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Post by skylark on Sept 25, 2018 16:18:23 GMT -5
Got an error when trying to pay my cable bill online with a message that it didn't go through. I try three more times, nothing. Half an hour later, I check the debit account we use and it turns out that all four attempts went through, and the car insurance was pending two payments even though I only made one. I call my cable to try and get that straightened out, and I call the car insurance only to learn that they never got a payment from me even though there are two pending on our card. Either way, I have to wait two days before the money goes back into the card. My mom and I use this card to pay our bills, so the fact that this kind of stuff can happen terrifies me, and I'm not going to be able to rest easily until this is all straightened out... ...so, how was everyone else's day?  |
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Post by Rune Lai on Sept 25, 2018 16:34:01 GMT -5
This is why I never rely on auto-pay. And I know you weren't. But it's my general distrust of electronic payment systems. I'm going to pay manually ahead of time so if something goes crazy, I know immediately to start calling people (rather than finding out two weeks later that my service is being cut because something or other didn't go through). My day is going all right though.  Kinda busy. |
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Post by Solana on Sept 27, 2018 16:19:50 GMT -5
I hope everything settled in the right place for you, Lark. Yesterday I almost had two mice get away from me during 'change-out', where we transfer the mice into clean cages with fresh food and water. We pick up the mice by the base of their tail and gently set them in the new cage. I had two that managed to grip the top edge of the cage. Mice are stronger than you expect, especially when you don't want to hurt them, but luckily I was still gripping the tail. The first I just kind of waited out, then got it in the cage when its guard was down. The other was squirmy, and I even tried offering it my hand to crawl on to break its grip, but finally managed to get in the new cage. If they get away from you into the room, you have to report it to the lab and there's a sign that goes on the cage so that there aren't problems with the research. Today was awesome. One person has taken the first certification test I've been researching and is going to share the study materials. If you pass, the university reimburses you AND you get a bonus. (I'm also thinking resume-builder for the future.) Another has taken some of the marine biology courses and knows the head of that department. She's going to get me the contact info so I can see if I can grab a marine biology minor even after acquiring my bachelor's in general biology! (It's a new minor, and wasn't around when I graduated from a different college, so I'm not kicking myself as hard for not going to this one.) |
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Post by skylark on Sept 29, 2018 10:12:41 GMT -5
Yay. It's all finally taken care of. I can get the rest of the money out so I can pay my damn car registration.
*collapses*
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Kinda busy.
