I think there is a cultural shift with less enunciation. Makes it harder to hear people. I think I've mentioned I dislike Rap "music" and I particularly dislike Mumble Rap. My friend's ex was obsessed with that garbage. She idolized a girl who was younger than her who as a teen was a hooker to get drugs & got famous from being on Dr. Phil or something. She did a song where I can't even post abridged versions of the lyrics but about the only word that was intelligible at all was a word for female dog.
I don't know why, but saying "No problem" is very common in my area and I don't know when it started. I know at the Mexican restaurant and other places if you say "Gracias" they will say "De nada". I don't think it is meant to be dismissive. I often say "No problem" to say that it was no trouble for me to do something and I don't mean it dismissively. I guess it's the connotations and interpretations as well. I do also say "You're welcome". I have noticed that fewer people seem to be saying "please" and "thank you" at times-- to the point where I've had service workers comment about how polite I am since I still say please and thank you.
Anyway, I was contacting HD this afternoon to ask if they had an update on the Fedex issue of them misdelivering my package. While I was waiting for a CS agent on the chat, Fedex called. I was basically blown off. I described my house and the location. Said it was absolutely NOT the trailer in the photo used as proof of delivery. He asked if I'd ever received it and I said "No, because it wasn't delivered to me, it was put at someone else's home". He said that that because they were unable to resolve the issue with their "investigation" and it had been going on since last week they had no choice but to close it. Didn't say whether the driver or a driver had gone to the houses I'd suggested they could look to see if the packages were still there and that if they weren't then the people living there decided to keep my stuff. I doubt they made any effort to look. So, he said that the only option now was to have the sender file a lost package claim. So, I passed this info on to the HD CS agent who told me that because the package was delivered to the correct address (which I insisted it was not) that they could not/would not file a complaint and that I would have to dispute the charge with my credit card. I argued that I could send them a photo of my house and porch so they could compare it to the one Fedex posted as proof, but they said that was all they could do and they would give me a $3 discount on the re-order for the items. I'm more than a little miffed. If HD won't accept that that it was misdelivered and Fedex won't admit it, how am I going to get the CC company to do a chargeback? I wonder if they have an e-mail so I can send them the pictures. I'm very close to actually driving over to the neighbor's place to see if its the porch from the picture and asking them where the hell my package is. If they didn't just miss it and leave it out there, then they stole it and know its not for them. The last time one of their packages was sent to my house by mistake, I took it over to them, but apparently they won't extend the same courtesy. I don't even feel comfortable taking stuff to them much less going over to look for something.
the guy from the call center yesterday said they'd reach out to the distribution center and tell them to just leave the dang thing at the gate! I guess I'll be driving into the big town tomorrow to the center to talk to somebody who is actually in this country!!!
