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just a girl who's afraid of the dark ([personal profile] go_gentle) wrote2010-11-01 06:56 pm

in which I vent

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?
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[identity profile] go-gentle.livejournal.com 2010-11-02 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
I WOULDN'T WANT TO ENCOURAGE HIM

[identity profile] allthespoons.livejournal.com 2010-11-02 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
IAWMTFKANERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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[identity profile] go-gentle.livejournal.com 2010-11-02 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
FOR GOOD REASON!

[identity profile] allthespoons.livejournal.com 2010-11-02 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
I'M SORRY I'M THE ONLY PERSON IN THE ENTIRE WORLD WHO PROPERLY APPRECIATES PATRICK KANE, EXCEPT FOR PATRICK KANE HIMSELF AND ALSO JEREMY MORIN!!!!!!!

[identity profile] thesamefire.livejournal.com 2010-11-02 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
AND PAT KANE'S MOM! SHE'S HIS #1 FAN!

[identity profile] thesamefire.livejournal.com 2010-11-02 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
when my bff and i were pondering which jerseys to get, she was like, "i want a toews jersey!" and i was like, "but i don't want a kane jersey! i want a keith jersey!" and then she was all, "but i don't want a seabs jersey!"

at no point did we stop to contemplate why we were defaulting to assuming we'd get Matched Set jerseys.
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[identity profile] go-gentle.livejournal.com 2010-11-02 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
they come so neatly in matched sets, it seems cruel to split them up.

[identity profile] thesamefire.livejournal.com 2010-11-02 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
lol based on the comments to this post gmail is giving me the hot recycling tip "You can make a lovely hat out of previously-used aluminum foil."



to be fair, meghan also has the mullet mania shirt they were selling during the playoffs, so she has taken care of that set in a roundabout way :D?

[identity profile] shoemaster.livejournal.com 2010-11-02 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
WHY DIDN'T SHE WANT A SEABS JERSEY???

WHY DIDN'T YOU WANT A KANE JERSEY???

[identity profile] thesamefire.livejournal.com 2010-11-02 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
BECAUSE WE HAVE STRONG PREFERENCES AND ARE BOTH UNWILLING TO COMPROMISE ON THINGS THAT AREN'T BEER OR FOOD.



but recently i learned i have an abnormally large colon, so she named my colon "brent seabrook" so i guess I have a matched set too, if you can abstract that far.

[identity profile] shoemaster.livejournal.com 2010-11-02 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
....I was trying to make a joke about Keith covering your colon, but it just got weird.

[identity profile] thesamefire.livejournal.com 2010-11-02 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
lolol, i will now refer to trips to the bathroom as "4 minutes of ice time", cf. the insane shift keith took last wednesday.



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[identity profile] go-gentle.livejournal.com 2010-11-02 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
......WHAT

oh my god keith, get off the ice!

(i very much enjoyed the commentary in tonight's game when they made a 2 on 1 rush. "he doesn't know what to do as part of the 2 and not the 1!")