The ugly of online shopping

Trying to make an "order2store" deal at Meijer.com led to me finally calling the online ordering customer service number. I couldn't figure out why the shopping cart told me that order2store was free, then charged me shipping.

Well, said the customer service phone drone, that's because your item doesn't qualify for order2store. Interesting, because I had filtered my search to show me ONLY those items that qualified (and they all had the appropriate icon on their order tags).

I think Meijer needs to invest in qualified computer programming people. Because the morons who set up their shopping site? Really shouldn't have. But hey, now I know not to EVER BOTHER AGAIN.

Before I forget

I had e-mailed OPERS about the continued "pending" status of my retirement application, and I did get an e-mail back from them late yesterday. They told me I am good to go, my retirement will go into effect January 1, as will my health insurance.

Then they disclosed that the "still pending because you haven't filed all the needed paperwork" message refers to the fact that they have not yet received the "end of employment certification" from my employer. Which... can't be sent to them UNTIL I HAVE ENDED MY EMPLOYMENT. Yes, that's right, the fact that they did not disclose this very important fact, that the paperwork not yet filed CAN'T BE FILED yet, has led to me stressing, more and more, for weeks. I told the clerk treasurer, and her take on it was that OPERS is merely trying their best to make the process as overwhelmingly stressful and horrible as they possibly can. I tend to agree with her.

So. Load off my stress levels, that's for sure.