A.F.G.O.
So, last Thursday, I got an email from my doctor saying the results from the biopsy were normal, but ... He couldn't get as complete a sample of tissue as he would have liked, so he wants me to keep him well-informed.
Great. It would have been nice if the news had been a little more positive sounding, but I'll take your "normal", Doc.
Immediately after reading that email, I turned to open my incoming mail for the afternoon, including a large white envelope, addressed to me, from "The Law Offices of ..."
A former employee is suing -- the company, and his former supervisor, and me, as the HR Manager. After spending most of Friday, Monday, and this morning getting in touch with our EPL insurance claims office, it appears they'll cover the defense for all parties. Hope so, since I don't have personal malpractice insurance.
Right before lunch today, I finally heard from the claims office, and we set up the first of what I'm afraid will be many, many calls regarding the lawsuit. Needing distraction, I logged in to check my email, thinking my partner might have sent a message about plans for the evening. Instead, I found an email from the Unusual Credit/Debit Card Activity office for Bank of America, notifying me that some unusual activity had prompted them to freeze my card, and I should call them. I logged in to check my account online, and found that, sure enough, more than $100 in charges at a Wal-Mart SuperCenter in Venice, FL had successfully slipped through before triggering their alert. In talking with the Claims Department, I'll get that money credited back within 2-3 business days, but they've had to kill my card, and I won't get the replacement for about a week.
Seems that somewhere in the area, I've unknowingly swiped my card through a "skimmer" used to harvest information from the magnetic stripe on cards, which is then used to turn blank cards into counterfeit copies.
Gas stations which have pumps that aren't well-attended are the prime locations for this kind of activity -- like at convenience stores, where the only employee minding the store (and pumps) is the cashier. They can be distracted very easily by customers long enough for an accomplice to install a "skimmer" on a gas pump or two. A day later, they pull it back off, and no one's the wiser. Apparently, they've had stories on Dateline News and other programs about this. Wouldn't know, since we don't have TV.
*sigh*
Enough, already, ok? It's not like any of these things have been big, boulder-sized blows. It's been more like getting pelted by a shower of pebbles. But they still fuckin' hurt, dammit.
So, enough. Please.
Great. It would have been nice if the news had been a little more positive sounding, but I'll take your "normal", Doc.
Immediately after reading that email, I turned to open my incoming mail for the afternoon, including a large white envelope, addressed to me, from "The Law Offices of ..."
A former employee is suing -- the company, and his former supervisor, and me, as the HR Manager. After spending most of Friday, Monday, and this morning getting in touch with our EPL insurance claims office, it appears they'll cover the defense for all parties. Hope so, since I don't have personal malpractice insurance.
Right before lunch today, I finally heard from the claims office, and we set up the first of what I'm afraid will be many, many calls regarding the lawsuit. Needing distraction, I logged in to check my email, thinking my partner might have sent a message about plans for the evening. Instead, I found an email from the Unusual Credit/Debit Card Activity office for Bank of America, notifying me that some unusual activity had prompted them to freeze my card, and I should call them. I logged in to check my account online, and found that, sure enough, more than $100 in charges at a Wal-Mart SuperCenter in Venice, FL had successfully slipped through before triggering their alert. In talking with the Claims Department, I'll get that money credited back within 2-3 business days, but they've had to kill my card, and I won't get the replacement for about a week.
Seems that somewhere in the area, I've unknowingly swiped my card through a "skimmer" used to harvest information from the magnetic stripe on cards, which is then used to turn blank cards into counterfeit copies.
Gas stations which have pumps that aren't well-attended are the prime locations for this kind of activity -- like at convenience stores, where the only employee minding the store (and pumps) is the cashier. They can be distracted very easily by customers long enough for an accomplice to install a "skimmer" on a gas pump or two. A day later, they pull it back off, and no one's the wiser. Apparently, they've had stories on Dateline News and other programs about this. Wouldn't know, since we don't have TV.
*sigh*
Enough, already, ok? It's not like any of these things have been big, boulder-sized blows. It's been more like getting pelted by a shower of pebbles. But they still fuckin' hurt, dammit.
So, enough. Please.