Wife showed up at a Verizon store to change her phone( diabetic set up) has been giving her problems. Sign says open at 9, worker shows up at 8:59 and says it will be 9:20 at least before door is opened.
Crappy cell phone service
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My Verizon service hasn’t been good lately but I hate going in the store. Always someone different and every time they know less than the last person.
I thought this thread was going to be how terrible the signal is for former US Cellular customers, now on T-Mobile
This place turns more into a local Facebook group every day. Just need a few more posts of "did anyone hear sirens just now at blah blah street? Anyone know what's up?"
Did anyone hear that loud bang? Were those gun shots?
Friend of mine lost all her data when US Cellular transitioned to T-Mobile.
Even though Verizon bought Tracfone, it's kept the brand, and it is a little pricier, but still a year's service for way less than $175. Pings off any tower, very good data, texting and voice calls.
TracFone, baby. Take my cheapa$$ word for it.
(and when you go abroad, get WhatsApp for free- used it to make all kinds of local reservations and call home when I was in Spain last February, also used it when I went to Japan...it's genius)
Even though Verizon bought Tracfone, it's kept the brand, and it is a little pricier, but still a year's service for way less than $175. Pings off any tower, very good data, texting and voice calls.
TracFone, baby. Take my cheapa$$ word for it.
(and when you go abroad, get WhatsApp for free- used it to make all kinds of local reservations and call home when I was in Spain last February, also used it when I went to Japan...it's genius)
We switched from US Cellular to Verizon last month, could not be happier about the switch over. US Cellular is great in the southern part of the state, but horrible in the rest of it.
I have been with US Cellular for 25 years. When T Mobile took it over our phones got noticibly worse. My daughter is asking me to shop around and get something new. T Mobile just kind of sucks so far. I told her to be patient and see if it's just a new thing and they are trying to get their systems up and running and merged. Sometimes a merger takes a few bit. Not sure who has T Mobile but is it always not good? Just curious for anyone that has them
I think good help in service industries is getting harder to come by across the board. Even in a non-service job like a corporate office environment its happening too. I am seeing more of people (especially the younger generations) "calling in" much more frequently than they did when I was in that age range. We have 2 contractors on my team that I bet call in at least once sometimes twice a month and it's always on a Monday or Friday, rarely ever in the middle of the week do they do that. And it's a fine line with how management deals with it because if you let them go then you are short staffed and everyone else has to pick up the slack until you hire someone and it's no guarantee the next person you get will be any better.
Witnessed it last night going to eat at a bar and grill. We had about a dozen in our party and had reserved seating ahead of time and watched multiple servers just pass by us for about 15 minutes. Some stopped and were chatting with the bartender for a while too. Finally, someone went over and asked one of them if someone was going to be coming over to take our orders and the server goes "oh I guess that would be me!" Bet they had walked by us nearly 10 times and was talking with the bartender while checking their phone a couple of those times too.
Witnessed it last night going to eat at a bar and grill. We had about a dozen in our party and had reserved seating ahead of time and watched multiple servers just pass by us for about 15 minutes. Some stopped and were chatting with the bartender for a while too. Finally, someone went over and asked one of them if someone was going to be coming over to take our orders and the server goes "oh I guess that would be me!" Bet they had walked by us nearly 10 times and was talking with the bartender while checking their phone a couple of those times too.
Reminder - If your kids were riding an e-scooter today near Hy-Vee, please talk to them about scooter safety.
Crap like that gets you a bare minimum tip, if they cannot come over and provide you with a service, then they are not getting 15 to 20% for a tip.
I heard at that Hy Vee people were marking cars so they could come back and kidnap them. Be safe out there with your littles mamas.
Was just looking at my local facebook page, and the last post is "why is a helicopter flying over...."
