Thursday, August 26, 2004
Poop!
My parents are gone and now my home is left empty again, as it should be. I love seeing my parents, but man, can they be pains! I'm just kidding, they're the best. Especially since they insist on giving me money!
Which helps quite a bit, since I got ripped off by the plumber. Don't ever use USA Services Plumbing if you're in the Los Angeles area. They're a bunch of assholes! They told me on the phone that it would cost around $100 for a roto-rooter job, but when the plumber got out here, he said the job would cost $300! And because I didn't want to pay $300 for him to do the job, I was forced to pay $60 for him NOT to do the job. It was his "service" fee for the trouble of driving out to my house. Asshole.
When I called back to complain about the way-off quote, I was told that USA Services "does not give out quotes over the phone." Technically, I wasn't given a "quote," but one must assume that when a customer service rep says the job "would probably cost around $100," that it is kinda like being given a quote.
Well, if that's the game they want to play, then I will have no choice but to damn them all to hell! And perhaps to the Better Business Bureau.
That's okay though, at least my job doesn't involve cleaning up other people's doo doo.
I eventually did get a really really good plumber out here who did the job for $120 dollars. So I gave him some Macadamia Nut cookies as a tip. And I apologized for the doo doo comment.
On a happier note, I went to Knott's Berry Farm and Long Beach Aquarium with my parents. Here's a picture of a cool sea dragon that looks like seaweed!
Which helps quite a bit, since I got ripped off by the plumber. Don't ever use USA Services Plumbing if you're in the Los Angeles area. They're a bunch of assholes! They told me on the phone that it would cost around $100 for a roto-rooter job, but when the plumber got out here, he said the job would cost $300! And because I didn't want to pay $300 for him to do the job, I was forced to pay $60 for him NOT to do the job. It was his "service" fee for the trouble of driving out to my house. Asshole.
When I called back to complain about the way-off quote, I was told that USA Services "does not give out quotes over the phone." Technically, I wasn't given a "quote," but one must assume that when a customer service rep says the job "would probably cost around $100," that it is kinda like being given a quote.
Well, if that's the game they want to play, then I will have no choice but to damn them all to hell! And perhaps to the Better Business Bureau.
That's okay though, at least my job doesn't involve cleaning up other people's doo doo.
I eventually did get a really really good plumber out here who did the job for $120 dollars. So I gave him some Macadamia Nut cookies as a tip. And I apologized for the doo doo comment.
On a happier note, I went to Knott's Berry Farm and Long Beach Aquarium with my parents. Here's a picture of a cool sea dragon that looks like seaweed!
