Do NOT mess with me.

Tis the season for scammers to do what they can to bilk trusting consumers. I learned a lesson this week in TRUSTING MY GUT INSTINCTS no matter what. David found a "too good to be true" deal on a camera. The seller pretended to be from amazon but wasn't. All I had for ordering was an email. I inquired about the camera and they placed an order (I never told them to order it for me) and then they start demanding money via MoneyGram. The seller location was in Italy.

I didn't want to send a moneygram. At least through a credit card you have some kind of recourse if you don't receive the goods. But noooo... this person didn't accept credit card. Just MoneyGram or Western Union. And they sent me a "order" that looked like it was from Amazon, but the spelling errors were obvious that this person "no speak english" and everything about it just made me think it was a scam. They did not want me to tell the MoneyGram people it was a business transaction. They kept saying, "Tell them the money is for a family friend." Yeah RIGHT! I think NOT.

I contacted MoneyGram and Amazon.com and both of them agreed with me that this was a fraud and not to send a dime. So I tried to cancel the "order" (that I never even placed) and have been sent multiple harassing emails. I finally got PISSSSSSED off at them and sent them a nasty email back.

I asked them to give me their Seller name on Amazon. (Their so-called amazon order email contained NO seller listing... only an email address) I asked for them to give me the Amazon order number (there was no order number). I told them I did not believe they were legit. I told them I would not buy from them. I told them anybody who asks me to LIE to the Moneygram people about a transaction is dishonest. I told them they should be ashamed for posing like a Amazon seller when they had created that whole email to LOOK like it was legit but it was not (I sent it to Amazon and they told me it was a fake).

The biggest thing that bothers me.... is these people do have my name and address. That is the only private info they have.... but what if they get mad and open a bunch of credit card accounts using my name and address? I used to have identity theft protection insurance but it expired and I have no money to renew it.

They had also given me a "fax" number that was supposedly from amazon's international seller division that I could send my confirmation of payment to....(If I didn't want to send it directly to the seller) and I traced that number and it is not an amazon number. At least it is not on their website as one of their faxes. It showed up as a number in Florida.

I know what would have happened if I had done what they said. David would be out $600. I would never receive a camera. And if I complained about it, the MoneyGram order would have showed I sent money to a "family friend" not any business transaction where I should receive goods.

How stupid do they think I am?????

Ha ha ha ha ha I knew this would happen.

There is a woman at work, who is the Nazi police when it comes to following "procedures". After she was hired, she wrote so many Procedures that have to be followed, that the office joke was that we are not allowed to fart unless it is in a procedure manual and then we have to document where we farted, how long it lasted, who smelled it (and get signatures) then make file copies and electronic back ups.

It is utterly ridiculous.

And now it is coming back to BITE this woman in the ass. (excuse me... in the BUTT) because NOBODY is following half of the procedures because they just are not feasible and are totally ridiculous and don't really apply to our company!!

But because they are not being followed, then when we get audited, it shows we are in violation for not doing something that she said we should be doing... but it is something that is MOOT for our office! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So NOW.... she is being forced to "Obsolete" all these procedures that she instituted. Which makes me laugh my butt off.

And so many people are mad at her because they have been written up for not following the procedures, but they are such stupid rules that make no sense.......... and should NEVER have been put in place.

This is the EXACT thing that caused me to go off and SCREAM at this woman a couple years ago. (I never lose my temper, but I sure did let loose on her over these procedures because I saw this coming at the time she instituted them). I was yelling at her so bad that people were coming out of their offices to see what was going on.

And now it takes every ounce of strength to bite my tongue and not say "I TOLD YOU SO!" when I see her.

Golllllly just thinking about it makes me get so stressed out and keyed up that I am already in a foul mood.

General procedures are essential in our business. But HER procedures were so thoroughly detailed that seriously... they just were not appropriate at all. I mean... it's like we were not allowed to think for ourselves, and we are not allowed to adapt to individual circumstances.... and if I chose to do something she would always say "Is that in our procedures? Show me where it is." And I would say "NO, it is NOT in our procedures and I don't CARE! This is how I am doing this! Because THIS IS HOW IT MAKES SENSE AND HOW IT WORKS!" We are talking stupid things here... like little index cards that I keep notes on for the engineers. If I forget to update one.... which happens a lot because I get busy.... then oh dear, I am in violation! Heaven forbid! (Nobody uses the cards anyway.... they just ASK me for the information).

and oooooh there were cards from back in the 1980's that had the wrong information. Well, la-dee-da! Big freaking deal! I have only been here for 5 years and obviously those cards were NEVER used even once during the past 5 years or I would have found the error and corrected it!!!

I am responsible for almost 10,000 Master Records/documents/ drawings..... and over 60,000 copies ---- does she seriously think I am on top of every single one for the past 30 years???

Well, anyhow.... she is having to get rid of all these stupid things she wrote, by making them "Obsolete" because they are stupid and dumb and not feasible and it just makes me want to dance with glee and set the stack on fire.