As you may recall, I continued to do business with a conveniently located farm store in town despite the fact that the employees were universally the rudest, most nonmotivated people I ever had to deal with. (If it was my attitude, I would expect to encounter rude people everywhere, which is not the case, though I certainly have resting bitch face.)
A corporate buyout of the farm store brought in a small army of motivated, attentive, courteous employees that absolutely delighted me. It was pleasant to do business there and that lasted quite awhile. Alas, all good things come to an end. I was recently disappointed to find that the employees are back to the natural state of rudeness and minimal customer service. It is comforting to have things back to normal. However, the new rude employees are even worse than the old rude employees. I am seriously considering never spending any money there again. The old employees simply vexed me with their sullen and rude minimal customer service. The new employees have no problem speaking to me as if I am four years old, or stupid, or both. Fuck the farm store. Fuck the farm store very much.
Here is another example of great customer service: I bought a new car in September, 2024. The guy doing to the final paperwork enrolled me in over $7000 worth of warranties that I specifically said no to, repeatedly. While most of the money had been refunded, they owed me over $800 for a tire warranty that I never agreed to. On Tuesday of this week, I finally received the refund. It took almost 9 months for them to cut a check. Nine months, about two dozen phone calls, (almost all of them unreturned) and four trips in person. Also, fuck the car dealership. Fuck the car dealership very much.
I am not sure what is going on. I am properly an old woman now so perhaps the disrespect simply comes as part of the aging process. There is a lot of worry thanks to the despicable things taking place in our country right now. Every day the headlines are more worrisome than the day before. Maybe everyone is under such stress that it is just the best they can do. Insulting and embarrassing an old woman is apparently acceptable to the farm store employees. Adding over $7000 to a car's purchase price despite clear and repeated refusal is actually dishonest, something you would expect from a cut-rate used car joint, not a premier car dealership.
Some days I genuinely feel like fuck all y'all, fuck all y'all very much.
