soapbox

I was thinking about seeing either Millions or Sahara.

I have a very limited idea of when they’re playing though.

This is my second thing to complain about today. I’m crippled.

I won’t bore you with the medical details. I just can no longer walk uphill. (Yes, that is an odd problem.)

If you go on WebMD it says that the solution is just to cut my leg off. We could have a party and do it after the talk this afternoon.

It’s a pain in the ass when companies add arbitrary fees instead of just making prices what they should be.

For example, I got a new cell phone this morning (the old one’s battery only lasted for 15 minutes or so and, more problematically, the screen was starting to slide 180 degrees (for the nerdy: pi) out of phase so that things that should have been at the top and bottom of the screen were now in the middle). Anyway, the new phone was listed as $9.95. Of course, there’s a $30 mail in rebate so the price was really $39.95. Oh, and don’t forget the $15 activation fee. The thing that gets me is that you can’t get the phone without getting it activated so I really don’t understand the fee.

It would be like going to buy a car and having the window sticker say $150. You go talk to the salesman…
You: “So this car is only $150?”
Salesman: “Well, it’s $150 plus fees.”
Y: “What are the fees?”
S: “The first fee is the tire fee. The car was designed to be used with tires, so we have to charge you the tire fee.”
Y: “How much is the tire fee?”
S: “It’s $16,000.”
Y: “Oh, so the car is really $16,150?”
S: “Well, you have to add the engine fee and some others…”
And so on.

I also got my snow tires taken off today and they charge me for both mounting and balancing. Now, I realize that you could have your tires balanced without having new ones mounted, but who would only have tires mounted? It seems like mount/balance should be one line.

Only a few more things to rant about and then I’ll be done.