# Happy New Bitchfest! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 1, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605 "2014-01-01T00:37:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/281 "2014-01-10T23:08:16Z")
Strange. I usually hear only good things about Green Tree and their amazing efficiency, rock-solid ethical standards and stellar customer service. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/282 "2014-01-11T00:10:29Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#): > > \*\*Found it!!! \*\* > (it was on the toilet) :smack: Better than “in”, I imagine. [QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip] Strange. I usually hear only good things about Green Tree and their amazing efficiency, rock-solid ethical standards and stellar customer service. [/QUOTE] I don’t know anything about this company, but I have a sudden desire to never have anything to do with them. You wield the irony baton with great grace and subtlety. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/283 "2014-01-11T00:36:44Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#): > > \*\*Found it!!! \*\* > (it was on the toilet) :smack: Better than in the toilet. 😃 Seriously, glad you found it. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/284 "2014-01-11T16:44:18Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Ok, the part that is really creeping me out two hours later? > > Their last question to ‘verify’ my identity was a multiple choice question about an address I lived at _24 years ago_. :eek: I most certainly never provided them with that piece of information and it really bothers me that they have on file such an incredible wealth of detail about my life in order to ‘verify’ who I am. > > It’s totally fucking creepy and invasive and I don’t think I want to do business with a company like that. I’d kind of like to write up the experience and get it published as a warning to others, but I’m not sure where to begin. Oh yeh its srsly creepy the stuff they know without ever having divulged that info. When I activated my AMEX card recently I had to go thru the same thing: they asked me which professional license I currently held. Thats not something I put on my application for AMEX Im quite sure! With your SSN they can pretty much tell your entire life Im sure. And one hack and there goes your identity. Im thinking of getting rid of credit cards but then the cell phone thing … I have Consumer Cellular and its never a hassle and they have decent plans that you can change anytime you feel like it. No complaints. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/285 "2014-01-11T18:37:56Z")
Yeah creepy the stuff they know. Like, how did Target get my e-mail address to tell me my credit card got hacked at their store?? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/286 "2014-01-11T19:21:11Z")
Ever order from them online? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/287 "2014-01-11T19:55:41Z")
> [@digs](#): > > My Visa was declined (for $10; three cups of coffee in Seattle), and it scared me, because I’d used it at Target in mid-December. But, noooo, the _drone on the phone_ said “Oh, we blocked your card because it was being used in Seattle.” > > I asked him if he noticed that I’d called to say I’d be in Seattle, that I’d been using that card in Seattle all week, and they allowed all those larger charges. And that at the beginning of the week it was used to buy plane tickets…\* to Seattle\*, and a hotel room… _in Seattle_. > > “Ummm, I guess I can unblock that, then?” At least they’re watching, which is good. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/288 "2014-01-11T21:03:54Z")
The computer/internet/whatever actually managed to make it to almost 4 PM today before the fucking wifi cut out. Must be a new fucking record. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/289 "2014-01-11T22:41:08Z")
Is the router an old Linksys model by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/290 "2014-01-11T23:37:00Z")
I don’t know anything about routers or wifis or technologies. I’ll get my dad to look at it sometime soon. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/291 "2014-01-11T23:39:57Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Yeah creepy the stuff they know. Like, how did Target get my e-mail address to tell me my credit card got hacked at their store?? > [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Ever order from them online? Never. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/292 "2014-01-11T23:54:15Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I don’t know anything about routers or wifis or technologies. I’ll get my dad to look at it sometime soon. The reason I asked…I’ve owned several Linksys routers, wired and wireless. Toward the end of their lifespans, each one got to the point where the internet connection would cut out every 24 hours or so, requiring a hard reset of the router (unplugging it). I switched to another brand a couple of years ago; it rarely needs restarting. When it does need a restart, a soft restart (using the built-in software) usually does the trick. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/293 "2014-01-12T00:25:39Z")
Thanks for the info, **Jeep.** Anyway, my dad said to plug a blue cord into my computer, and then my computer wouldn’t rely on the wifi aymore. So I found the blue cord and plugged it in, and so far, so good. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/294 "2014-01-12T00:37:56Z")
I can sometimes use a soft restart. Doesn’t always work, though. Used to. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/295 "2014-01-12T00:51:28Z")
Bed Bugs. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/296 "2014-01-12T01:11:53Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Never. Are you sure it’s really Target and not a phishing attempt? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/297 "2014-01-12T03:39:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh fuck you, Sprint. Today is the day I pay my phone bill but I can’t because Maybe too late, but you can pay your Sprint bill by pressing \*3 on your phone. It’s free. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/298 "2014-01-12T03:47:55Z")
“Dear” gas station attendant, when a customer advises you that there’s apparently something wrong with a pump because a car that arrived with a gauge reading 1/4 full and a 14-gallon tank really should take more than 4.6 gallons to fill up to the point that the pump refuses to dispense more, the correct response is NOT to laugh and tell said customer she probably hit her available funds on the card she used for payment, since she knew very well she had more than 10 TIMES the necessary funds available to COMPLETELY fill her car. The car is now at 1/2 tank, which will be sufficient to get it through needed trips in the next two days and finding another station to complete the fill. A complaint has been duly filed with the relevant company, and another station will get our business hereafter. There are two more at that very intersection, and an abundance of others along routes that will be taken in the near future. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/299 "2014-01-12T04:45:58Z")
Well, thanks Target, someone tried to use my Amex card in Fort Lauderdale (why is it always Florida?). Fortunately they caught it as a fraud, and now my account is shut down until my new card arrives on Tuesday. Oh well, at least I can stop worrying about that card. There’s also my debit card though. I’m keeping a very close eye (as in daily) on my bank account. I guess I need to do that for a while yet. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/300 "2014-01-12T18:21:54Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > Maybe too late, but you can pay your Sprint bill by pressing \*3 on your phone. It’s free. _ **Thank you!** _ Please check your CD drive for my shipment of much gratitude and good things sent your way! (It’s not too late, btw. One reason why I have specific weeks I pay bills is so I get them in well before the due date.) > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Well, thanks Target, someone tried to use my Amex card in Fort Lauderdale (why is it always Florida?). Because, as the great philosopher Homer Simpson said, Florida is America’s wang. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605.md?page=16)