I noticed a series of everyday annoyances. Some were small and brief, but still…
ITEM: I wrote this letter to a local newspaper to which I subscribe. I’ll call it Teeyou.
I have been a subscriber for many years. Our family believes that supporting local media is important for the democratic process. And we like helping our delivery folks, who have been very amiable.
Still, I am quite irritated. The subscription price went up from X to X+$8 [per month]. I know this because my DISCOVER card email noted today, “Your recent recurring charge seems a little outside your normal spending with this merchant.”
I tried calling you folks… to see what other options are available, such as delivery for Sunday only, Sunday and Thursday only, or only online, but I couldn’t navigate that menu.
So I tried to access you on the website. I get to the Link Subscription. “Your print subscription includes unlimited digital access. To get started, set up a digital account below.”
[I explain how its portal sent me into an interminable loop] I go through this process AGAIN and AGAIN. You FIND my subscription, but I can’t get any more detail.
Given that I could cancel the thing for a month and then get my daughter to subscribe for $1 for six months, the processes are rather enraging.
PLEASE let me know what the other subscription options are.
But, but…
Here is the reply:
Thank you for contacting Teeyou. Reviewing the information provided, I noticed you had a rate change on 11/16/2022… Rate increases happen due to production and employee costs at least once a year as is on the back of your bill [I don’t receive a bill] or on the second page of your newspaper. However, for being one of our valued subscribers, the system allowed me to lower the rate to [slightly below the price before the increase]
Please confirm if you agree to the new rate so I can apply the changes to your account.
Thank you for being a valued subscriber,
Customer Service Management
Note that they NEVER actually answered my question about options.
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ITEM: As I noted, St. Peter’s Hospital and CDPHP, the insurance company that my wife and daughter have through my retirement, were at loggerheads over reimbursement. My former employer’s people assumed it would be resolved. The problem was that I had to decide by November 30, one way or another. I decided to change to another policy on that last day. And on December 3, the entities resolved their differences.
ITEM: Our mail was not delivered at least four times since Halloween. Thrice it was doubled up, with so much mail cascading from the mailbox that it looked like waterfalls. The fourth time, our postal delivery person was delivering on Sunday. BTW, I recognize that our regular guy is fastidiously trying to get letters and packages delivered.
ITEM: The urgent care company I wanted my daughter to visit last month encourages going to their website. But I couldn’t use it after they closed for the day; one can’t even make an appointment for a future date. BTW, they also say one can just show up, but experience tells me that would be a three-hour wait.
ITEM: New York State law requires vehicles using their windshield wipers must have their lights on. But this black car heading towards us didn’t, and it wasn’t easy to see. As it turned out, it was an Albany police car. I hate when that happens.
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we pay the Teeyou $80.00 for 10 weeks Sunday only delivery
A bit much I think
The TU’s charging you more for your subscription because you just didn’t put in the sweat equity as a blogger for them to get the necessary clickthroughs to offset whatever slush fund certain staffers exploit. Thank you for attending my TED talk. 😀
Oh, the headlights! Or lack of them – in tunnels, on rainy days, in snowstorms. I sometimes wonder if the drivers have death wishes. Of course, I’m also convinced that directional lights are optional on modern vehicles since so few people use them. Maybe they went out with manual transmissions?