Week in Review
Jun. 16th, 2006 03:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geminigirlSaturday afternoon-shopping for house stuff. We looked at tables for the kitchen and found this one that we like a lot. And the chairs were comfortable, too. We browsed patio furniture as well, but didn't see anything. We also looked for mirrors (nothing that impressed us yet,) light fixtures for bathrooms and the kitchen, and rugs. I'd kind of like to replace the flourescent light in the kitchen, but I need to discuss that with Cayne first.
Satuday night...100 games of skee ball. Really. And serious stiffness for a few days after. Just a particular twisting of the lower back muscles that don't usually get that much twisting all at once.
Sunday-lots of rest.
Monday-anniversary. Nice dinner. Lots of love. Awww, how cute.
Tuesday-went out to actually celebrate our anniversary at Manuel's on the 28th-you get only one first anniversary. Very nice. Major insomnia-not so nice.
Wednesday-Try to recover from insomnia. Spend much of day not feeling well, and depressed.
Thursday-lunch with my cousin, cat food, more love. Turned knee badly-thigh went in one direction, calf in the other.
Friday-try to get customer service by calling the branch of my bank that I go to, and discover that "I have three checks to deposit totalling a very large sum of money, as the downpayment for our house. Is there anything special I need to do with a transaction this large, because it will look like unusual activity on the account," is not understood by the person who answers the phone at the bank. Plan nice dinner for tonight, and cuddling, and maybe Katamari.
Saturday-plan to find homeowner's insurance, and maybe new car insurance.
I know I've ranted about this before. I have no objection to people speaking languages other than English, especially since we're planning a bilingual (French and English household) but please, please, please, if you're in a customer service position, please be someone who can communicate comfortable in English, which is the primary language around here, as well as whatever other language is appropriate, whether it's Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, etc. I do business with Canada institutions, regularly, and even when the people I've dealt with a primarily French speakers (as is often the case, it seems, when I call the consulate here, and in New York) they have no problem conducting business with me in English. So it's not impossible...for sure.
Satuday night...100 games of skee ball. Really. And serious stiffness for a few days after. Just a particular twisting of the lower back muscles that don't usually get that much twisting all at once.
Sunday-lots of rest.
Monday-anniversary. Nice dinner. Lots of love. Awww, how cute.
Tuesday-went out to actually celebrate our anniversary at Manuel's on the 28th-you get only one first anniversary. Very nice. Major insomnia-not so nice.
Wednesday-Try to recover from insomnia. Spend much of day not feeling well, and depressed.
Thursday-lunch with my cousin, cat food, more love. Turned knee badly-thigh went in one direction, calf in the other.
Friday-try to get customer service by calling the branch of my bank that I go to, and discover that "I have three checks to deposit totalling a very large sum of money, as the downpayment for our house. Is there anything special I need to do with a transaction this large, because it will look like unusual activity on the account," is not understood by the person who answers the phone at the bank. Plan nice dinner for tonight, and cuddling, and maybe Katamari.
Saturday-plan to find homeowner's insurance, and maybe new car insurance.
I know I've ranted about this before. I have no objection to people speaking languages other than English, especially since we're planning a bilingual (French and English household) but please, please, please, if you're in a customer service position, please be someone who can communicate comfortable in English, which is the primary language around here, as well as whatever other language is appropriate, whether it's Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, etc. I do business with Canada institutions, regularly, and even when the people I've dealt with a primarily French speakers (as is often the case, it seems, when I call the consulate here, and in New York) they have no problem conducting business with me in English. So it's not impossible...for sure.
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Date: 2006-06-16 08:31 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-06-16 10:12 pm (UTC)Love the table mine is similar but came from Kmart with 4 comfy chairs. We rarely shop there but I saw the table in the ad one Sunday.
Agreed about English on the phone it can be especially difficult.
Good Luck with all. Hope knee is okay.
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Date: 2006-06-17 02:06 pm (UTC)I totally agree with you about the customer service people, though I think it's partly because we just don't value those jobs highly enough in this country, and thus, they don't pay very well.