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Friday Flotsam: Not so swift

May 26, 2023May 25, 2023 aka gringita

The COBRA company messed up everything along the way.

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Friday Flotsam: Big round numbers

March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 aka gringita

I keep putting off an entire rant that it would be unwise to post so here’s my GOOD news….

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Tagged duolingo, peeves, work
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Updates

January 23, 2023January 20, 2023 aka gringita

My bank still can’t seem to figure out how to remove ALL the interest they charged me for being late when in fact I paid on time but they took 8 business days to process my check.

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And the hits go on

January 7, 2023January 6, 2023 aka gringita

So I won’t even recap all the COBRA fails up to now because I’ve already explained them previously. But get this…

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Oh this is why

December 3, 2022November 26, 2022 aka gringita

Recently I made Cake Soup because I misread the recipe.

The next day I made something else that came out soupy.

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The scanner

November 30, 2022November 29, 2022 aka gringita

After my printer adios-ed the other day, and until I decide on a new printer, I still occasionally need something printed. Fortunately my folks are super close by and they have a printer. With a scanner, which I almost never need but in this one case, last Saturday, I did.

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The printer

November 26, 2022November 19, 2022 aka gringita

You know what would be great? It would be great if while I’m between jobs all my technology would not decide to become a complete pain in my backside.

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The failure continues

November 21, 2022November 17, 2022 aka gringita

About two weeks ago I posted about the way my company’s process putting me on COBRA was a bit of a failure.

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Pants on fire

November 20, 2022November 15, 2022 aka gringita

Your package will be delivered by 4pm.

By 4:30pm it was plain that someone’s pants had already been on fire.

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Failure

November 4, 2022November 2, 2022 aka gringita

So the terms of my separation included keeping me on the company insurance through the end of that month, which would have been Oct 31.

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