Passing the Buck & Other PITA

[mlerules]

You know when you thought you'd taken care of something, but then you learn they (insert relevant bureaucratic contact) didn't tell you everything you needed to do, so you get on the phone first thing in the AM (as in over an hour ago), and start making even more phone calls. That's been my morning, complete with time on-hold and at least session of "oh, we (Y) don't do that, X does that," when X had already insisted I'd need to talk to Y, because X doesn't do that. Experienced bonus annoyance from numerous incidents of getting re-routed through various people and #s simply because my phone number starts with a SoCal area code. Apparently nobody has ever moved from CA to OR and kept their cell #, so when they see a (310)#, they assume I'm calling from and about something in CA. WTF?!

Anyway, I'm done for now and've calendared a 30-day follow up w/X, which'll trigger follow ups w/Y and then Z, all so I can get back to X the Right Way.

Off to Common Grounds for coffee next. At least yesterday was full of easy to come by WIN:

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