First, posting and having customers sign a "Do not leave any valuables in your car" is NOT a license to steal !!
Someone needs to start a Class Action Lawsuit Suit !!
5th generation Californian blows off steam and comments on the last 50 year decline in quality of life, etc. in home state of California. Some good news hopefully.
Thursday, March 28, 2019
All SFO private car parking lots/garages seem to have the same Problems. Theft, declined body damage, and not enough pick up minivans at either end "as advertised". What to do?
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
I had a '60 Prof, pro-Big Ag, who would eat a Tablespoon of DDT at the beginning of his Bug/Entemology lecture big class yearly. To bad his last name wasn't "Falcon" and he would "2nd Act" stunt lay a too thin, cracked EGG!! Maybe Monsanto Execs will all line up and publically drink a Tablespoon of "Roundup" yearly too, since they Say it is so "safe".
Come on, Monsanto Execs, put your mouth where your wallet is!
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
How to Zero Airline Lost Luggage? Inside luggage tags at counter And 24-7 video surveillance of the entire baggage route with filming monitored and saved electronically for year!!
Why do we commercial fliers put up with so many bags loosing their sticky outside tags,,, or airline employees cutting them off!?
Why are some airports notorious in the industry for baggage theft, like Alaska flights into San Josey!?
Again ,why do we put up with such "deregulation" abuse??
Monday, March 25, 2019
Every Politician should be given free video time, by LWV or ?, 3 months and 2months and 1 month before every election! Imagine how informative and telling this would be!!
Those that didn't want to post, for free,,,oh well !!
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
PG&E service experience, March 2019
Our bldg had a gas leak from old meters in the garage.
So a gas crew came out and replaced 20+ gas meters and fixed the leak.
But turned off the gas all day.
They left a Notice to call for a tech to re-light all 20+ apartment's gas stoves.
BUT THEY DID NOT SAY,,, "IF PGE TURNS OFF YOUR GAS , YOU CAN ASK FOR SAME DAY SERVICE, 8am-8pm!"
So I made an Appointment,,, in a week! Very Busy.
Then a neighbor told me to call back and ask for SAME DAY SERVICE.
The Fresno Call Center scheduled it!
Another PROBLEM!!
The CS guy didn't tell the Service Tech that #1, "just gas stove re-light".
#2, "Please wear boots covers over muddy lug sole boots."
The Service Tech was on OT and was here an hour!,way too long, 7pm-8pm, working too slowly for free OT dinner at Izzy's Steakhouse!
Just to turn valve on new garage meter and re-light 1 gas stove pilot light,,,1 hour!
When PGE turns off your gas, then THEY SHOULD TELL YOU "yes, you are intitled to same day service to re-light your stove pilot light."
But PGE doesn't tell customers that!
Governor needs to quietly call out the National Guard to Snoop around the NE BayArea to catch the 185 shoots SHOOTER!
The CHP has not caught him.
Only the Governor can call on the National Guard.
If they are not ready, they need to get ready!
Call the FBI too.
Friday, March 15, 2019
ZTE chinese smartphones,,, Lots of unhappy surprises! Horrible Customer Service!!
I went to Best Buy and bought "the phone of the year" they told me, a ZTE Axon7. They didn't tell me I needed a mechanic to replace the battery, with no drop-in ,battery cover!
When I did need to change the battery, I called ZTE America and was told ,"Send it to us for $79 and we will replace the battery. Otherwise the warranty is void. We do not send directions to customers on how they can change out the battery themselves."
So I found 1 sorta ok video on YouTube.
Rather complicated.
So I called Best Buy for service.
"We only service iPhones with Geek Squad."
DO NOT BUY,,, ZTE CELL PHONES!!
Wednesday, March 06, 2019
"paycheckrecords.com" website, not App, NEEDSIMPROVEMENT!!
#1, # of riders and bikes is TOO SMALL print,,, tiny, on a Samsung tablet while driving, Duh!!
#2, the RIDERS and BIKES #s are just the count of how many got on at last stop,,, NOT A RUNNING TOTAL, Duh!!
#3, there is no DRAFT save if you touch the wrong area of the screen, then you must RE-ENTER ALL INFO ON A TINY CELL SCREEN, Duh!!
#4, obviously designed for Tablet or Laptop with tiny windows or thin windows,,, and way too much Open Space to zoOm or chicken-scratch on a smartphone.
#5, they? sent me a "no reply" address email.
So disrespectful.
Better than texting/emailing? Not really.
And who are these "unknown" strangers with my personal info?
No mugshots, from India/ Russia !?
How lazy and dim are Software writers?
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Let's have some USA Workplace fairness and law-abiding, or Mgrs go to jail!, for at least a Week!
Salaried Mgrs at this medium SF company don't have to punch in and can be "late" every day.
As a Teamster lowly employee, if I'm 1min late punching into the very slow Office iPad tablet software, I lose 1hour PAY!!
Totally unfair.
Being treated like a feudal serf!!
Company says "that", but has really No Standards.
So a Mgr can lie and say "I can't get your Monday driving Safety Score for last week, systems down, come back later" ,for 4 weeks!
Or the usual black on white racist Mgrs, "I can't find your bus keys, just wait 30minutes" every day for a month!
Or a sick psycho Mgr who changes your DOT driving timeline record daily for a week, with no responsible adult supervision, should go to JAIL for a WEEK!
In the "wild west" ,still, of Frisco, for Years, a CEO and his GMs can order payroll to short lowly worker's hours and pay for $100-200/month,,, and short Mgrs after 8, paid overtime to Zero, month after month!
That CEO and those GMs and that Payroll Mgr should go to Felony-record JAIL, for at least a week. Yep, in 21st Century.
Saturday, February 23, 2019
"22 Veterans commit Suicide each day." And you're ok with that!?
The VA says they are stopping perscribing antibiotics, because they go to unhealthy factory farm feed. And you're ok with that!?
The VA will painlessly pick your ear wax out once and then monthly painfully noisily vacuum it out every month. And you're ok with that!?
For years the VA has only used a gallon of salt water drink for pre colonoscopy prep with painful stomach cramps instead of the better Golightly stuff. And not done all conscious vs unconscious. And you're ok with this!?
The VA has been bill Our Veterans from one office but requiring separate checks for each VA you go to, like 4 for me. Not one check to the VA. And you're ok with this!?
It's Feb 2019, people. So let's stop waiting on these politicians.
Friday, February 22, 2019
Instagram blocked me for a day without giving me a reason or chance to apologise!
Social Media Must have Rules, even for fb and ig companies!
Enough tyranny by INSTAGRAM!!
Friday, February 15, 2019
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
IF Everyone in the BayArea, 9Counties of 8M people, Agree that residential "Land is too EXPENSIVE!" Then why are 90% of the new buildings in SF and the BayArea are LOW-RISE, Not HIGH-RISE of outdated old definition of "7 stories or more"!?
First, don't believe half of what Mayors and Politicians say. Or say they will do well.
Know that most cities, towns, and communities in the BayArea are "living in the past" of 1 and 2 story, so Nimby, and more tolerant of Sky Rocketing Rents, so unfair on the ignored Working Poor and still declining "middle class". RIP?
Maybe the new Governor will help all of us, not just the spoiled Rich oil industry and many new High Rise Office Buildings, with NO appreciable housing for 12,000 new office workers in Cupertino and 20,000 new office workers in SanJose!!
Yes, this is the State Govt Super Majority of Democrats "plan".
Ludicrous.
Sunday, February 10, 2019
Sunday morning, 10 Feb 2019. KSBWch8 did a news segment on old folks, hearing loss, and hearing aids. That the expensive product end! What about monthly ear wax removal MD service problems and the constant buzz of tinnitus being IGNORED by Western Medicine,like UCSF!?
The VA picked my ear wax out once, quickly and painlessly.
Then I was sent from Audiology with minor high frequency hearing loss at 70 to ENT to have my ear wax VACUUMED, very loud and painfully!!
The VA refuses to monthly pick my ear wax out quickly and painlessly.
And That is how Our Veterans are really treated, here in the US of A!
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Think you can Trust CalOSHA? Guess again!
Called in a Peninsula bus company that was dumping bus toilet sewage nightly across the employee parking lot for months and into the storm drain to sfbay.
They repeatedly refused to come out and bust or even investigate the Rich Greek owners.
Finally, after the Storm Drain govt guy came out, CalOSHA did come out and cite fine for many garage problems, but not for drivers walking every morning thru sewage for months!
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Today i hope the Criminal Judge finds "on probation" PG&E ...Guilty of Lying to the Court and Voids Bankruptcy, with CEO and Board Chairman going to Prison for at least a year.
He should repair the Customer $8B charges of the flawed 2001 bankruptcy.
And $5M Fine for CEO, COO, CFO, and All the Board of Directors.
And I hope he Scolds the CaPUC for major mismanagement of a private ,for profit, Monopoly , largest Utility in this State, and all the Governors and State Legislatures since the 1960s that looked away.
We the public and the Consumer victims DESERVE OUR DAY IN COURT FOR JUSTICE.
The bankruptcy court doesn't care about us PG&E customers.
And this has little to do with Climate Warming.
This is about irresponsible maintenance ,for profit!!!
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
THANK YOU, Erin Brockovich! For calling correctly PG&E's Bankruptcy request as "Cowardice!" that Must NOT be allowed.
PG&E must stay in biz long enough to buy $1T in liability insurance and Delayed Maintenance repair all their gas and electric lines,,,and fully fund their employees pension liability,,,and leave a huge $1B trust fund for hidden and lied about future liabilities!
Friday, January 18, 2019
With the LA and Oakland Teacher strikes, Some may be wondering, "Teachers! So easy Anyone could do that!" Guess again.
Most of my family is/was employed in Public Education in California.
Dad, 40 yrs at a state college.
Mom, high school Home Economics cooking-sewing teacher until Dad came home from WW2,surprise!, and they started a family.
Both sisters taught for decades in Elementary Schools.
First, you need a 4 YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE. Wanna go in DEBT!?
Then a year or 2 getting your Master's TEACHING CREDENTIAL. Got 2 More yrs?? More Debt!!
Then, you pick WHICH SCHOOL DISTRICT you want to get Stuck at, as Ca. Teachers can Not freely move within the State, as they should taking their pay seniority with then. Stupid, eh?? Imaging you're a Carpenter or Mechanic or Football Player, but you lose over 10% if you move out of town in first few years. So dumb.
Then you deal with... Bad PRINCIPALS that can't be fired, and all the lousy SUPERINTENTENTS that Mantra chant, "We have to spend all this year's budget somehow, to get as much or more next year!" Dumb, eh??
Uppity clerk's, too few school nurses, no school Security Guard not 1, lousy cafeteria food for breakfast and lunch, ill mannered children abusing hazing bullying each other, and irresponsible parents who don't/can't even make sure Their kids do their homework and blame the Teachers!
And the Teacher's UNIONS are about as daily useless as the Teamsters $50/mo dues!
Still think Teaching is an "easy job"??
You have to submit a written or online published LESSON PLAN every school day for the next day. Do you write down what you are doing tomorrow in detail at your job!? The so-called Principal can drop into class anytime and check on you and your DAILY LESSON PLAN.
You may try and GRADE PAPERS during your lunch, but Dad had us kids help him often after dinner. Wanna grade papers every night for an average salary of less than $80k?? Every Realtor will laugh at your typical teacher desire to buy a house/condo costing a 30yr mortgage, costing you More than Double the house price. Do we need a GI BILL for TEACHER HOUSING??
The Principal can order you to join a COMMITTEE, no extra pay, after school. Teachers should teach, and Admin should earn their "Golden handshakes" and "Golden parachutes"!! Teachers don't get, tho deserve, $100,000+ bonuses. This is wasting public TAXES!!
These so called, easily replaced by almost any college grad, Principals can order you as a Teacher to move without help or even a hand truck all the School's INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS from one class room to another, many heavy boxes, risking popping a disc as happened to a LAUSD friend and being PERMANENTLY DISABLED. This is clearly an ancient history of abuse, so why doesn't Ca. stop it??
And the dreaded ANNUAL PARENT-TEACHER MEETING, we're Teachers politely skirt how lousy parents do a lousy job of parenting and rich parents have unrealistic expectations for all their unknown children. Carpenters, Mechanics and Airline Pilots don't suffer this Admin-shirked dirty job!
POLITICIANS could make this all so much better in California, if we only... gave them All our monthly leftover cash as Campaign Contributions;
(Just kidding.)
Want a truly lazy lying irresponsible but overpaid and get rich quick job? Politics, in California!!
And we didn't even cover the boobs running CalPers PENSION or the lying insurance sharks selling supplement 403b TAX SHELTER to teachers who don't review and or understand every quarterly stock-bond report!
Oh, well, I feel like crying now, instead of TEACHING IN CALIFORNIA AT ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL. You??
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Trump should just take $5B from the Bloated Defense Budget for the Mexico Fence!!
We will continue to see wasteful spending until most of Congress serves at least 2 years in the National Guard or Coast Guard or other branch of the military.
How long will Congress delay the Tax Overhaul?
How long will Congress delay Single Payer Health Care like all other advanced countries?
How long until Congress overturns Citizens United and takes payola out of politics?
How long until a Gender Equality Amendment?
How long until Corporate Felony Criminals regularly go to jail?!?