Out of The PIT

I made an order for delivery last night and the estimated delivery time was 90 minutes. Ninety minutes! Madness! I called the restaurant to confirm the delivery time and asked how long it would be if I came to pick up the food. She told me 15-20 minutes. I figured that I might as well save my self a few bucks and an hour of hunger if I went to pick up the food myself, so I headed down the the restaurant. When I got there, she told me that she would take off the delivery charge of $2.99 from the $27.28 bill. I paid by card and the amount that came up on the device was $24.38. Uh.. Mathematically speaking: That ain't right. I tried to explain the the girl that if you subtract three from 27.28 you get 24.28. But she was persisted saying that, "I put it in the calculator." I wanted to introduce her to the concept of GIGO . I was ready to argue over my 48 cents (there is also tax applied to the delivery charge) but I figured that it was not worth the time, effort, and...

It is what it is.

So some people were not happy with how 2016 went down. I thought it was a great year, if only because the new addition to our lives. One's perspective can change quite a bit when caring for a newborn and watching them grow before your eyes. We'll enjoy the time we have with her as long as possible, and slowly grow our little family over the next little while. I wouldn't mind having a large family, but I think MJNL would have a few words to the contrary.

I should have known that something was amiss when the clutch got a little spongy. Anyway, long story short, there is some sort of leak with the clutch system and the clutch went. Unfortunately so much air also got into the system that after topping up the reservoir, I still couldn't use it. I don't have the tools to bleed the line so I am stuck here waiting for a tow. Yay.

I think this is paying it back, but during our health and safety rounds today, we were fishing through some areas of the office that we normally don't pry into. We found a bag full of goodies! It included a Bluetooth mouse, and a Nexus 7! Now, this closet that we were looking into had not been touched for months, and these items were on a high shelf, in a bag, with bunch of other garbage and it was unlikely that the original owner even knew it was there. I called dibs on the Nexus and took it back to my desk after our rounds. I figured that if it worked, I could reset the device and use it. I plugged the device in, and was able to power it on. Amazingly, the device was not locked. Who the heck does NOT lock their tablet or phone? Who?!? First guess: Millennial. Anyway, I was able to fish around and find their e-mail account. Through that, an e-mail address and name. I checked the company e-mail listing. Nada. I asked around the office to see if anyone recognized the name. I...

I took the bus to get to work yesterday. As I was about to insert my token into the till, I was met with a plastic back covering the entire contraption. The bus driver just waved me in. Now, it looks as if I got a free ride, but I needed to transfer buses to get to my destination, which would have required me getting a transfer (no) or paying on the next bus. However, the bus I was on was headed to a station, and the station had another bus that went relatively close to my workplace. I decided to spend the extra several minutes on the bus (reading a book) to save myself the three dollars and hassle of waiting at a bus stop rather than at a station. Score!

Bah, I just found out that someone beat me to the punch at developing LED lights for toilets . Found out about this on a D.O.N.G. video . *scratches item off of list of things to invent*