I love stumping the IT guys

[trickykitty]

It's fun when computers (or I-D-10-T users) screw up my account and I have to call the IT desk and they have words like, "I've never seen anything like this happen," or, "I have no idea how to correct it even though I can see exactly what you are talking about."

Did you know that it's possible to pull a permit with the city of Fort Worth in the future? Who knew.

In other news, my spending spree with Steam over the past week and a half has yet to hit my checking account. The credit card people show the transactions pending and the Steam people show my account in good standing (now that they unfroze the account after they were thinking I was a bot or a credit card thief or something - yes, my spending spree really did throw up the red flags). So, this evening will be round two with the bank and Steam to try and figure out how much longer until they realize that they still don't have any money in their coffers to pay for the pretty shiny virtual objects that I have in my possession because the money is still safely housed in my accounts.

Comments

[jdack.livejournal.com]

I really hate when that happens. Most of the time when I hit a "I've never seen" or "I don't know" my users go "well... what do we do then?"

"Um... pray? Get over it? TOO MUCH PRESSURE AHHH!"

[trickykitty.livejournal.com]

If I had a response like that I know all of my tech help desk friends would bludgeon me for knowing better. Nah, he did right and said he would try to talk with the city and see if it's something on their end, but that it might just be a glitch (but hopefully not an indication of something worse - his words, not mine). I thanked him for at least trying and then moved along.