Pretty productive weekend.
After work on Friday, my agent took KT and I around downtown and showed us some condos that I was interested in. One at Bay/Wellesley, and two in Yorkville. There are several factors that I'm finding are important to me as a renter:
1) Locker - I have tons of army equipment that needs to go somewhere. A locker is critical for this purpose.
2) Parking - If I can rent that space out, it's another $100-150 a month.
3) Amenities - If I can cancel my gym membership, that's another forty-something dollars a month.
4) Furnished - Makes it easy to move in and move out of a place if I don't have to worry about many belongings. This feature is awesome for short-term renters, like me.
Saturday morning, I went for a 4 km practice run in anticipation of the 5 km charity run on Sunday. I just needed to make sure I was in good enough shape. I spent the rest of the day working on the gazebo site and cleaning up a felled tree. I built up the ground around the site so as to raise the grade and discourage the water from flowing down into the site. It was tough working against time, watching the storm clouds roll in. It appeared to be only partially successful, but I think it sufficiently reduces the flow of water into the site to avoid future drainage issues future. Progress is slow - I'm maybe half way through clearing the actual site - a 8' radius circle, about 4 inches deep. I'll have to dig down another few inches to improve drainage. Hopefully I'll be finished the gazebo by the end of summer. Had a barbeque with my family and some of my sister's friends. I was the lucky guy stuck outside in the rain, tending to the grill. In any case, I must have spent 9 hours or so outside, and came away with a nice sun burn.
Sunday, I ran the Markham Stouffville Hospital Foundation Legacy 5km. It was pouring rain and kinda cold and miserable in general. I clocked in at 23:21.1 min (4:40 km split time). Not too bad, I guess. Spent the rest of the day shopping.
-d
Monday, April 27, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
YYZ
"I Love You, Man" really rekindled my interest in Rush, which happens to be a staple of Classic Rock stations in the Ottawa area. So, I went ahead and downloaded YYZ from iTunes. I didn't get too carried away, though - just downloaded that one song because I don't hear it played on the radio as frequently as the others.
Fuckin Rogers. Those bastards clawed back my $15 credit, claiming that it was given to me in error. When I called them, Customer Care lied their asses off, at first saying that it was a bundle discount that I shouldn't have received because I don't have a bundle. I called the rep on her bullshit and she backpedaled and deferred responsibility - sent me to Customer Relations (which is apparently different from Customer Care).
I spoke to the Customer Relations rep, who actually had the audacity to lecture me about the primary goal of a business (ie. to make money). Right, that's why you do your due diligence BEFORE agreeing to a service contract (bitch). Because that's what a REAL business does. I really don't see why I have to pay for a Rogers mistake. She tried to convince me that I'm actually lucky that Roger's didn't decide to retractively bill me for the previous months that I'd received the credit. WTF? So, let's see - I'm getting fucked every month for the next two-and-a--half years, and I'm lucky that Rogers didn't come and fuck me last month. Bitch, I'm being fucked RIGHT NOW - do you think the timing really matters to me? Escalate.
So I got to speak to a Customer Relations manager, who offered me a $5 credit. She explained that the 'system' looks for situations where credit > half the plan. Thus, she can give a $5, $10, or $15 credit, but because my plan is $24.50 ($17.50 + $7), and I already have a separate $7 credit, the largest credit I can receive is $5 ($5 + $7 = $12 ~ 50% of $24.50). She did offer to give me my $15 credit back, but mentioned that it'd get clawed back every other month (nets out to $7.50 / mo), and I'd have to call in again to get the credit re-instated.
So I accepted the $5 monthly credit, but after some more moaning and griping, got her to give me a free month of service as compensation.
I guess in the end, my plan is still pretty good (but not excellent). I take no consolation in that, because for some reason, my ass hurts and there's a bad taste in my mouth.
Anyway, another trip pic. I like taking pictures of stairs and flowers. I don't know why.
-d
Fuckin Rogers. Those bastards clawed back my $15 credit, claiming that it was given to me in error. When I called them, Customer Care lied their asses off, at first saying that it was a bundle discount that I shouldn't have received because I don't have a bundle. I called the rep on her bullshit and she backpedaled and deferred responsibility - sent me to Customer Relations (which is apparently different from Customer Care).
I spoke to the Customer Relations rep, who actually had the audacity to lecture me about the primary goal of a business (ie. to make money). Right, that's why you do your due diligence BEFORE agreeing to a service contract (bitch). Because that's what a REAL business does. I really don't see why I have to pay for a Rogers mistake. She tried to convince me that I'm actually lucky that Roger's didn't decide to retractively bill me for the previous months that I'd received the credit. WTF? So, let's see - I'm getting fucked every month for the next two-and-a--half years, and I'm lucky that Rogers didn't come and fuck me last month. Bitch, I'm being fucked RIGHT NOW - do you think the timing really matters to me? Escalate.
So I got to speak to a Customer Relations manager, who offered me a $5 credit. She explained that the 'system' looks for situations where credit > half the plan. Thus, she can give a $5, $10, or $15 credit, but because my plan is $24.50 ($17.50 + $7), and I already have a separate $7 credit, the largest credit I can receive is $5 ($5 + $7 = $12 ~ 50% of $24.50). She did offer to give me my $15 credit back, but mentioned that it'd get clawed back every other month (nets out to $7.50 / mo), and I'd have to call in again to get the credit re-instated.
So I accepted the $5 monthly credit, but after some more moaning and griping, got her to give me a free month of service as compensation.
I guess in the end, my plan is still pretty good (but not excellent). I take no consolation in that, because for some reason, my ass hurts and there's a bad taste in my mouth.
Anyway, another trip pic. I like taking pictures of stairs and flowers. I don't know why.
-d
Sunday, April 12, 2009
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