pendell

Current Hyperfixation: Wizard of Oz

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I use outdated technology just for fun, listen to crappy music, and watch a lot of horror movies. Expect posts about These Things. I talk a lot.

Check tags like Star Trek Archive and Media Piracy to find things I share for others.



lupi
@lupi

do i pay it off fast or pay it off slow

do i put everything that's not taken by bills into paying it down as quick as possible or do i take llike a year

i have been building up credit card debt since wayward died so thats like, 3 years of the stuff, i'm at like nearly 3k in credit card debt basically


exerian
@exerian

everything i've ever heard and my own experience indicates that the ideal thing to do is to make double payments whenever possible and always pay a little more than is due. they make their money off the premium which only builds over time. so they want you take some time but they also want you to not overextend yourself. by paying more than is due you're telling them all of these things.


pendell
@pendell

I get paid weekly so I make weekly payments. Lately I've sacrificed putting anything into my savings and put like half of each paycheck towards paying off my credit card as quickly as possible.



pendell
@pendell

Me: "No ma'am, we can't track an Amazon RMA number, you'd have to contact Amazon for that. Since this receipt is dated yesterday, the items have already left, as everything leaves the store daily."

Customer: "I don't like your tone, I don't appreciate your attitude, I don't like you."

Me, smiling, pleasant customer service voice: "Well, you don't have to speak with me, you're free to leave the store anytime."

And now I'm in trouble and will be getting "talked to" by the boss when he comes in later today. Quote my manager "you can't be mean to customers." But apparently they can be mean to me? Sorry, no, I draw the line at tolerating someone sneering directly at my face about the things they dislike about my existence.


pendell
@pendell

The worst thing about working customer service jobs is that one suitably awful customer can, beyond just making your day worse, actively put your job at risk. Especially in America there's an expectation that customer service workers be punching bags for whatever irritations are on people's minds that day, and that they lose their jobs if they express any sort of human emotional response to being harassed.

Personally I believe all customer service workers should have a button under their counter, and when they press it, it ejects the customer through the roof on a Dr. Seuss style springed platform.



Me: "No ma'am, we can't track an Amazon RMA number, you'd have to contact Amazon for that. Since this receipt is dated yesterday, the items have already left, as everything leaves the store daily."

Customer: "I don't like your tone, I don't appreciate your attitude, I don't like you."

Me, smiling, pleasant customer service voice: "Well, you don't have to speak with me, you're free to leave the store anytime."

And now I'm in trouble and will be getting "talked to" by the boss when he comes in later today. Quote my manager "you can't be mean to customers." But apparently they can be mean to me? Sorry, no, I draw the line at tolerating someone sneering directly at my face about the things they dislike about my existence.