tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042011605147825151.post454208720166323979..comments2022-12-23T16:02:58.555-08:00Comments on Croft Family Illuminated Blog: Fun with the SSAUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042011605147825151.post-73045399795649806162011-03-13T16:35:07.772-07:002011-03-13T16:35:07.772-07:00p.s. I am sorry about your wretched (and totally u...p.s. I am sorry about your wretched (and totally unnecessary) experience.Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16382633714755489938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042011605147825151.post-60748851386793697852011-03-13T16:33:32.564-07:002011-03-13T16:33:32.564-07:00Sometimes I buy very old magazines on eBay. One of...Sometimes I buy very old magazines on eBay. One of the dealers I have bought from was told she would be fined $1000 dollars (and the postal worker she was dealing with had the power to impose the fine) if she attempted to send 100-year-old magazines by Media Mail--because they contain advertising! 100-year-old ads do not violate the P.O. rules, but the local P.O. workers would not believe this, so the shipping costs are more than double. Every other seller I've bought from sends mag's perfectly legally by Media Mail. And btw these particular dim-bulb P.O. workers are not in Chicago.<br />Also, working at my local public library, I hear fellow staff members tell patrons blithely about library policies that don't exist--or that they completely misunderstand. It's not hard to find out the right policies, and because we're not a huge organization, it's generally easy to correct mistakes (eventually!--altho' my son-in-law wound up paying for a very old, very worn-out children's book as if it were brand new, strictly against lib policy)--but it just amazes me (drives me crazy, really) how some (not all) staff will just spout off fictional policies.Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16382633714755489938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042011605147825151.post-65852120944408045102011-03-10T12:29:18.091-08:002011-03-10T12:29:18.091-08:00ah, good 'ol Chicago customer service! What an...ah, good 'ol Chicago customer service! What an ordeal. I guess this is another reason why I should give my girls a middle name at birth, so they won't have to go through such things!Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18206606710205211906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042011605147825151.post-81708607009361043072011-03-10T10:28:48.342-08:002011-03-10T10:28:48.342-08:00Can I also comment on how LONG the SSA office supe...Can I also comment on how LONG the SSA office supervisor took staring at our marriage certificate, as if it were some foreign document from outer space?? I swear it was like 10 minutes. Awkward. What was she looking for? My guess was that she was utterly confused, but wanting to give her the benefit of the doubt, I'll just say she was admiring my beautiful name and how official it looked on the paper.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935042188505597167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042011605147825151.post-50112918952359008852011-03-10T10:22:55.527-08:002011-03-10T10:22:55.527-08:00Eva!
I had the exact same thing happen to me too (...Eva!<br />I had the exact same thing happen to me too (at the post office by treasure island). And there really was no convincing them that "flat" in "flat rate" did not mean flat like paper... LOL. What is so frustrating is that they won't even try to understand what you are saying! I could write on and on about this, but I better not!mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10213940784467016890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042011605147825151.post-88547641094477946162011-03-10T09:39:44.982-08:002011-03-10T09:39:44.982-08:00Ugh. Did Eric ever tell you about his post office ...Ugh. Did Eric ever tell you about his post office experience in Chicago? It took him 1.5 hours to convince them that the packages were in fact properly sealed and a lengthy phone call to the 1-800 post office number to get them to do their job. These lovely Chicagoans assumed that "flat rate envelope" means flat package! <br /><br />There is no end to the incompetence of officals here. Soon, goodbye and good riddance!E Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11002189705876443220noreply@blogger.com