Pi$$ and moan ...

Let me count the ways things started going wrong with the new car. I think I can count three ways. The first way is running over a parking light. It cost me nine hundred to get the bumper fixed. Ahhhhh! I guess I will chalk this up to my inexperience with driving manual transmission. I am to blame for this but I would not have had this experience since I would not have to worry about pedaling clutch. Oh, well. At least, I am enjoying the challenge and fun driving manual transmission. If I can just up and down shift more smoothly, then life would be grand. Well, as far as the driving is concern.

The second way is not getting a spare key from the dealer. I asked for it about three weeks ago and it is now ready. I guess these new fancy keys with transponder are nice, but it takes forever to get it. Ah, the good ole days when you could just get a copy.

The third way is the rear tire that got damaged and cannot be repaired. A screw punctured a side of the tire rather than the repairable bottom tread. DAMN IT! The dealer took forever to locate and order it. How weird that Discount did it less than three days when dealer could not do it in three weeks?

Now, how can I stay mad at the convertible that brings me so much joy every time I drive it? I just need to get over it. Driving so much fun! Zoom, zoom.

Since I started to complain about things this week, I am going to write about an organization I interviewed with more than one month ago. At the time, I asked how long it would take them to make selections. The interviewers told me the decisions would be made within a week. Well, the first week has come and gone. I am still waiting to hear from them. I kind of regret not sending them a thank you letter, but they made it sound like the decision was going to be made so soon. Well, as the saying goes, hindsight is twenty/twenty. I finally called their human resources last week, but they asked me to contact the interviewers directly. What a crap! Their HR should train interviewers to contact interviewees within a reasonable time with any available information. I found out through my inside source that budgeting is preventing from hiring right away. I would have like to have known this, as I do not have to speculate. I mean I don’t want to piss off interviewers by calling if they do not want to be contacted. I started to look elsewhere for employment and will start substitute teaching in January.

Ah, complaining does make me feel better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beer update: Saison tastes pretty good. I guess it is rustic (whatever that means!), alcoholic, and just enough carbonation. I think it can use another couple of weeks for the right amount of carbonation. I hope you kids were nice this year.

Movie recommendation: I saw an old Kirk Douglas movie called, “Detective Story.” It is an adaptation from a play. It is a great little movie about people forgiving loved ones and second chances. I guess all Douglas family members have a chin fold. Check this one out.