Auryn's World

I have a terrible feeling that I may not have a job after tomorrow.  A friend that I work with was fired for reasons that seem very hinky.

I had a particularly bad call where I was essentially yelled at, had to listen to racist and bigoted language, and still tried to help the guy as best as I could.  I was fine with the write up until he (my supervisor)  made it sound like it was all my fault.  I tried my best to help this customer and he fought me EVERY SINGLE STEP OF THE WAY.

I need out of tech support.  I don’t mind customer service, but tech support is not for me anymore.

When you stay up later than you should, so you can hang out with someone that you don’t get to see very often, and throw off your whole schedule, and then they ignore you so they can do something with/for someone that they get to see everyday?

I’m totally feeling it right now.

And then said person had the gall to ask why I didn’t tell them I was going to bed.

In other news…

Yay!!!!!!

My gas was turned off because we were a month late in paying. (BTW, it’s been FREEZING here the last few days.)  To be honest it was my fault, but I’ve been so frazzled lately that it just slipped my mind.  All the other bills were paid.

So I call the company to get the past due part paid, and gas service turned back on, only they’re not open.  They’re only open until 5pm.  I don’t off work until 5:15pm.  Thankfully I’m off the next day and I call.  The cs rep proceeds to tell me that he can help but that to turn everything back on it will be 230$

*blink blink*

My past due bill is 85$, and I figured some kind of reconnect fee.  The reconnect fee is 25$.  They want a 120$ deposit as well.  (This is on top of the deposit that I paid when I had service started, which was a whole ‘nother fiasco because the cs rep then didn’t believe that I was who I said I was because she didn’t bother to ask what my maiden name was.)

Guess who doesn’t have 230$?  I have 150$ until Friday because I’m still the only one with a paycheck, so I’ve had to pay the rent, buy groceries, put gas in both cars (so he can work) and pay the other bills. 

I asked to speak to a supervisor.  At first, he tells me that none are available and that I should call back later.  I tell him no, I will wait.  He gets someone on the phone and she tells me that there is nothing that she can do and that I would need to speak to an outside agency for assistance, but when I start to ask about said agencies, either she hung up or my phone disconnected.  It’s hard to say which because the signal out here is spotty at best.  So, I call back, speak to another cs rep, and she proceeds to tell me the same thing, at this point, I kinda lose my shit and call them out on their bullshit because I never got ANY notice except one in the mail LAST WEEK.  No phone call, nothing. (And to top it off, they had the wrong damn phone number on the account, even though I CHANGED it when I set up my online payment account.)  I asked to speak to a supervisor again, and she told no, that they would just tell me the same thing. 

As an aside, I work as a Senior Advisor in a call center.  I was also a Tier 1 Advisor.  First rule is that if a customer asks for a supervisor, you get that person to a supervisor.

Figuring I was getting nowhere, I hung up.  Then I did the one thing that I hate doing most.  I called my mom.  I HATE asking her for help.  I’m 32 years old, I shouldn’t have to run back to mom.  But I did.  I explained the situation, and told her that all I needed was the $120 and that she would get it back as soon as I got it back (which by BOB I will get).  She called the bank, and we worked out transferring money to my account.

I call stupid gas company back, get it paid.  They tell me that they’ll have someone out here today (Wednesday) by 8pm or tomorrow(Thursday) and that they can’t promise when they’d be here. 

Mr Auryn can’t go to work because he’s not showered, and because the water heater is gas, we have no hot water.  So, we pile on as many warm clothes as possible and get all of our extra blankets out to pile on the bed.  On the upside, I do have a heating pad, which helps but it’s not very big.  We sit and wait all day for someone to arrive and by 8pm I’ve figured it’ll be tomorrow.  Thankfully our stove is electric so I can make dinner and we turn the oven on with the door open for some heat in the kitchen.

Today, I get a knock on the door around 10:30am.  It’s the gas guy!  YAY!  I’m going to have heat again!!  He tells me that he’s going to do the outside stuff first and then come in and get our pilot lights re-lit.  About 5-7 minutes later, another knock.  Gas guy has come to tell me he’s got an emergency that he has to go to down the street but that I’m next on the list after that.

*Insert frowny face here* 

I’m surprised that my poor cats don’t have frosted whiskers.  And I swear to BOB that when we move, the new place better be all electric.  Gas may be more efficient, but the level of crap service that I’ve gotten from this damn company is starting to piss me off.

Mr Auryn is going to home for Christmas!!!!

YAY!!!!!  *dances*

So, Mr Auryn likes it when I wear sexy stuff for him.  Because of this, I’ve spent the last couple of hours perusing Frederick’s and Victoria’s Secret.  I’ve found some great stuff and compiled my list.

Now all I need to do is find a wool trench coat, that is preferably knee length.  I’ve got surprise in mind for him when he comes home and the coat is key.

I’ve also come up with other ideas that include ribbon and bows, but I’m fairly certain that he’s not going to be home in time for Christmas, but there is always his birthday.

In other news, he interviewed for a job yesterday, and he feels that he’s got a really good chance at it.  He’s going on Monday to take the test to get his CDL because it is required for the job. 

Please keep your fingers crossed for him :)

Maybe I’m not seeing this from the perspective of a mother, but from the perspective of a daughter.

If I saw my mom making passive aggressive posts on facebook, I’d stay the hell away too. 

Do I think the daughter in question needs to take responsibility for her son, HELL YES, but again that is her choice and if chooses not to, then that’s on her.  Berating her and guilt tripping her are not going to make her want to come back.  Trust me I know.

There are people in this world that hate being pushed and pushed.  They hate being nagged at.  I know when my used to pester me about finding out what was bothering me, I would shut down. 

So please, stop being an attention whore and LET IT GO!!!!

Mr Auryn has discovered an opportunity that could potentially get us out of debt in the next several months and making a substantial amount of money in the next few years.

He’s decided that he’s going to go with a co-worker to North Dakota to get a job working on a oil rig.  Workers with NO experience can start out making 26.50$ an hour.  The town that this work is in has a population of 12,000 and not enough people to work for the oil company. 

He’s done the research, there are several staffing agencies that are looking for people, but they don’t really look at the online applications because they get so many and there have been a lot of people that just don’t show up to work.

I’ll be staying here and working until he can secure us housing there, which can take several months.  We decided that me staying here and finishing out the lease (sometime in March) will save us money in the long run.

I’m scared and nervous, but am optimistic about the situation.  I’m not looking forward to living in BFE North Dakota, but it will give us opportunities that we cannot simply pass up.

It’s not letting me have access again…

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO WASTE MY DAY OFF??

In other news, Mr Auryn got a box today.  I was not aware of him ordering anything.  I gave the box a gentle shake, sounds kinda like broken glass.  I googled the return address, but I’m not finding anything. 

iTunes is playing pretty shitty music right now, but my laundry is started. 

I hate doing laundry, but I need ‘proper’ work clothes now.  The UK project started at work, so those of that are doing the 24/7 Pilot Program have to adhere to the dress code and other policies that have been lax for the last 3 weeks *boohiss*

Feeling kinda meh.  I’m out of NCIS to watch and I don’t want to get ahead of Mr Auryn on House.  I may work on some cross stitch for bit, but I’m not really feeling motivated to do so.

Speaking of NCIS & House, I need to update my Amazon wishlist to reflect the seasons I’ve already purchased.  I should also check to see what my listed address is there and get that updated too.