Some you know that my career goal has been to become a physical therapist. Well, I am happy to report that this WILL HAPPEN!!! I have been accepted into the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in Provo, Utah. Yay!
School starts in May of this year which means we will totally be busy the next 2 months getting ready to move up to Utah again. The school will be 2.5 years long so I will graduate in December 2012. We are totally excited to move somewhere that is familiar and where we have family and friends.
Check back soon to see how we celebrated!
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Read with caution: Includes Venting
Dear Yet-to-be-Named Collection Company,
Please stop calling my work phone looking for the girl who had my job before I did. I've told you a million times that she no longer works here and can't be reached at this number and "NO, I do not have her new number nor will I transfer you to HR to verify her non-employment at my location." How many times do I have to say this to you in my obviously-annoyed yet courteous tone? I've told you to do whatever you have to in order to get my number off your list because no matter how many times you call, you won't find her here.
Also, while you refuse to say over the phone for which company you are calling, I know you're a collection company because another company left their name and I googled it discovered who you people are that keep harassing me.
And just to let you know, I laugh at the messages you leave because I've never heard someone threaten me via voicemail. "If I were you, I would be very scared. And if you do not return my call, I can only wish you the best of luck." Wow, really?! If you are required to make outbound phone calls to people who owe you money, don't you think kindness and courtesy would be the desired way to do get them to work with you? Besides, there's something to be said for customer service, which you are far from displaying. I have an example for you of a poor customer service agent from your company and I would like to file a complaint against her along with all the other agents who have called me.
Me: "Hello?"
Rude Agent #57: "Yes, may I speak with _______?"
Me: "She no longer works here."
Rude Agent #57: "Ok, well do you have a number I can reach her at?"
Me: "No I don't. And will you please stop calling me trying to reach her, because she DOESN'T WORK HERE ANYMORE."
Rude Agent #57: "I can't do anything about that. And if you won't give me the information I'm looking for, then I won't do anything for you."
{insert utter disbelief and shock from being spoken to like this by a complete stranger}
Me: "Wow."
{hang up on Rude Agent #57}
You see my frustration? You are impossible to work with, and I refuse to answer your phone calls to try to help you anymore. In the future, I will only allow you to leave threatening messages that I will laugh at and discard.
Cordially,
Ticked-off Debt-free Citizen
Side note:
After letting one of my coworkers hear the messages they leave, he said, "Oh ya, I remember the days of collection calls. Haha...they don't leave you alone until you pay, that's for sure."
{insert more disbelief and shock from hearing that this is a somewhat common occurrence for people my age}
Really, though. I get calls from the same 3 collection companies at least twice each week and have been since I started in my position...6 months ago. How long does it take to get her name off your list?!
I'm fed up with these people.
Please stop calling my work phone looking for the girl who had my job before I did. I've told you a million times that she no longer works here and can't be reached at this number and "NO, I do not have her new number nor will I transfer you to HR to verify her non-employment at my location." How many times do I have to say this to you in my obviously-annoyed yet courteous tone? I've told you to do whatever you have to in order to get my number off your list because no matter how many times you call, you won't find her here.
Also, while you refuse to say over the phone for which company you are calling, I know you're a collection company because another company left their name and I googled it discovered who you people are that keep harassing me.
And just to let you know, I laugh at the messages you leave because I've never heard someone threaten me via voicemail. "If I were you, I would be very scared. And if you do not return my call, I can only wish you the best of luck." Wow, really?! If you are required to make outbound phone calls to people who owe you money, don't you think kindness and courtesy would be the desired way to do get them to work with you? Besides, there's something to be said for customer service, which you are far from displaying. I have an example for you of a poor customer service agent from your company and I would like to file a complaint against her along with all the other agents who have called me.
Me: "Hello?"
Rude Agent #57: "Yes, may I speak with _______?"
Me: "She no longer works here."
Rude Agent #57: "Ok, well do you have a number I can reach her at?"
Me: "No I don't. And will you please stop calling me trying to reach her, because she DOESN'T WORK HERE ANYMORE."
Rude Agent #57: "I can't do anything about that. And if you won't give me the information I'm looking for, then I won't do anything for you."
{insert utter disbelief and shock from being spoken to like this by a complete stranger}
Me: "Wow."
{hang up on Rude Agent #57}
You see my frustration? You are impossible to work with, and I refuse to answer your phone calls to try to help you anymore. In the future, I will only allow you to leave threatening messages that I will laugh at and discard.
Cordially,
Ticked-off Debt-free Citizen
Side note:
After letting one of my coworkers hear the messages they leave, he said, "Oh ya, I remember the days of collection calls. Haha...they don't leave you alone until you pay, that's for sure."
{insert more disbelief and shock from hearing that this is a somewhat common occurrence for people my age}
Really, though. I get calls from the same 3 collection companies at least twice each week and have been since I started in my position...6 months ago. How long does it take to get her name off your list?!
I'm fed up with these people.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Weeds
Weeds
Oh, how thou groweth too well,
And plagueth us into a spell
Where we can’t sustain
Your lives, nor maintain
A yard in which we love to dwell.
We wisheth thou wouldst die.
Oh, how thou groweth too well,
And plagueth us into a spell
Where we can’t sustain
Your lives, nor maintain
A yard in which we love to dwell.
We wisheth thou wouldst die.
Not mundane, right?
This blog has unfortunately become the typical New Year’s Resolution which starts off great but then slowly gets forgotten or abandoned because the ‘newness’ and excitement wears off. This same thing happens to my journals. I’m great at writing consistently for a few weeks, but then there seems to be nothing new to write about and so the writing dwindles into nothing.
I didn’t plan for this to happen. I had big plans for this blog, even including the turn-your-blog-into-a-book idea. I don’t know how to fix this problem either, but I thought I would start trying to see the things I do not as mundane, but rather interesting and worth my time spent putting them into words.
It may take some time, considering we have the same schedule every day: wake up, go to work, go home, and go to bed. I know that has ‘Super Exciting!’ written all over it, but I’m grateful we do that every day because it means that we can think and act for ourselves, and we have jobs and a roof over our heads.
The posts that follow will hopefully be worth reading. We plan on posting about probably less-than-exciting yet valuable adventures, opinions, and thoughts.
I didn’t plan for this to happen. I had big plans for this blog, even including the turn-your-blog-into-a-book idea. I don’t know how to fix this problem either, but I thought I would start trying to see the things I do not as mundane, but rather interesting and worth my time spent putting them into words.
It may take some time, considering we have the same schedule every day: wake up, go to work, go home, and go to bed. I know that has ‘Super Exciting!’ written all over it, but I’m grateful we do that every day because it means that we can think and act for ourselves, and we have jobs and a roof over our heads.
The posts that follow will hopefully be worth reading. We plan on posting about probably less-than-exciting yet valuable adventures, opinions, and thoughts.
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