People like me don't always read the small print. Unfortunately I recieved two small fees this year that I wasn't expecting. The first one was a credit card fee. I had sent out a check to pay the balance of the prior month and within the time my check was floating around in the mail I went over my credit limit. One would think that if you have a credit limit that you can only possibly spend up to that limit and after you hit the limit your card will be denied...well that's not always the case. My credit card had a limit that I went over a few cents, a few cents I wasn't denied but charged for. Soooo being it was my first credit card and I was thoroughly confused to how such a thing happened since I had thought since it was a new month my statement would start fresh unless the bill wasn't paid by the date due, I called the credit card company and expressed my confusion. They explained the situation to me and I really wasn't a happy camper. I requested the fee be taken off as a one time courtesy. They refused... until I got the customerservice manager on the phone and persisted to request options. She finally told me she would request a credit increase and drop the fee. Then this past week Ebay gave me a crazy fee because the automatic payment for my seller's fee (for something I didn't even sell) was denied by the bank. I was completely unaware of this. I purposely made sure I linked my checking account so I wouldn't have to worry about constantly getting out my credit card and paying seller fees...and what happens the transaction was made and I was cleared...but then suddenly I wasn't? the bank denied the transaction? WHY? I had plenty to cover the fees in my account. SO lets see how this whole over the limit, overdue charges stuff works.... They couldn't get the money they wanted in the first place, so they ask for more money hahah. Yeah I know that's how it works either you pay your bills completely and on time or you learn to after paying a few fees, or you just get used to paying fees for the convenience of not paying on time. ANYWAY I wasn't aware that ebay was denied money owed to them until I was notified that they were also charging for the ordeal. I wrote them a polite e-mail explaining how I had thought the fees were paid and do not know why the bank didn't pay up. I paid the original fees and asked that the overdue fees be removed from my account. The next day I recieved a friendly e-mail n0tifying me that the overdue fees were removed. What's the lesson here?read the small print, keep on top of things, and if you slip up and honestly made a mistake  if you are persistent you can usually be forgiven on a first time basis...so make sure you don't make the same mistake twice.

YAY It's June! May went by very quickly. A lot has happened though, including the great lay-off. That's right I got laid off from my graphic operator position until October. I don't plan on going back in October :) or ever, unless they offer me a position in the photography or art department. It was an alright job and the atmosphere was nice but I felt too confined and I can't be quiet for that many hours in the day. I do plan on going back to school! I am very exited to start taking classes again and seeing everyone on campus....and then graduating! Ok, I'm rambling on here...haha what else is new? This post is really supposed to be about my new job. Since I will be busy with classes and studying I won't be able to work the crazy hours I normally do during the summer, instead I will be working part time at a restaraunt. Yep, I'm a server again except this time I get to wear an apron that goes down to my ankles : D. I started my new job almost a month ago and thus far I've been loving it. Unlike the other restaurants I've worked at there isn't a boss cursing and shouting at me for things that aren't my fault, employees initiation, impatient co-workers with poor attitudes, crazy cleaning duties, pressure to get drunk on my bday open bar(which never actually happened, thank you), power obsessed women breathing down my neck, surveilance cameras, dirty jokes, gossip, lack of interest in guest satisfaction, difficult shift managers who have it out for me, bossy co-workers...etc. Instead I work at a privately owned restaurant owned by a very sweet couple that have great morals, very good work ethics, care about employee morale, give positive feed back, respond well to guest complaints, communicate without shouting and foul language, and the employees are professional, helpful, patient, easy to work with, far from crude, and everyone is very friendly. I haven't had any trouble adapting. As always I enjoy waiting on different people and having that human interaction I didn't get much of at my desk job :). I just wanted to quickly share with everyone how thankful I am to have this new job...I really appreciate a positive working environment. For those of you stuck working at an awful place there is still hope out there, the entire work force hasn't been taken over by the scary monsters of the population. I didn't think such a restaurant existed... good thing I was wrong.