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Or maybe someone just got sick of all the unsolicited calls..

Not that I would wish a DoS on anyone (although in the abstract they’re kind of interesting), I wouldn’t be surprised if the ultimate reason for the attack was traced back to their horrible sales practices.
We’ve considered talking to a lawyer about getting some sort of cease and desist against them, they’re that bad.

Farmers Insurance wants your car to be stolen

A friend had their house burglarized and their car stolen. The car was recovered, but the thief still had their keys. Farmers refuses to pay for changing the locks, saying that it’s no more likely to get stolen with a criminal knowing where they live, and having the keys to the car.
They’d apparently […]

Are more people and companies going stupid, or am I just running into more of them?

So, obviously I’m cursed in the food delivery department, I’ve kind of grown to accept that.
The other night we wanted to try something new, rather than asian or pizza. So, I set about finding somewhere that would deliver to our house. I thought that would be pretty easy, seattle is a pretty together […]

I am food delivery cursed.

We order delivery fairly often because we’re lazy, and since we buy fancy food at the store it doesn’t end up being that much more expensive anyway.
There’s a pretty limited selection we order from: Pagliacci, Zeeks, Chaiyo, and Snappy Dragon. (pizza, pizza, thai, chinese).
They all have various problems (usually the wrong stuff being delivered), […]

Subject: Why not consider Dell for software & printers?

Gotta love the form emails they can’t get right. The latest one was (and this is exactly how it looked):

By way of introduction my name is (s&p rep name) and I support (ISR’s name) customers for all software & printing solutions. I’m writing today to ask 1 simple question and also let you […]