Yeah, they told me it'd be a small incision and a couple of snips to remove the gall bladder... though they did suggest that I may not lose it if there is no infection or anomalies, just the stones.  Either way, I don't care as long as the pain stops.  Fortunately, the pain has eased considerably and they've said for me to go back on Monday morning (hospital is better staffed then) unless it flares up badly again.... so until then I'll enjoy the calm before the storm, so to speak.

It sucks when:

* someone thinks they put their foot in it and haven't... I appreciate your efforts to help a lot, thank you.

* they tell you it's only going to be keyhole surgery, then show you a ginormous key.

* you visit the dentist and he says: "Your teeth ar OK but your gums have got to go.

It sucks when:

* you open your mouth and both feet fit in.

* you can demolish a Big Mac with both feet still in place.

* and the fries, large Coke and a sundae.

It sucks when:

* jungle drums delivers data faster than IE6.

* smoke signals deliver clearer images than IE6

* snail mail is 10 times faster than Outlook Express 5

* you use Hotmail to send email to your missus' puter just across the room and it arrives next month.

* Thunderbird fies away before you can check your emails.

* the hounds are loose and Firefox runs away before you can connect to WC.

It suxs when you arrive at an airport only to be told that you can't board the plane, even when you arrive on time.... true this happend to me today

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WTH? Why? What happened? I'd try to make you laugh, but I think you're too angry at the moment, sweety.

I bet the Captain would've solved that if he were in fighting form.

I left here to catch the first train to central station only to find out that the QR (Queensland Rail) are working on the lines, so I had to catch a bus from goodna to another 4 stops down the line, then get the train from there to the main station to catch the airport train to get to the air port . Anway, I got there and went to check in all to be told that the gate was closed, yet they were still checking people and baggage. The plane was due to fly out at 7.30 am i was there just prior to 7am, but by the time I got to the counter I was told the gate had closed and I had to go to see  the person at the service desk.  However, he was totally un helpfull and then had the hide to want to charge me an xtra 70 dollars to change my flight for tomorrow , but wanted payment straight away.  I didnt have the funds on me,  so ended up forfiting my ticket. Thing is, while at the service desk my name was called from the boarding gate to present myself for boarding...  so in other words, i could have boarded had they not held me up so long at the front counter

There should be a person at the airlines with whom you can communicate. I'm surprised that you didn't walk over to the gate when they called your name and let THEM figure out how to solve it. I would have refused NOT to get on the plane.

Problem is, the boarding gate is a 5 minute walk from where I was, and they wont let you in there once they have stopped reciving passengers at the front desk.  Even if there was someone higher who I could have spoken too, it was too late anyway as take off time by then had passed

Well, sweety...you're 100% right. That sucks! 

It had to be Jetstar 

that's a pain Mrs S...

should have jumped in a cab when the rails let you down...

what a waste of time, effort and money 

A.C.M.E. stands for attractive,comfortable,modern,economical...a little trivia

Gee......I wish I'd've known that before I went to work for them. Did two years at the local ACME supermarket. It was no prize in the beginning then Superfresh bought them out and it went all to hell from there. From full time to less than half that in one month. So you'll excuse me if I don't buy the trivia.

BTW......if it pertains to anything not a grocery store then......attractive, comfortable, modern and economical works for me.

Don't worry, I tried orright.... rang Jetstar but got nowhere due to it being Sunday.

That was the other part of the problem... the area that deals with this kind of thing is only open Monday to Friday 9.00am to 4.00pm.  So the person I got was a ticketing clerk who didn't give a shit: "Call back tomorrow when the ground staff are on duty.

Hmmm, fine way to run an airline!  NOT!!!!   A passenger has issues created by the check-in staff, and there's nobody available to sort it out because it's a weekend.  WTF, their effing planes fly all weekend, so staff should be on duty at ALL times to resolve passenger issues.... particularly if the lower echelon airline staff created them.

It sucks when:

* the airline fucks up and you can't reach down the phone to throttle the bastard on the other end who simply doesn't give a shit.

* the airline fucks up and tells you that your ticket is forefieted because you didn't make the flight they wouldn't allow you to board.

* the airline says that if you pay an extra $70 they'll put you on a flight you've already paid for, but at another time.

* you demand somebody rings you back during regular office hours to resolve 'their fuck up' and nobody does.

* you're not on one of their flights after a ginormous bowl of curried cabbage, so the airline has to refund all passengers fares due to the stench.

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The call back I was promised still hasn't arrived... if it hasn't in the next hour I'm going on a rampage like none they've seen before... and I shall call them to inform of my intentions.  The threat of adverse publicity (TV and print media coverage) may change their minds to satisfactorily rectify the situation, but if not.... it's all out WAR.

I'm normally a passive, non-aggressive person who believes in live and let live, but I'm severely pissed off (and that's the worst thing anyone can do, get me riled up) and those persons responsible for the debacle WILL suffer.  It cost us $50.00 to get Shaunna to the airport and back - and all for NOTHING - so my usually dormant mean streak has been awoken with a vengeance... and I will fight back with great ferocity.  BASTARDS!!!!!

Mrs. S, we had a series on TV here called "Airline", and it showed the daily workings, and I was surprised at how many people they turned away at the counter! Usually with a lame excuse. Except for the ones who were obviously intoxicated, I didn't see how they could do that. I haven't flown since 9/11, but I can see it's a lot different these days.

Did you ever get where you were going OK?

On second thought, I guess you didn't! 

After being given the run around by Jeststar minders who don't give a shit - even after I threatened media exposure of their cock up - I finally got hold of their customer relations manager after calling a reporter at Brisbane's leading newspaper.  The reporter gave me the guy's personal phone No and he is now looking into it.... getting Shaunna on another flight at no extra charge asap.   And so it should be - at no extra charge - it was their cock-up.

We should get a call back shortly, at which point I will be asking for heads to roll... this exercise has cost us beyond the cost of the flight, ($60.00 plus at the end of the day) and we don't have money to throw around on pointless ventures.

It sucks when:

* airline staff believe their job description does NOT include courtesy and customer service.

* you spend over 3 hours on the phone to get passed from one shit kicker to another without result.

* you don't have a high pitched whistle to blow down the phone to get their attention when it's obvious they're just not listening.

* you're infuriated that you eventually get passed back to the first shit kicker and the process starts all over again.

* you want to scream rude names and obscenities down the phone at him, but must refrain to save offending the little old ladies who just knocked on the door collecting for the Salvos.

* you have an enormous curried cabbage bark saved up but it doesn't translate too well (stench-wise) down the phone.

GREAT NEWS

Just got a call back and Shaunna has been rescheduled to fly out to Tassie Wednesday morning.

YIPEEEEEEE

Persistence pays off, it seems.  However, it's not who you talk to... but WHO you talk with.  The customer relations manager had it sorted within an hour... but why the front-end morons couldn't put me through to his department, beats me.  Oh, that's right, they aren't trained to transfer calls...the push of a button or two is beyond their capabilities.

It sucks when:

* being an insensitive, care-less moron is added to the job description.

* I'll be missus-less after Wednesday for a couple of weeks.

* I thought she wasn't going and cancelled the fortnight-long orgy invitations.

Seriously, I'm as happy as a pig in muck that Shaunna is still able to go.  There have been some developments and it is really important to her to be there to offer support, etc.

That's the problem in a nutshell. She's the only one wot keeps yer gyro screwed on right...and now you're gonna overdo and that just won't ... well, do.

Just a friend worrying coz 'e knows what the missus means for yer, mate. Get your boy to do the heavy stuff, ok?

I couldn't be happier those poor victims of cranial-rectal inversion  got things fixed up. Wish the missus a good flight, from me.

No worries, mate, I won't be busting any valves doing anything heavy duty... still got gall stones until there's a surgical opening, so I'll be exrta careful and ensure I eat right so as not to aggravate the condition.  I've looked out for myself in the past and came out the other end OK, so I'll be fine this time as well.  The trip is important to Shaunna... hence it is important to me that she makes it.  The gall stone situation is inconvenient, yeah, but there are more important matters and I will cope just fine while she's away.

Well it wasn't th rectal-cranial inbreds who sorted things out - they couldn't organise a root in a brothel - but the customer relations manager was more than helpful, polite and couldn't be more apologetic for our inconvenience.  He had it sorted out in no time and the flight is back on for Wednesday... pity his subordinates weren't as courteous, though after this debacle I have the sneaking suspicion things will change as a result.  And yeah, I shall wish her a great flight on your behalf.

It sucks when:

* the surgeon attempting to do a lobotomy on cerebrally challenged airline staff has to enter via the rectum.

* even after the rectal lobotomy, airline ground staff still have a second bowel and still full of shit.

* this should have happened to a banker and didn't.

* you're ecstatic that it all worked out and jump for joy... who subsequently files a sexual harrassment suit.

Really glad it worked out in your favor...joy all around! 

Oh, and it sucks when:

* this airline debacle aggravated my gall stones and I'm coughing them up with such force I cracked the mirror.

* my lawyer won't sue Jetstar because his G/F is a hostie who has shares in the company.

* I find another lawyer who will sue but only if he gets lawyer No 1's G/F  (greedy bastard's after her shares)

* I talk with the G/F about it and she comes on to me instead... bugger, I got no Viagra.

Although I started this thread for a bit of fun.... some tongue-in-cheek humour, sometimes when it sucks it just ain't funny.

It sucks when:

* mrs starkers $20.00 per month mobile phone plan is costing her up to $150.00 in charges when she hardly uses it to send

* that she would put $20.00 on her pre-paid phone, use it more and still have some credit left at the end of the month.

* that the telco wants to up her plan to $60.00 per month, supposedly to give her $80.00 worth of free calls/texts between 7.00pm and 8.00pm, but call/text charges for the remaining 23 hours remain at the same price... in other words, if calls/texts are necessary at any other times, 80 bucks worth of "free" stuff  between 7 and 8pm isn't gonna help bring down that bill.

* when you need a mobile phone, the telcos have you by the short and curlies no matter which plan you go with.

* when my Telco is also my ISP and charges for uploads as well as downloads, thus depleting my 25gigs p/m much faster.... other OZ ISP's don't include uploads as part of the monthly allowance.

* they lock you in on a 2 year contract and exit fees make it not worth your while to change to a 'download only' ISP.

* that MS monitoring/other software auto update mechanisms chew up a percentage of your monthly limit... and you can't opt out of some of it.

* and it sucks big time that I'm having a gripe, crying in my pretzels, and I ain't getting any comforting huggles or sympathy.  

It sucks when you've been listed as #4 under Top Skinners on the front page of the gallery and you know it's a mistake! 

But it don't suck when later you find that it is true after all!!!