ARGH SO FRUSTRATING

[conuly]

As you might recall, Jenn's office pooled their money to get Christmas gifts for poor kids in December. They do this every year, and it's supposed to be an individual thing but she arranged for them to give her the money and me to do the present picking out.

Anyway, fast forward to a few months later and a few of their spouses looked over the credit card receipts, said why the hell do we have a $300 charge I don't recognize to reload somebody's Amazon balance that I don't know them, and disputed the charges.

Which means Amazon froze my account.

This is all perfectly reasonable, and I'm not mad, but boy it's sure frustrating. It's all sorted out now and we can all get back into our Kindles but sheesh. Oh, well, it could be worse - it could've kept us from getting those presents to the kids.

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Why Can't Everyone Do the 'Asian Squat'?

The Rise and Fall of Professional Bowling

Camper Van Mainframe

Why Are There No Snakes in Ireland?

A Federal Judge Just Ruled Against the LAPD and Delivered a Big Win for Civil Rights

Obituary: Millie Dunn Veasey, pioneering sergeant turned rights activist

After the Storm

At gay nightclub, Russian election draws apathetic response

The Grisly Murder Case That Could Turn Half of Oklahoma Back Into Tribal Lands

Dim Light May Make Us Dumber (This is why I hate the kitchen light fixture.)

FEMA Drops 'Climate Change' From Its Strategic Plan

What Is Robert Mueller Looking For?

How the most vulnerable workers are targeted for sexual abuse

Six Ways America Is Like a Third-World Country

Comments

[siderea]

The Grisly Murder Case That Could Turn Half of Oklahoma Back Into Tribal Lands

Oh, my.

[cellio]

Argh! So, next year it's cash or (physical, pre-paid) Amazon/credit cards? Or someone else's turn to organize?

[conuly]

Yeah, that's not gonna actually happen, but it's interesting to speculate.

[conuly]

Next year it is DEFINITELY gonna be cash. I wanted it to be cash this year. Entering in different people's CC#s, worrying that I'm putting the wrong amount per person or accidentally doing somebody twice - ugh. Huge, huge source of stress.

And then I simultaneously ended up with $20 extra that I couldn't return to whomever (I called that my own bonus because if they're gonna begrudge me $2 each, well, I can't do anything about it anyway) AND ALSO the need to purchase well more than $20 worth of gift cards, which you can't get with amazon gift card money. Well, naturally. It was just a hassle all around.

[wolby]

The rather fascinating thing I learned from chasing links on that story is that Gorsuch has been pretty good on federal indian law, and a bunch of native orgs and tribes supported his nomination for that reason.

https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/politics/tribes-support-neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-nod-democrats-plan-filibuster/

[greghousesgf]

I'm on medicare and it doesn't cover much.

[conuly]

You can say that again.

[conuly]

Yes, Gorsuch was surprisingly palatable.

[brithistorian]

Great collection of links. I've read some of them already, and saved most of the rest to Pocket. The one on the "Asian squat" has me working on being able to squat like that - so far I'm quite a long ways from it, but I figure if I try squatting a couple of times a day every day, eventually I'll be able to.

[conuly]

The nieces do it all the time. Never fails to amaze me