Yesterday we got past a big hump at work, completing an annual procedure that used to be handled exclusively by my buddy Don who retired in February. It was a team effort to replace what he did solo but it looks like we got through it successfully. Considering it involves roughly 1.4 billion dollars, it’s sort of important. In retrospect I am glad I did not book the trip to LA, I would not have been able to go because of the delay in this process thanks to Hurricane Ian.
Yesterday I received a response to an email I sent to the Wyoming District Attorneys office a couple days prior regarding their attempts to squeeze $500 from me a second time for the Yellowstone drone incident that was settled in early 2016. The response I got back made it clear she was not understanding my point regarding how one of the two fines was already messed up because the wrong case id was used when paying them, hence I assumed the same thing happened with this $500 check. After a couple back and forth emails I decided to just call and speak to this woman in person.
Within the first 30 seconds I knew I had a real peach on my hands. She gave me attitude from the get go, claiming my point about another case number had nothing to do with my fine. Repeatedly she cut me off as I tried to explain which of course turned off my nice guy switch. This became a loud, heated argument that I am sure others in my vicinity in the office heard. She refused to try to process what I was telling her and why it mattered. The call ended with her hanging up on me after she said someone from the attorneys office would call me back.
I was pissed as you can imagine. I immediately called my bank again to press them on getting the documentation I need to prove the check was written and cashed by Yellowstone in 2016. The rep said he could verify the check was cashed by them on 3/30/16 and it appeared on the April 2016 statement. He began the process of getting this document sent to me which hopefully happen in a couple days. I wrote one final email back to this miserable woman, because I wanted her to think/listen the next time before she assumes she knows a situation. The email I sent is below:
The check was cashed on 3/30/16 by Yellowstone, I will be sending you the bank statement that shows this as soon as my bank gets it to me. Whatever bank Yellowstone deals with may have an image of that check.
I really do not appreciate the attitude you gave me during the phone call. I understand this original mistake was not made by you and I’m sorry if you feel I was blaming you for it, I don’t. However, if you had paid a fine 6 years ago, was told you didn’t and then when reaching out to address it had someone that was unwilling to listen to the explanation, I doubt you would appreciate it either. Both the CVB mistake and this one are because the wrong case ID was on the judgement that you sent to me yourself. I referenced this ID when making both payments. Your failure to understand why this is significant is hard to understand. Or maybe, you just didn’t care.
Treat others as you would like to be treated Ms Grumpy. I hope you have a good day.
I did a quick video in the series I have regarding this incident.
This morning I had my first ever chiropractor appointment with a guy I used to go to the gym with 15 years ago. It was good seeing Tim, who is the same age as me and like me, put considerable effort into staying fit. I explained to him my back pain and how it was worsening. He said my symptoms are one of the most common he sees at his office. He gave me a number of stretches/exercises I can do on my own. He also put me on the table for some manipulation. My problem is caused mainly by muscle tightness and weakness in certain errors. As he had me do certain movements he would be pressing on muscles which generated a ton of pain, as they are supposed to as they release. I was sweating and controlling my urge to yell in pain at various times.
There was only one sudden adjustment where he had my right foot pinned between his legs. He jerked backward which startled me more than hurt. Again it’s an effort to release the tightness in the joints causing the pain. When he was done I had less pain than when I walked in there. I set up another appointment in a month to see how I do after working the movements Tim gave me. I really hope I can knock down this pain, it gets very intense at times.
This weekend I once again have a number of smaller things to do. One big thing is getting the tires replaced on the Tacoma. The truck now has 55k miles on it and it’s rubber is not in good shape. I am getting some more aggressive tires with raised white letters, which I always liked. I am having Costco do the work. Their pricing and warranty is good. The only thing that annoys me is they do not do alignments there, which I definitely want done with new tires. I will have to schedule that to be done separately. Now that I am past the work hurdle I’d like to start giving myself some long weekends, I could use them.