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09 June 2011

THIS IS A GRAR POST →[More:]SO I DESIGNED THE YEARBOOK FOR MY SON'S SCHOOL, SUBMITTED THE FILES A RIDICULOUS 8 WEEKS IN ADVANCE AS REQUIRED BY THE STUPID YEARBOOK PRINTING CO (ACTUALLY SENT IT 9 WEEKS IN ADVANCE JUST IN CASE) AND THE PRINTER TOTALLY FUCKED UP. THE BOOKS WERE SUPPOSED TO ARRIVE LAST WEEK. THEY DID NOT. AFTER I CALLED, THEY PROMISED TO SHOP THEM OVERNIGHT TO ARRIVE ON MONDAY. THEY DID NOT ARRIVE AND WHEN I CALLED AGAIN, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PRINTER PUT THEM ON A FEDX GROUND TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS TRACKED DOWN AND THE SHIPMENT PUT ON A PLANE (SUPPOSEDLY) AND I'VE NOW BEEN PROMISED THE BOOKS WOULD BE DELIVERED TUESDAY (NOPE), WEDNESDAY (NO SHOW), AND TODAY (NOTHING).

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. I'VE MANAGED TO DISAPPOINT 300 TEENAGERS.

(I've spent all week feeling like throwing up. I have never ever failed to meet a deadline, yet here we are).

post by: jamaro at: 18:41 | 12 comments

THAT REALLY SUCKS JAMARO, I AM SORRY. BOOO ON THAT PRINTER!!!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 09 June | 18:50

Aww man, that sucks.

posted by amro 09 June | 18:57

Oh, jamaro, I'm so sorry --- that printer really let you down.

posted by Elsa 09 June | 19:14

YOU didn't disappoint the kids, the yearbook company did. They can't make it right but I hope they offer you something in exchange for the big screwup.

posted by Kangaroo 09 June | 19:14

MY BRAIN HURTS!

posted by Splunge 09 June | 19:38

Aw, Jamaro, that really sucks, I am so sorry.

This is actually the second time I am giving this advice on the internet today:

Tell The consumerist!

posted by msali 09 June | 19:47

Hey, Fortune 500 company who employs me! Thanks for forcibly taking away from us the one tool we had that was genuinely useful, in order to force us to use a patently inferior replacement! A replacement that isn't even intended to be permanent anyway!

WTF, Company?

Do you really want us to provide world class customer service? Like you say at the rallies?

Then stop making our jobs more difficult.

posted by Trurl 09 June | 20:30

I am teetering on the verge of burnout
I hate this project in an emotional way which is a strange new feeling for me
what a slog

I need a vacation
or a drink
or someone new in my life
or maybe all at once

exhausted.
I have this bad subconscious craving for some objects even dream about it but they're too expensive to get easy and even just the craving is draining

a lot is going okay too so... C'est la vie

posted by Firas 09 June | 21:52

CANCER, go fuck yourself.

posted by By the Grace of God 10 June | 06:37

Man that sucks, jamaro! I agree that it's the printer who fucked up royally, but I can see how it'd be making you feel sick. It's hard to pass the buck with 300 disappointed kids, even when it's NOT on you! I'd just remind them all that one day they will all die. That might help? heh heh.

Not too much grar-y around here later. Nothing major, that's for sure. Just a small pile of minor grar. Positive thoughts are being sent to those in need!

posted by richat 10 June | 08:12

Yes, Cancer, go fuck yourself indeed.

Also, in a semi-first-world problem, the price of gold is at a level such that HOLY BALLS, my wedding rings are going to be expensive. Like, twice the already-too-high price on the tag that I'd been counting on. And my mom keeps reminding me that my dad's band cost $18 and hers was $12.

I know it shouldn't matter, but if I'm going to wear this thing for the rest of my life, I'm not going to just pick some silver thing up from that chick who sells stuff out of a tent on Library Mall.

posted by Madamina 10 June | 11:41

GRAR ON THE GRARY GRAR.

posted by galadriel 10 June | 15:28

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