Notices by Sven 🛌 (sven@mstdn.games)

People on social media tell you to buy a house, so you can get rich by saving on all the rent payments.

Then you scroll further and other people on social media tell you that they own a house but can't pay for a necessary roof replacement.

Almost as if house and property came with their own set of expenses.

@mrdiamondj Well, Hoffenheim has been somewhat tame, but pretty much a perfect debut, eh? 😄

@mrdiamondj Yeah, but that's also due to the fact that he doesn't have the spatial awareness and/or mental capacity to see his mates before he stops. 😅

What story did bring you to root for Union?

@mrdiamondj Just a handful of goals. In Austria. Plus, quite young and joining a rattled squad.

I hope this doesn't age well, but on paper, it doesn't seem to be "the guy". 😄

@mrdiamondj You could add Wolfsburg and Hoffenheim to the mix. Even though they're not managed too well, so there still is the occasional crisis every now and then. 😄

@tk Am I missing the joke? 😅 Which service was that back then? And was it even the Fediverse? As far as I know, the term was coined like 2017/18?

Ordered something online. Claim was three to five business days for delivery.

It took GLS six business days to collect it, then another eight to do something with it, even though they themselves predicted delivery for last week at some point.

Today, the parcel is out for delivery. At first, the live tracking claimed it was 30 stops away. Hours later, it was nine. Then 34. Now 43. 😂

It's not very urgent anyways, but I feel like if a package is cursed, it's very thoroughly cursed. Or maybe it's their normal mode of operation? Last delivery by them must have been quite a while ago.

#Parcels #GLS

Update:

Five minutes ago, I was the next stop.

Now? Nine stops before me. 😄

This live tracking would be a fun party game. Or GLS should let us roll virtual dice who's next.

Edit: While I wrote this toot? 18 stops away now. 😂

Final update: The eagle has landed. I repeat, the eagle has landed.

And while I kinda expected the delivery person to show up, check a device and then frantically run somewhere else ... well, the hand-over was pretty standard.

I might try this again if I need a random number generator. 😉

Is it just me or has reliability taken a huge hit in the last couple of years?

Like, whenever someone says "I'll call you back until the end of the week" I find that I have to ask back: "Okay, but when would be the time to call back myself if I didn't hear from you?" And more often than not, this is what I actually have to do.

Doesn't matter if it's in a professional or personal context; if it's urgent or not; phone calls or mail; friends, colleagues or strangers.

Thoughts?

As an innately curious person, it's weird (and sad) for me to see that more and more people seem to feel attacked by questions.

Increasingly, you have to start with "honest question:" to avoid either the questionee or some random bystander to start an argument about an imaginary statement that has never been said.

Questions are the way we acquire knowledge (or more clarity) and how we show interest. We should all honour them. :)

This must be the least effort I've ever witnessed in a customer service incident. Not even sure how to top this.

Even stalebot (if you know, you know) seems more engaged. 😅

First laughing moment of the day. 😄

#LotR #Funny

@clacke @dgar Yeah, I immediately thought about how it would be to navigate this as a wheelchair user. No guard rails, potential of crossing pedestrians plus potentially hitting the steps with your tires? Ugh, doesn't look too comfortable to navigate there.

It has an appealing aesthetic though. Also some symbolic power of having the same infrastructure including different needs. It just ... doesn't seem very practicable. 😄