I’ve been having intermittent problems with AT&T Wireless. I’m having difficulties using their “Fastest in Hagerstown wireless network.” Because I drive for both Uber and Lyft, this problem is more than a small annoyance. It stops me from earning money. Either I cannot accept ride requests or I cannot end a passenger’s ride because my…
Consumerism
DirecTv says installer will be here between twelve and four, fails to show up
Up until a month ago, we were DirecTv subscribers. We switched back to Antietam Cable, the local cable TV provider for the Hagerstown area. The price was a bit cheaper, but that wasn’t the driving force behind the desire to switch. I wanted to switch because of the NFL Redzone. With DirecTv, to get the NFL…
Take a cruise with Carnival and learn how to poop into a plastic bag
The Carnival Triumph, the 893-foot passenger cruise ship owned and operated by the Carnival Corporation, is without power and is being towed slowly back to port by tugboats. There was a fire in the engine room on the third day of a planned four-day cruise in the Gulf of Mexico that left the ship without…
Beware of upcoming credit card surcharges
Beginning Sunday, retailers accepting credit cards in the United States can charge customers a surcharge for the “privilege” of using a credit card. This surcharge is a result of a class-action suit brought against credit card companies in 2005. The new surcharge can be as high as four percent of the purchase. Historically, credit card…
Turns out clothes sold by Unionmade aren’t made by union workers
Unionmade, a San Francisco-based clothier that sells upscale, trendy crap to hipsters with too much money, was sent a cease-and-desist letter by AFL-CIO, the country’s leading organized labor group. In the letter, they state that the company’s name is misleading and causes people to believe that its $225 cotton hoodies are in fact made by…
Think you own the e-books you purchase? Think again
There’s a story making the rounds about a Norwegian woman who had her Amazon account canceled and her Kindle wiped cleaned of the e-books she paid for without warning or explanation. Evidently she created her Amazon account with the UK address of a friend. She did this to be able to purchase Amazon UK English…