SF Gate: Amid construction, Zuckerberg attempts to placate Bay Area neighbors with gifts. “Ever since Mark Zuckerberg started building a multimillion-dollar family compound in Palo Alto’s affluent Crescent Park neighborhood over a decade ago, noise has overtaken the once-peaceful enclave, an investigation from the New York Times reports. And, according to the outlet, he’s attempted to placate […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/31/sf-gate-amid-construction-zuckerberg-attempts-to-placate-bay-area-neighbors-with-gifts/

Oh, the joys of modern phone trees.

"Welcome to our customer service system. Did you know that you can go online..."

[To myself: Yes, I did know this, but I also know that I need to talk to someone.]

"... to access our services. You can go to www.hell.org and pick a devil to torment you. [2 more minutes of shit]"

"Press one if you're trying to flobuluate."

[Presses 1.]

"You're trying to irrictate."

[No!!!]

"Do you know the declaration of independence? Here it is [...]"

[ 🤬 ]

"How about we read you the Bible while you wait? Genesis 1.1..."

[ 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬]

#USHealthcare #PhoneTree #CustomerService #jerks

Cleaning up some old accounts I never use. It's amazing how many accounts you can collect over the years and just forget about them.

Why is it that the dialogue you have to run through to delete your unwanted account is often vaguely threatening, like: "You'll lose access", "You won't receive notices..." etc...

To all that BS I say, "Uh ya, that's why I want to close my account!!"

#Sheesh #Jerks