Thursday, March 12, 2009

My favorite Craig's List posting EVER:

Originally Posted: Mon, 19 May 15:13 PDT

found cat--black with white stripes
Date: 2008-05-19, 3:13PM PDT

Hi, I found a cat today near the arboretum. She's black with white stripes down her back. She seems a little standoffish. Does not get along well with children. She doesn't have a collar, but seems to be an indoor cat and went without hesitation for a can of cat food I opened for her. I think she's been away from home a while. She's quite smelly. May need a bath. Please e-mail me to claim. Small rehoming fee (to cover the cost of the litterbox and cat food).

Sunday, March 8, 2009

"Do you know about our electronic bill pay services?"

Dammit. I use the drive up window at my bank so I DON'T have to listen to their sales spiels and so that I can do my banking in a quick, efficient manner.

Well my bank, which shall remain nameless (Wells-Fargo) is now regularly invading the privacy of my car with their unending ideas for how to get rid of what little money I have even FASTER. They have pushed electronic bill-pay, credit cards, loans and more - each time I drive up.

The only time I haven't been subjected to these sales tactics is when I am on my cell phone. They leave me alone.

So, I put 1 and 1 together and found my solution to peaceful, uninterrupted drive-up banking. Be on the phone or fake a call. Case closed.