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

[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

[go-gentle.livejournal.com]

http://www.bauer.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/11/1/Jonathan-Toews-Q--A

(i just google quotes, because lord knows i don't see anything that's not on sch or pd.)

[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.

[go-gentle.livejournal.com]

but the real question is, do they schedule in time for shirtless wrestling?

[thesamefire.livejournal.com]

that's sharpie's responsibility, OBVIOUSLY

[go-gentle.livejournal.com]

BEST PIECE OF CANON, OR BEST PIECE OF CANON?

[thesamefire.livejournal.com]

IT IS THE BEST OF ALL PIECES OF CANON.



Well, that and Tazer foot-sweeping Seabs and calling him Fatty after a Mario Kart Incident. Adam Burish, I will miss your dirt on the team!

[go-gentle.livejournal.com]

wait, what's that from?

i miss everything about adam burish.

[allthespoons.livejournal.com]

lol thinks Kaner could manage to shirtless wrestle Tazer without getting an awkward boner

[thesamefire.livejournal.com]

THESE THINGS JUST HAPPEN SOMETIMES OK

[allthespoons.livejournal.com]

(http://es.tinypic.com?ref=8y868n)

IT'S NOT GAY IF THE GUY YOU'RE SHIRTLESS WRESTLING LOOKS LIKE THIS

[thesamefire.livejournal.com]

THE GREEKS DID IT! THEY GAVE US THE OLYMPICS! THAT'S TOTALLY MANLY AND SHIT! NO HOMO!



my bff: "Somebody at NHL.com must be wondering why that Marty Turco interview has had so many views."

[go-gentle.livejournal.com]

um. i think i'm going to take a moment.

[go-gentle.livejournal.com]

exactly

[allthespoons.livejournal.com]

Scenarios which I would read that involve Patrick Kane's awkward boner:

1. Huddling for warmth (obvs)
2. Shirtless wrestling with Tazer
3. He and Tazer are flipping channels in their hotel room and there's nothing on and Tazer ends up stopping at porn and mocking how unrealistic it is and Kaner has had LOTS OF SEX, okay, he's not some virgin, and he knows it's unrealistic, but it's also people fucking and they're kind of hot and he's kind of into it and gets hard and is really flustered and obvious about it and Tazer mocks him mercilessly about it but somehow it ends up with Tazer talking dirty to Kaner while Kaner jerks off.
4. Sharing a cab with Tazer and some girl Tazer is hooking up with, because they left the club they were at really late and there was no way Kaner was going to be able to flag down a cab by himself, but a hot girl could, and Kaner and Tazer live in the same neighborhood, anyway, so it's not like it's any trouble. And they're all pretty drunk and Tazer has his arm around the girl's waist and his hand is creeping down the waistband of her skirt and his hand looks huge against her waist and he's kind of smirking, his head tipped back against the seat and his eyes half-closed, and Kaner was kind of horny anyway, and he totally can't help getting hard. And the worst part is that Tazer totally knows.
5. Sharpie plays a prank on Kane and Toews that ends with ice water being dumped all over one of their hotel beds, and the hotel is booked completely and they can't get another room, and it's too late to try to go to another hotel, so they just suck it up and share a bed so neither of them will have to sleep on the floor and risk waking up sore for the game the next day. And then Kaner wakes up with an awkward boner, obviously.
6. Tazer wakes up in the middle of the night in their hotel room and jerks off, and he's really quiet about it, but Kaner still wakes up, too, and hears him and gets an awkward boner.
7. After they win the Cup and Kaner's all hopped up on adrenaline and drunk and exhausted and horny and wants to fuck someone so bad, but there's no one around him but his teammates, and then all the guys start disappearing with their wives and girlfriends and it's just him and Tazer in the locker room for a second and Tazer's wearing nothing but his boxer briefs and is all wet from his shower and is gripping Kaner's arm really tight and really intensely telling him what a good game he played.
8. Honestly, literally every scenario.

[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.

[go-gentle.livejournal.com]

as all right thinking people do!

UGH ME TOOOOOOO. I WANT TO READ ABOUT THE REST OF THE TEAM LOLLING AT THEM FOR BEING MARRIED AND NOT CATCHING ON.

YOU COULD WRITE IT! :D? :D?

[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.