Crabby Blogging Lady

That would be me.

YES. As unbelievable as it sounds, I am a spoiled brat!!

I recently grumbled and complained about Amazon’s lousy shipping service lately– how it’s taking them forever to ship my latest few orders out of the warehouse. But Carole, a lady with a good head on her shoulders, left a comment:

I will share everyone’s woes about Amazon’s slow shipping, but I presume all of us are referring to the “free Super Saver shipping”? Because despite the fact that sometimes I have to wait quite a while for my stuff (although sometimes stuff does still come super quick – I ordered a vacuum recently that came within 3 days!), I am extremely happy that Amazon continues to offer FREE shipping at such a low threshold of $25 – I really don’t know any place else myself that offers a bajillion products that ship free for spending only $25. I just make sure I order my stuff well in advance of when I need it, but I really can’t muster a lot of anger about their slowness when they’re giving it to me for free, esp in this economy. My 2 cents.

Carole, you are absolutely right!

I often take advantage of Amazon’s free shipping service (there are other stores that offer it, and I do take advantage of them as well, when I can). It’s FREE!! Who can complain? Of course, I would prefer that Amazon do their best to still give me timely, efficient service and to keep their prospective delivery schedule. But yes, the shipping I refer to is free, and it is wrong of me to complain. I got very spoiled by Amazon, because they have really great prices, loads of goodies, and their free shipping was always so fast. Lately it has not been fast; heck, it hasn’t even been slow. It’s been sloooooooooowwwwwwww. But maybe Amazon is going through some hurdles of their own. I’m sorry, Amazon. I do still love you. You’ve been good to me! :D

What’s happened to Amazon.com, huh? Used to be, I could order something, and BAM my book would be here in a week, sometimes 5 days later. Not too shabby!
But HOLY COW, I’ve been waiting in the wings for over two weeks, and my books are not even in my state yet!

It seems to take FOREVER– a WHOLE WEEK, almost!– to even get the product out of Amazon’s warehouse anymore!

I ordered my books on November 13th, so you can’t blame “the holidays” for the shipping delay. Unless, of course, Amazon was just swamped with orders over Halloween. :-p

But look! My books weren’t even shipped out of the warehouse until November 18th– and even then, I wonder if they were really shipped out, because the Postal Service doesn’t even mention receiving anything until November 24th!

So it took Amazon a whopping TWELVE DAYS to get my three paperback books (which Amazon said were in stock!) OUT of their warehouse to the local post office?!
The estimated time of delivery is November 28th– over two weeks from my order. And guess what? It’s November 28th today, and books still aren’t here!

Yeah, I opted for “free shipping.” I shouldn’t have been such a cheapskate. Because Thanksgiving has come and gone, and my books haven’t come in yet… *sigh*

Like Mama used to say: Stupid is as stupid does.

Some goons with a lot of free time on their hands decide to rig up their car to a merry-go-round, so see how fast it can go. And worse yet, TWO guys decide to try to ride it!!

Insane Merry Go Round – Watch more Funny Videos

Notice how the spectators freak out when on the guy starts to fall off? Hello?? Like, what did you expect? They didn’t even bother to place pillows or cushy Eagle Creek luggage around the merry-go-round for padding, or have an ambulance waiting. Sheesh!

Not to mention I’m surprised the guy didn’t puke afterwards. Or maybe the considerate video cameraman decided to spare us from such thrilling entertainment.

…because he can’t read the teleprompter with his eyes closed! BWAHAHAHAHAH

Obama’s Home Teleprompter Malfunctions During Family Dinner

One little question: WHO decided what’s on the teleprompter, hmmm??

Short answer: Leave flattering but spammy comments on various blogs about what a great blogger I am and what a great (fill in the blank) you are.

That’ll do it.

Is it just me, or is the content of spam changing these days?

I hate spam. Ah, don’t we all. I’m one of those unique individuals who has no use for V*****a, Ci***s, Pri****s, ****** ****, and ******** with *******. None at all. I don’t need a new toupee, don’t need a colon cleanse, and I don’t want to watch any videos of… you or anyone else.

Anyone who has an email address or a blog knows that absolute CRAP that comes from spammers. It’s staggering– not necessarily the AMOUNT of spam I get (that’s a given), but the utter filth and disgusting topics. There has got to be an explanation for it. I mean, do spammers REALLY think everyone will come flocking to their website to see/buy their product/service, after SPAMMING us so disgustingly and incessantly?! Please tell me how this new marketing scheme is successful?!

So we bloggers have learned to shut off spam. I scroll through the Akismet pages as quickly as I can, reluctantly but speedily skimming the comments in case a *real* comment is caught in the loop. But one made me stop in my tracks. HAHA! Is this a joke?!

Hi – I don’t comment on many web sites but had to on yours. It well done much! I really like how your writeing– very to point, unlike the of other blogs. Keep up the great works! Come see my good stuff, too. It is all about what you are talking about and you will like it.

It seems spammers are changing their tactics. Their spam is no longer filled with 20,000 links to ***** sites with gruesome descriptions. Now, they seem to be cozying up to us, flattering us, complimenting us on our style or even our blog theme. And then they have the gall to leave their link to their site, saying how wonderful they are, how much I’ll love their latest new blog blurb! Are they THAT dumb? Do they think WE are that dumb? That we’ll all come running to visit their websites, infect our machines with viruses, and ruin our lives?!

I AM NOT FOOLED, you SPAMMING SCUM!!! Die die die!!!

This has got to end somehow. I am SO TIRED of the spam. *sigh*

Here’s another one for the idiot box, people:

80,000 Mailers Sent Out With Recipients’ Social Security Numbers In Plain View
Universal American Action Network Says Printing Error To Blame

You knuckleheads at UAAN can blame your printers for the “error” all you want, but it wasn’t the printer that programmed the numbers to appear on the postcard!

Right on the front of the piece of mail, in plain view, is the recipient’s Social Security number. Tens of thousands of Medicare recipients may be at risk.

…Universal American told News 8 that the Social Security numbers were on the postcards because of a printing error. And Universal claims it immediately terminated its contract with the printing service.

“There’s no reason for it to be out for the public to see,” Delores said.

The big question is — how did this company get the Social Security numbers? Well, in many cases, Medicare account numbers are your Social Security number. Universal American said it will send a letter to those who received the postcards notifying them of this problem and offer to provide free credit monitoring for a year. In the meantime, anyone with any questions can contact Universal American at 1 (877) 697-6228.

The problem with these kinds of “errors” is that banks and companies take these things SO lightly. SO lightly. I’ve ranted before about the ridiculously low security measures at banking websites and their weak passwords encryptions; and here’s a story about a bank employee sending SSN and bank account information to the wrong email address here. RIDICULOUS!! Plus, there are all the numerous stories about banks and federal bureaus storing OUR information on THEIR laptops, and taking the laptops to coffee shops and zoos, where they are stolen.

DUHHHHHHHHH!!!

They treat our information– life changing information– so very, very lightly. When is it going to stop?! Plus, they should even be USING our SSNs for such things. You can’t even get motorhome insurance or check out a library book or get a grocery store shopping card without divulging your SSN!! It’s just criminal, how many dunderheads and dunderheaded companies have our sensitive information and account numbers. And we are supposed to just *trust* that they will take care of us?! My eye!

P.S. And all this is not even mentioning that the Social Security Numbers were never supposed to be counted as identification numbers! It’s so enraging.