Let's play Good News / Bad News

[cmzaha]

Good News managed to crochet 13 hat and 6 hoodies for market tomorrow.
Bad News I now have to sew 13 flowers and buttons on the hats.
Hoodies already have their button and flower sewn on. Yeah, I really hate sewing flowers on hats, but I really like to sell the hats

 

[TeresaGG]

Good news it rained. They might be lifting the burn ban so we can burn all the Blackberry brambles.
Bad news it rained. The material for a project that I left out is now wet. I'm hoping it's not ruined.

 

[amd]

Good news: Got a five day weekend off work.
Bad news: I had to get sinus infection, double ear infection, and the clinic called this morning to tell me the strep culture came back positive, so I have that going for me too. I haven't even been awake long enough this week to enjoy having the TV to myself.

 

[Misschief]

Good news: Got a five day weekend off work.
Bad news: I had to get sinus infection, double ear infection, and the clinic called this morning to tell me the strep culture came back positive, so I have that going for me too. I haven't even been awake long enough this week to enjoy having the TV to myself.

Oh, I hear you. I've been off all week with bronchitis. I had scheduled Thursday and Friday off, giving me 5 day weekend for soap making. Instead, I'll have a total of 10 days off and I've only made two batches of soap because of being sick. And now, John (dh) is sick, too.

 

[jcandleattic]

Good news: Got a five day weekend off work.
Bad news: I had to get sinus infection, double ear infection, and the clinic called this morning to tell me the strep culture came back positive, so I have that going for me too. I haven't even been awake long enough this week to enjoy having the TV to myself.

That's rough. I've had bronchitis, and a double ear infection at the same time, but strep on top of that!! Feel better soon!
(I've actually never had strep, I believe I'm a carrier though)

Oh, I hear you. I've been off all week with bronchitis. I had scheduled Thursday and Friday off, giving me 5 day weekend for soap making. Instead, I'll have a total of 10 days off and I've only made two batches of soap because of being sick. And now, John (dh) is sick, too.

Oh geeze!! I hope you and your DH feel better too!!

I was out of work for 3 weeks earlier this summer with pneumonia, and I get acute bronchitis quite often, so I feel ya.

 

[Lin19687]

Good news - did a HUGE Fall event that had a ton of people.

bad news, not a huge seller and an hour away

 

[jcandleattic]

Bad News: I had an order that was supposedly "attempted" to be delivered yesterday by Amazon. I got an email explaining the reason they didn't deliver my packages is because there was no secure location to leave our packages - and since we wouldn't give them the code to our house, they refused to deliver. Umm, we were all home, when they supposedly "attempted" to deliver my packages, so what would it matter if they had a secure location - all they would have had to do is knock on the dang door!
Good News: I called this morning to complain and told them that under no circumstances EVER would I give a stranger the code to get inside my home, and that they absolutely did NOT "attempt" to deliver our packages, since there were 7 of us in the house last night, and 99.9% of the time this is always going to be somebody home at my house, so why wouldn't knocking on the door be part of the the "attempt" at delivery? Anyway, because I have prime, they couldn't really refund my shipping on the late packages, and because they had already loaded the truck, they said my packages wouldn't be back out for delivery until tomorrow.
So I told them "basically I get screwed because your driver didn't knock on my door?" After some apologies from them, they tended up crediting my account $50. I had some errands to run, and when I got home, my packages were all here. My husband said they didn't come on a truck that they were hand delivered in a personal vehicle.

Not too shabby of a job making it right.. ​

 

[Lin19687]

It was most likely Amazon delivery... they suck and I hate to do one day delivery because if it. They ALWAYS leave it at the other side of the Duplex. 2nd time I yelled out the window. I wanted to say. Gee Can you NOT see the 20x24 fully covered Carport on the SIDE of the house.... the side you JUST DROVE BY ??

I do sometimes feel bad for the person that answers the calls for Amazon. One day, me calling to complain about exact same thing as you, I ended up chatting with her for 40 minutes ! They work from home, make crappy money but it is all on the Puter Viop or what ever they call it .


Speaking of Amazon. Good news - I bought a new cell phone and it is coming today, one day delivery.

Bad news - It is coming via USPS (so it says) so I don't know if it will actually GET here today or tomorrow.

BUT ............. Good news, my USPS guy is good and leaves my packages in the carport on something so it doesn't get wet...

Bad news, I doubt the text alerts will be accurate

 

[jcandleattic]

It was most likely Amazon delivery.

It was Amazon delivery. I called, let my frustration with the situation be known and also told the person on the phone I was not frustrated with her and sorry she was getting my angry voice.
I also feel bad for customer service reps, and try to be respectful of them, just not the situation. Unless they are rude to me first, I rarely take out the situation on them.
I was just mad because they lied and said they attempted the delivery when it was so obvious they didn't because there were 7 of us in the house. That AND the fact they said the only way they would deliver in the future is if we gave them the code to our door lock to put the packages "securely inside our house". Umm, nope. My parents don't even have that code, no way on earth I'm giving it to a complete stranger... Which I told them, so supposedly they wrote in the notes that leaving it on the porch has been approved by me. We'll see what happens. I have a couple more packages on their way the rest of this week. We'll see if they get left.

 

[Lin19687]

Good news, My New cell got here, USPS and they are almost always great here.

Gripe, I have to wait to tonight to move everything over because the case isn't coming till today.

@jcandleattic I too always tell the phone person that I am not mad at them, it's a hard job. I would NEVER give out a code to let some stranger in my home. Do people really think they screen Amazon delivery people ? It is a Contract job and pays poopy. Also, WHAT CODE ? do they think that every one has a lock box on their house? Or a hid-a-key lock box ? Even if I worked at Amazon delivery I would NOT go in someones house, I would feel very uncomfortable with that.

 

[jcandleattic]

do they think that every one has a lock box on their house

They do, because it's a delivery option they rolled out about a year ago - I wrote this post about it when I first saw it-
https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/is-it-just-me-or.65668/

I understand their reasoning - porch thieves and all that - but as I told the person on the phone, if I have porch thieves, I will take that up with the local police, just deliver my stuff!! It's what I pay all those exorbitant Prime fees for - to have Amazon Prime and free 2 day shipping, not whenever/wherever we feel you might want to get/receive your packages.

 

[amd]

When I lived in my "bachelorette" house (haha), I lived on the edge of a small town so my house was well sheltered from the prying eyes of neighbors on either side and behind me, but you could see my house from the main road. This made me nervous having packages delivered, so I had a locked tote that sat permanently on my door step. (I guess someone who really wanted my stuff could have just taken the tote and smashed in the plastic, but that never happened.) All of my delivery instructions told where the key for the lock was. I had one package that was placed on the tote, rather than in the tote, so I called about it. They investigated and the result was "the driver was in a hurry and did not do it". That was the only time it was ever a problem with that delivery service (I think it was UPS, but can't remember anymore). Of course, after I started the soap biz, I got rid of the tote and just left my side door unlocked (the door opened into a small mudroom of sorts with another door that I could lock to the main house) and had deliveries left inside as the boxes were usually too big for the tote.

 

[redhead1226]

Bad New - Good News - Bad News! lol

The bad news is I have Tinnitus. A hissing noise in my ear or head that I have unfortunately had for 4 1/2 years. I have managed even though personally I would not wish this on anyone. After years of reading and visiting specialists and trying all sorts of things, believe it or not I was getting some relief from an over the counter concoction "Lipo flavinoids". Who knew! After a few weeks I could hardly hear the hissing.

I had noticed that I was short of breath doing menial chores like taking the garbage out and thought I was having some heart issue. After numerous tests and scans I was just fine. It was a side effect of the Lipo Flavinoids! WHAT!!! Finally some relief from this torture of never having a moment of silence! And I have to stop?? Yep!

Sooooo Im back to listening to birds chirping and white noise through earbuds.

 

[shunt2011]

Bad New - Good News - Bad News! lol

The bad news is I have Tinnitus. A hissing noise in my ear or head that I have unfortunately had for 4 1/2 years. I have managed even though personally I would not wish this on anyone. After years of reading and visiting specialists and trying all sorts of things, believe it or not I was getting some relief from an over the counter concoction "Lipo flavinoids". Who knew! After a few weeks I could hardly hear the hissing.

I had noticed that I was short of breath doing menial chores like taking the garbage out and thought I was having some heart issue. After numerous tests and scans I was just fine. It was a side effect of the Lipo Flavinoids! WHAT!!! Finally some relief from this torture of never having a moment of silence! And I have to stop?? Yep!

Sooooo Im back to listening to birds chirping and white noise through earbuds.

That's terrible. My father has had tinnitus for the last 8 years or so. Sometimes it's better than others. He hasn't found anything to help much either.

 

[redhead1226]

That's terrible. My father has had tinnitus for the last 8 years or so. Sometimes it's better than others. He hasn't found anything to help much either.

The Lipo Flavinoids did help. It was not completely gone, but sooooo much better. Yes sometimes it is better then others but 3-4 months ago it got louder and that is the "new normal" for me. Shortness of breath is not a side effect for everyone and amazon reviews even said that it helped many people. It is an OTC medication and easy to obtain and affordable. About $20 a month. Maybe he could try it.

 

[SoapAddict415]

Good news! I finally got health insurance and it came with an app that allowed me to do a video chat with a doc! Seems that I have chronic contact dermatitis from the parts I handle at work.
Bad news, the steroidal ointment stings like crazy! It's a side effect that'll go away with continued use. I don't know what's worse, the stinging from the treatment or the intense itching from the dermatitis!

 

[Relle]

I have had tinnitus for about 30 years, can't remember a time when I didn't have it, it's just always there, not sure there is anything to fix it.

 

[steffamarie]

Bad news: I worked from 0530 to midnight yesterday and really busted my butt getting stuff done. In the meantime, the FedEx man wouldn't deliver my FOs because he needed a signature.

Good news: Since I worked past midnight, I get today off! Which means I can catch the FedEx man, make him give me my FOs, and hopefully make a couple batches of soap

 

[Lin19687]

Good news: Had interview at my past Hospital I worked for all on the same day as my 17 y/o DD dr appt - one place 2 appts

Bad news: someone had a vomiting fit in the hallway where she was waiting for me to finish. She wigged out and interrupted my meeting
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Bad news: The Animal ER I applied to pays Jack fluff

Good News: the Hospital interview HR just called so they are offering me a job back there ........... hope they don't try and pay me any less then the crap they paid me before..

 

[Misschief]

The Good News: My daughter's bf/fiance has given her the gift of a brand new start. He's found a home for all of them (5 bedrooms; between them there are 4 kids); each of the kids will have their own bedroom. Only half or less of the stuff she has in her apartment will be moved into the new home as it's all handmedown and old. He said she deserves better. He's told her to quit one of her two jobs as she's at her limit; she's already given her notice. She'll soon be giving notice at her main job, too. They move in on the first of February.

I'm truly happy for her. She's waited a long time to find a good man, one who loves her enough to care about her well being, to look after her, to be a life partner rather than the men she's been with in the past. They couldn't get off their butts to do anything to contribute, just took advantage of her and her hard work attitude.

The Bad News: They'll be moving to Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island. It's a 5 hour drive, then a 2 hour ferry ride to see them. My market partner will be leaving with them (my 14 y.o. granddaughter).

I'm happy for her but I'm sad for me. I will miss them sorely.