I get water delivery through water.com, and each month they tack on $2 for "energy surcharge." I don't mean to single them out, but every time I see this it pisses me off, not just because of the $24/yr more I'm paying than their advertised price, but because this is scammy business practice that simply must stop.
Ever since the gas price spiked in the early-00s, companies with delivery fees have been adding this charge - which is fine, if you honestly believe adding this "surcharge" is necessary to cope with a temporary situation. However, by now you should know exactly how much you need to charge to stay in business. That means my water delivery bill should not show up as $25.99 and $2 surcharge, you should go ahead and fucking charge me $27.99 - and advertise this as your price. The only reason companies would still have an adjustment/surcharge for an event from several years ago is either you are 1) incompetently slow to react to changes, or 2) unethically gouging me. Which is it, water.com and a lot of other companies?
i was going to write an entry about how usps’s placing 24/7 automated
systems was the best idea they’ve ever had, but now this is about the
inadequecy of said machines. i sold 10 books on amazon and could only
send 1 of them because the machines don’t take media mail. now the
wife has to ship those tomorrow, because they don’t even open ‘til
9:30am.
There is a couple houses on my street that always have this turtle “slow down” sign outside their garage. Then they let the kids ride their bikes and whatnot outside. This is fucking lunacy and simply irresponsible parenting. There is a park maybe 500 yards from here, get off your lazy ass and take your kids to the fucking park you piece of shit. These are probably the same fucking people who voted to put up speed bumps that slows down my bicycle every day. Fuck you, I won’t fucking slow down for your kids.
