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Oversized Bumper Cars -- not so much fun it turns out
So, I was planning on making a very thought provoking post about Amazon-Fail, censorship (intentional or not), and how to make a proper apology (ie: "I am sorry. I am so sorry, we did not mean for this to happen. Please accept our apology as we attempt to fix this" over "It's a glitch, just hold on and it'll be fixed. Gawd.")
Sadly, those plans were cut short by being granted the opportunity to share with everyone yet another fun-filled car story, this time with direct involvement!
Not-so-long-story-short: I am fine.
Actually, it's not a very long, complicated, or nearly as hilarious of a story as the last one I was able to share with everyone. Basically I got invited, by the front bumper of another car, to join in a very minor traffic snare on my commute home this evening. I've been embellishing a little and calling it a "four car pile-up", but that's probably unfair, because there was very little piling involved. More like a slow-paced, domino effect of one car bumping the other, and with me at the front end of the train. Long story short, as it usually happens someone couldn't stop in time and slammed into the car in front of her, and that person hit the one in front of it, which was bumped forward and would have missed me had the driver behind me... not stepped on his gas?
Yeah, luck of the Irish, right?
Welcome home, Grey, we've missed you--*CRUNCH*
I was moving at a low-speed though, the person behind me wasn't going very fast either, so it felt more like a bump on my end than a full-on collision. Luckily, I leave an obscene amount of space in front of me usually, so the game of bumper cars ended with me. Since there were so many cars involved, we did have to wait for the police to come (and the obligatory tow-truck brigade... and the ambulance that I couldn't figure out if any of the other cars needed... and a few members of the toll road authority... for a second I thought a fire truck was going to join in, but it passed us up.)
Rather uneventful after that, as it was mostly waiting for the police report to be written. Other than a dent in my trunk and some scuffing on my bumper, my car is fine -- and I'm feeling no ill-effects myself. So for an unexpected afternoon full of bumper cars, I think I got off pretty easy!
Sadly, those plans were cut short by being granted the opportunity to share with everyone yet another fun-filled car story, this time with direct involvement!
Not-so-long-story-short: I am fine.
Actually, it's not a very long, complicated, or nearly as hilarious of a story as the last one I was able to share with everyone. Basically I got invited, by the front bumper of another car, to join in a very minor traffic snare on my commute home this evening. I've been embellishing a little and calling it a "four car pile-up", but that's probably unfair, because there was very little piling involved. More like a slow-paced, domino effect of one car bumping the other, and with me at the front end of the train. Long story short, as it usually happens someone couldn't stop in time and slammed into the car in front of her, and that person hit the one in front of it, which was bumped forward and would have missed me had the driver behind me... not stepped on his gas?
Yeah, luck of the Irish, right?
Welcome home, Grey, we've missed you--*CRUNCH*
I was moving at a low-speed though, the person behind me wasn't going very fast either, so it felt more like a bump on my end than a full-on collision. Luckily, I leave an obscene amount of space in front of me usually, so the game of bumper cars ended with me. Since there were so many cars involved, we did have to wait for the police to come (and the obligatory tow-truck brigade... and the ambulance that I couldn't figure out if any of the other cars needed... and a few members of the toll road authority... for a second I thought a fire truck was going to join in, but it passed us up.)
Rather uneventful after that, as it was mostly waiting for the police report to be written. Other than a dent in my trunk and some scuffing on my bumper, my car is fine -- and I'm feeling no ill-effects myself. So for an unexpected afternoon full of bumper cars, I think I got off pretty easy!
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Glad you're okay. Ooooh, dent in the new car? That sucks.
I'm the same way about obscene amount of space in front of me. The vehicle behind me usually makes up for that though and is on my ass. And, no, it's not just my somewhat faulty depth perception. My sister's is fine and she's noticed it, too.
What's the deal with Amazon? I feel so out of the loop.
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And Amazon... this article (http://adage.com/digitalnext/post?article_id=135967) has a nice recap that's actually accurate on the facts. (A lot are misreporting it as a hack attempt.) Basically a cataloging error stripped a lot of books of their sales ranks, which in turn removed them from search results and other things. A lot of books were affected, but the most glaring were the thousands of GLBT titles that were basically made invisible. (And the one that really pissed me off, when you ran a search on "homosexuality", it brought up a list of books on how to "deprogram your gay children", and nothing else for pages.) And throughout everything, Amazon remained silent, and didn't try to address anyone's concerns, which made them look more guilty.
The most they've offered as an apology is the statement: "This is an embarrassing and ham-fisted cataloging error for a company that prides itself on offering complete selection." Which is not an apology. (But I'm trying to contain a rant in the comments section. I'm really... disgruntled to put it midly.)