Day 7: Clean Up
Success!
I was not a complete and total laze-ball today. I did a fair bit of pick up in the living room and even tackled the 6 layers of ridiculousness on my bedroom floor. How different the night will be without slamming my head/knee/ankles into something on my way to the can!
Round evening-time I decided to call the 800 number on the back of my gift card to see what could be done.
Sir: Hi, how can I help you?
Me: Yeah, so I got a gift card… well, as a gift. HA!
Sir: ::silence::
Me: Er, well, online it says I have a $10 balance, but when I went to two different stores I was told the card was inactive and never appeared to have carried a balance in the first place.
Sir: Hmmm… really?
Me: Yep.
Sir: ::silence::
Me: ::silence::
Sir: That’s really surprising. What’s the number? ::types in the number I give him:: Yeah, it says you have $10.
Me: … I know. So…?
Sir: … so…
Me: …SO WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO. Any suggestions?
Sir: I’m not quite sure why it’s not working…
Etc. etc.
In the end, I suggested (again *I*, as in me, the customer) that he send me a new one, and after agreeing, cautioned me against trying to use the card since it is now inactive – which I again stated would not be a problem, as it was not working in the first place – and told me to have a Happy New Year. Whew! Way too much effort expended on a) a gift and b) a gift under $10.
I neglected to mention that yesterday was failed attempt number 2, and the cashier gave me a free drink “because I said there was money on the card.” I wasn’t pushy about it – in fact, I had my debit card out. I felt weird about taking a free drink, but I wasn’t going to refuse! Pass out the free, Starbucks!
