Swindler's Cove and GRRRR x 2

Swindler's Cove is a little park right on the Harlem River.

I took the 1 to Dyckman, and from there it's a little bit of a walk but worth it.

I felt really blah and tired today, but I liked this little waterfall.

Rocks are actually quite difficult to paint...I can't say I'm very happy with this painting but as always I did learn from it. Lately I have been busier than usual and there are also a seemingly endless amount of life crap things to deal with- I'm tired and overwhelmed.

8x10 oil, 2 hours

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GRRR 1

Back in July I got an email at work wanting verification if I do, in fact, need my Adobe Creative Cloud license. Yes I do; I can't work without it.  So I replied yes to the email.

Early October I got another email; saying final warning on the same verification.

Once again I replied yes, I need my license.

On Oct 15 my license got shut off.

Apparently there was a form link buried in a long email with tables of information and I missed it.

The person who got my response could not give me the courtesy of saying fill out the dang form.

So I lost my license.

I was told just put in a new software request, which I did.

My manager approved it then went on vacation for a week.

The help desk said "But you already have a license."

I sent screenshots.

I spoke to people.

I chatted in Teams.

I emailed the escalation team.

While I was in contact with the help desk, someone closed my ticket with the reason they tried to contact me three times and were unsuccessful.

I lost my shit.

Privately, but still.

This is the kind of thing that tanks a person's mental health due to the sheer frustration and insanity of it all. Also, I couldn't work, and I spent 2 vacation days dealing with it.

I had to open another ticket, which my manager approved while he was on vacation.

It took a week but I finally got my license back.

And even though I'm on vacation today, I checked into work and found out that once again, my license was vaporized.

It happened to everyone in the company who has a license though, not just me.

Even all the people who didn't miss there was a form. (a lot of people missed the form)

So when I'm back at work Monday it's unlikely I'll be able to do anything because I doubt I'll have my license back by then. My whole team is down though, and i'm not as worried about it.

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GRRR 2

I need a new laundry hamper, so I ordered one off Amazon.

And received this instead:

This is actual deliberate fraud, and makes me very angry.

Amazon said the only thing they can do is issue the return label and they won't give me a refund because the third party seller had to do it.

I asked them how they thought a fraudulent third-party seller was to be trusted to issue the refund?

They said they can't do anything until I do a return.

So I mailed the fucking green crayon and i'm out $42 until I go through a bullshit process.

And if you're laughing just stop because it's not funny and it's one more thing on a pile of life shit I'm dealing with. This is really the kind of thing that pushes people over the edge.

I still have $650 worth of useless easel parts in the way, I really do need that laundry hamper, and I'm so sick of the scammers and fraud that is rampant with no real consequence. And now I have to go to the post office and wait in line tomorrow because that is the only way the return will be accepted.

So if you think its funny you can send me $42 yourself and then go fuck off.