Written on Thursday, June 12, 2008 by Jessica
We got our stimulus check in the mail today, weeks early!
Except it's not my stimulus check. It's an ad from O'Connors Chrysler Dodge Jeep in Pickford, Michigan. Well, congratulations, O'Connors. Your stupid stunt worked. I noticed your flier and I opened it. Of course, you've royally pissed me off in the process. What good is that?
I'd really like the meet the marketing geniuses who came up with this plan. I guess there was a group of people sitting around a table in a room, and someone said, "I know. Let's piss off all the potential customers." Someone else shouted, "Brilliant!" and everyone else nodded their head in agreement.
Mental note: Never buy a car from O'Connors in Pickford.
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Written on Thursday, February 21, 2008 by Jessica
One time I couldn't remember my password to access my online account with my health insurance company. To retrieve my password, I had to answer a security question. "What was the make and model of your first car?"
Easy. Chevy Cavalier.
Wrong. Oh, wait. Must be "Chevrolet Cavalier."
Nope, still wrong. What the heck. Oh, many it's case sensitive. "chevy cavalier."
Wrong again. After the third failed try, my account was locked, so I had to call customer service. Bugger, bugger, bugger!
Would you like to hear the answer that I myself supplied to the question? You're not gonna believe this:
1984 Chevrolet Cavalier Station Wagon
What on earth was I thinking? (Or perhaps more accurately, how dumb can you get??)
Suddenly, I remembered that I had decided to be veeeeery specific, because, after all, we were dealing with my precious supersecret insurance records. Right.
Anyhow, I thought of this incident as I read this darn funny article today about just this situation.
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Written on Friday, August 10, 2007 by Jessica
When I saw the above headline, I thought, "Oooh, that sucks. I wonder what happened. I hope it's not something dumb like, 'Judge says woman must forfeit winnings because she let her minor son scratch off the ticket. State law says only adults can participate in the lottery by scratching off tickets.'" Here's what really happened:
A local woman must turn over her lottery winnings after a judge said she won them illegally.
Thought process continues, "Ah, illegal winnings. That explains it. I still feel a little sorry for her, though."
Prosecutors said Christina Goodenow, of White City, used a credit card that belonged to her then-boyfriend's dead mother to buy a winning $1 million Scratch-It ticket in Oct. 2005.
"Ohhhhh, now THAT'S a bummer. How unlucky can someone get? You finally buy a winning lotter ticket, but you do it with a credit card you're using illegally."
But then the truth comes out:
Goodenow asked lottery officials to keep her win quiet, claiming to be a victim of domestic violence. But police learned of the crime about two weeks later, as Goodenow continued to use the stolen credit card (my emphasis).
This idiot wins a million bucks but continues to use the credit card illegally. A million dollars isn't enough money for her to feel like she can cut and run?
http://www.kptv.com/news/13864627/detail.html
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