This seems to happen to me every October in Amsterdam... the rain starts and the annoyances pile up. I have really been trying to focus on the good (last post was in July, so guess how that worked out?) But I am overflowing with complaints - to share with lucky you!
The burglar's best friend (aka: our alarm system)
A funny thing happened 2 weeks ago. The night before we flew out to Mexico our home intercom / door lock / security gizmo went on the fritz and started beeping non-stop. It also got stuck on the "unlock front door" mode. Not good! So Dan disconnected the system and we contacted the property manager for an appointment with an electrician. Fast forward to us getting back and having it repaired yesterday - and last night the beeping and magical door-unlocking started all over again - FUN! I contacted the property manager today and this is what I got: "apparently the electrician ordered the replacement part late and didn't have it with him yesterday, can he come back when he has the part?" Are you kidding me? The electrician put the old system back in and just hoped for the best? Will wedge a chair under the front door knob before we go to bed tonight.
Zeros - not as universal as you would think (aka: wtf?)
Since the rainy months are upon us, I am sporting my house shoes pretty much 24/7 these days, which I think warrants an upgrade. So I picked out some oh so ugly and oh so comfy Ugg slippers today to put a spring back in my step. Not so quick! Uggs are display items only it seems (at least at my local shoe store - that stocks Sergio Rossi mind you - so they know how to move an expensive shoe) - no, Uggs are to be ordered once your selection has been made. Alright, I kind of get it, and really - what can I do? So I filled out the order form and when the sales associate read back my phone number she stopped dead on the zero. It went something like this: "what is this?" "oh, it is a zero..." "really?" "yep." and then she traced another circle over my circle... and then drew an arrow to it and put down another circle.
Why do they make it so hard for me to thrive here? I want to like it. I try to like it. I just don't like it.
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