is that they all ship Duncs and Seabs.)

UGHHH I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. GO_GENTLE I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. WHY HASN'T ANYONE WRITTEN THE EPIC STORY OF HOW THEY'RE TOTAL BOYFRIENDS WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING IT. I MEAN, LOL CANON ACCORDING TO TAZER'S MOTHER, BUT I STILL WANT THE STORY.

[rosykate.livejournal.com]

I always have to restrain myself from posting these sorts of replies as well. I think on SCH we ship Duncs/Seabs exactly as hard as they ship themselves. So like, everything up to HOCKEY SOULMATES is fair game.

[thesamefire.livejournal.com]

happymaking: my/my bff's blackhawks jerseys finally arrived in the mail a month after we dropped them off for customizing! (keith for me, toews for her.) we had to pay import duty on them but WHATEVER I NOW HAVE IT IN MY CLUTCHES.

[go-gentle.livejournal.com]

hooray for jerseys! (my brother tells me if I keep talking about hockey, he's going to get me one for xmas. mission achieved!)

[thesamefire.livejournal.com]

WOOOOOOOOOO!

this year's redesigned leafs jerseys are REALLY NICE but oh my god, i am such a self-hating leafs fan, i still can't bring myself to get one.

[shoemaster.livejournal.com]

GET KANER

[rosykate.livejournal.com]

I just realized I never continued the Alcatraz AU: Now With More Grifter Mommies!

When last we left our incarcerated heroes,

[rosykate.livejournal.com]

fuck I fail at comments OH WELL.


So Kane is making friends with Niemi, Marian Hossa is an assasin who was arrested when his dear friend Tomas Kopecky's rum running ring got busted (this is based solely upon the fact that his playoff beard made him look like a pirate) and Tazer is busy quietly ruling their cell block and bitching to Duncs and Seabs about how Kaner is chatty and obnoxious.

Gradually, however, Kane starts to grow on him. He stops trying so hard to be charming, and starts acting like his actual douchebag self. When he was running around with Bur and Sharpie, a lot of his comments would have earned him endless mocking and they outnumbered him so he is just letting it all hang out now. Toews thinks he's pretty funny, though, and he could definitely use the laughs. It isn't easy trying to rule a criminal empire from within prison, even if the head guard (Q) is a friend of the family and is totes looking out for you.

But then of course Sharpie and Bur come to Alcatraz. My sister and I are split as to whether they dress up like guards to break their bb boy out or just happened to get arrested and since they're Kind Of A Big Deal, everyone comes out to see. One way or another, they're infamous and cause quite a stir when they appear in at Alcatraz.

Bur's bitching about the ride over, and he and Sharpie can do this sort of mesmerizing patter without thinking about it as they scan the crowd. They see Kaner and walk up all threateningly and loom above where he's talking with Niemi. Things go silent, because all the inmates are 1. interested to see just how badly Kaner would bet hurt if there was a fight and 2. wondering if any of them should go get Tazer to save his boy.

They start yelling at Kaner, stuff that sounds scary at the beginning but quickly comes around to "and are you eating your vegetables? is anyone being mean to you?". Which is when Tazer appears and goes to make a big show about protecting Kaner, but he finds Patrick just PREENING under all the attention. Kaner's super excited to introduce his NEW BESTEST FRIEND to his grifter mommies, but Sharpie and Bur know that Kaner totally has a crush. He's even less emotionally aware in the 1920s as he is today, so they just raise their eyebrows at each other and lol.

[go-gentle.livejournal.com]

They start yelling at Kaner, stuff that sounds scary at the beginning but quickly comes around to "and are you eating your vegetables? is anyone being mean to you?".

lol kaner. Please tell me there was an extra-large delicious breakfast delivered to Kaner at some point while they were still on the lam!