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After having my debit card comprised last week, Bank of America canceled my card and is sending me a new one. They also took it upon themselves to cancel my credit card too without telling me, leaving me with no way to access my own money except by writing checks to myself and cashing them.

Then today they closed all the area Bank of America branches because of the big bad snow flurries, without giving ANY prior notice to their customers. So now I have no cash and no way to get any until Monday. I have a job interview first thing on Monday morning and I'm not sure I even have enough gas in my car to get there. :boom:

Thank God the dry cleaners is the only business in the world that still accepts personal checks. Otherwise there is no way I would have been able to pick up my suit in time for my AVC interview next week. :scared:
 
BlackDog17 said:
After having my debit card comprised last week, Bank of America canceled my card and is sending me a new one. They also took it upon themselves to cancel my credit card too without telling me, leaving me with no way to access my own money except by writing checks to myself and cashing them.

Then today they closed all the area Bank of America branches because of the big bad snow flurries, without giving ANY prior notice to their customers. So now I have no cash and no way to get any until Monday. I have a job interview first thing on Monday morning and I'm not sure I even have enough gas in my car to get there. :boom:

Thank God the dry cleaners is the only business in the world that still accepts personal checks. Otherwise there is no way I would have been able to pick up my suit in time for my AVC interview next week. :scared:
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They did the SAME thing to me a few weeks ago when I was on vacation. I had used my debit card at a place that had been compromised recently (they didn't say when--only that two credit card numbers had been stolen), and so I got a phone call/text/email saying there was some irregular activity on my card and to call them back.

I thought it was just that I had totally forgot to call them and to tell them I was going on vacation, but they informed me that they had already canceled my card and there was nothing I could do about it (and I would receive another one in 5-7 business days). I still had three days left of my vacation, and luckily had enough cash to get me through, but I would have been SCREWED otherwise.

I also had two interviews the week after, so I was glad when the new card came the morning of the day I was flying to Minnesota. 😱
 
CloudlessNights said:
They did the SAME thing to me a few weeks ago when I was on vacation. I had used my debit card at a place that had been compromised recently (they didn't say when--only that two credit card numbers had been stolen), and so I got a phone call/text/email saying there was some irregular activity on my card and to call them back.

I thought it was just that I had totally forgot to call them and to tell them I was going on vacation, but they informed me that they had already canceled my card and there was nothing I could do about it (and I would receive another one in 5-7 business days). I still had three days left of my vacation, and luckily had enough cash to get me through, but I would have been SCREWED otherwise.

I also had two interviews the week after, so I was glad when the new card came the morning of the day I was flying to Minnesota. 😱
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My husband was overseas on deployment and his debit card got turned off because it was used in a different country. What was stupid about it is he called our bank and told them ahead of time and they even had a note on his file saying he would be in X country. The charge was only like $15 at a restaurant ... I could see turning it off if he spent some obscene amount of money but come on, over $15?? 😡
 
I had my AMEX card number stolen last week, and those American Express people are on top of it! They called my cell, home phone, and sent me an email within 10 minutes of the "odd" transaction. Then they waited for me to call them back and asked about the transactions. They cancelled the card while I was on the phone with them and overnighted me a new one at no charge.
 
grrrr121 said:
I had my AMEX card number stolen last week, and those American Express people are on top of it! They called my cell, home phone, and sent me an email within 10 minutes of the "odd" transaction. Then they waited for me to call them back and asked about the transactions. They cancelled the card while I was on the phone with them and overnighted me a new one at no charge.
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When I made my deposit for vet school, it was an international transaction and for a really, really large amount.... Well Fargo called me within 30 seconds of the transaction.... literally... the confirmation page from making the transaction had not even pulled up before they had contacted me... it was the quick... Luckily, it wasn't anything fraudulent, but it was great to know that they are watching.
 
EngrSC said:
My husband was overseas on deployment and his debit card got turned off because it was used in a different country. What was stupid about it is he called our bank and told them ahead of time and they even had a note on his file saying he would be in X country. The charge was only like $15 at a restaurant ... I could see turning it off if he spent some obscene amount of money but come on, over $15?? 😡
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This happened to my parents a few times when they were on vacation, even though they called the bank ahead of time and told them they would be traveling. They called the bank and complained, and the bank overnighted their new card to the hotel for them.

It wouldn't have been so bad if I had at least known that the bank was going to close early, so I could have planned accordingly. But now I'm stuck with no money whatsoever in the middle of what's reportedly going to be an epic blizzard. If anything bad happens, I'm going to be royally screwed.
 
orca2011 said:
Just spilled water/gatorade all over my computer and it won't turn on. Its not like I hve a bunch of tests in a week oranything either.
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Ah, I've done that before (more than once, unfortunately). It's the worst! Sometimes if you let it dry out for a day or two and then try, it will work.
 
RinTinTin said:
Ah, I've done that before (more than once, unfortunately). It's the worst! Sometimes if you let it dry out for a day or two and then try, it will work.
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Currently what I'm doing. I was trying to see if I could get it on rice, but it has so many little holes that im afraid grains will get stuck somehwere. Luckily I bought the insurance that covers spills if it wont work but it still sucks.
 
Alright, one more 🙁
Checked my work email and apparently some faulty data cost the company $170 000. The GM blamed everyone for the mistakes... the people taking in the samples, the analysts, the supervisors, customer reps and management.

Urgh. I wonder if I should email my supervisor and ask him if any of my data was faulty or wait until Monday. My tests are very simple and straight forward so I doubt I am responsible. But with an unreliable scale that everyone knows about and the fact that one of my tests is a one time shot, I am curious.
 
BlackDog17 said:
After having my debit card comprised last week, Bank of America canceled my card and is sending me a new one. They also took it upon themselves to cancel my credit card too without telling me, leaving me with no way to access my own money except by writing checks to myself and cashing them.

Then today they closed all the area Bank of America branches because of the big bad snow flurries, without giving ANY prior notice to their customers. So now I have no cash and no way to get any until Monday. I have a job interview first thing on Monday morning and I'm not sure I even have enough gas in my car to get there. :boom:

Thank God the dry cleaners is the only business in the world that still accepts personal checks. Otherwise there is no way I would have been able to pick up my suit in time for my AVC interview next week. :scared:
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Walmart cashes checks for a small fee, or at least they used to do that.

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Jamr0ckin said:
Walmart cashes checks for a small fee, or at least they used to do that.

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Or you can write a check to a friend you trust and have them cash it at the bank and then give you the money.
 
psilovethomas said:
Or you can write a check to a friend you trust and have them cash it at the bank and then give you the money.
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Problem is the banks are all closing early because of the big snowstorm we're having. I could have cashed a check myself if my bank had actually decided to open this morning. 🙄
 
My CKI dog is having another bout of angry kidney problems. It's been just over a month since her last uremic crisis. 🙁 BUN was 96, Creatinine 6.5. Looks like she'll be spending the weekend at the hospital on IV fluids. Hopefully we can get her values down to an acceptable level and manage her at home. Poor pup.
 
So at my work, there's this one person who a lot of people don't like. She acts like she owns the place, and she's constantly instituting all of these policies and changes without consulting anyone else. Today, she decided that we will not be using paper towels to clean kennels anymore. Instead, she wants us to use dish towels. Because, you know, that seems like a clean way to do things... especially considering we're not allowed to wash towels on anything except cold/cold. And we will be picking up dog poo in the indoor play areas with poop bags (like the kind you use on a walk) instead of using the pooper scooper. She also clarified in her note that we are to pick up the poop, tie the bag closed, and then put the bag into the trash can. WHAT DID SHE THINK I WAS GOING TO DO WITH IT?! Of course, all of this happened on the one day that I was going to get to sleep in since I've had 7am class MTWR since Jan. 14 and have been working TFSSu mornings, too but had to work because the new girl quit without notice. 😡 Okay. Rant over.
 
I know that my IS a good school, but it's never been my "dream school". I wish I had that feeling that people get when they finally get a chance to go to a school that they've loved all their lives, but I'm not sure why I don't have it. I've felt incredibly frustrated/sad/angry the last few weeks leading up to my travel for school visits/interviews b/c my dad and bf don't seem to be very supportive of my aspirations to go anywhere but my IS. I don't even know if I will get in there, but I have been accepted to a very good school out of state and whenever I talk about it all I hear from them are negatives, which are mainly: it's far/cold/expensive, it's depressing there, it snows, it looks like a prison. I don't get it. How can you know any of this if you've never been there, or talked to students/faculty, or learned what the school has to offer?

Is it so bad that I just want to feel happy/excited just a little during this process? 🙁. If I get into my IS, then finances will probably play the biggest part in my decision, but for right now I don't understand why nothing positive can be said about a school that I'm already in. 😕
 
Good luck with the storm. We are supposed to get the worst of it. I am home alone. The boy went home to help his father with the shoveling tomorrow.
 
WHERE is the page that shows the % of non-resident acceptances?!

I cannot find it ugh!😡
 
I'm really glad I decided I don't want to go to Cornell, I would never in a million years go there after his transportation nightmare. I can't even maybe get a bus until 10 and I might have to buy a whole new ticket to do that because no one TOLD me you're not allowed to detach your receipt. All this means I won't get back to school until 4 or 5 and I won't be able to eat anything until then. I hate snow and I HATE buses and everything is terrible.
 
Just found out last night that my great uncle (an absolutely amazing man who helped raise my sisters and I) has cancer... 🙁

They are hoping it is just thyroid cancer at this time, but they are not sure. He has some other medical problems as well that could complicate things. My aunt is having a very hard time dealing with this.. I hope they are able to get some more answers real soon and that it has not spread. :xf: 🙁

ETA: Also found out that my grandmother (who has dementia) caused an accident, again. She was still able to drive ok but now my family has decided that they are no longer going to allow her to drive due to this being her third or fourth accident in the past year. Luckily this time she only hit a parked car. So my family is taking her driver's license away to prevent her from hurting herself or someone else. Apparently, her dementia has also been getting worse... 🙁

Sometimes, I wish I could be home to help through the difficult times and not thousands of miles away.
 
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DVMDream said:
Just found out last night that my great uncle (an absolutely amazing man who helped raise my sisters and I) has cancer... 🙁

They are hoping it is just thyroid cancer at this time, but they are not sure. He has some other medical problems as well that could complicate things. My aunt is having a very hard time dealing with this.. I hope they are able to get some more answers real soon and that it has not spread. :xf: 🙁

ETA: Also found out that my grandmother (who has dementia) caused an accident, again. She was still able to drive ok but now my family has decided that they are no longer going to allow her to drive due to this being her third or fourth accident in the past year. Luckily this time she only hit a parked car. So my family is taking her driver's license away to prevent her from hurting herself or someone else. Apparently, her dementia has also been getting worse... 🙁

Sometimes, I wish I could be home to help through the difficult times and not thousands of miles away.
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it's totally normal to look over at your sleeping cat, think he's dead, and then immediately become relieved when you see his belly slooowly rise. sigh. My poor skinny old-man cat (He's only 11) has been on pred for 2 weeks for either IBD or lymphoma (I didn't want to put him through the biopsy) and I'm not sure it's really working yet. He threw up his dinner last night. He breaks my heart. 🙁
 
felinelvr44 said:
it's totally normal to look over at your sleeping cat, think he's dead, and then immediately become relieved when you see his belly slooowly rise. sigh. My poor skinny old-man cat (He's only 11) has been on pred for 2 weeks for either IBD or lymphoma (I didn't want to put him through the biopsy) and I'm not sure it's really working yet. He threw up his dinner last night. He breaks my heart. 🙁
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I've had a scare with my old lady before, no fun. Hang in there, Old Man Cat.
 
I can't seem to get anything but discouragement for going to vet school at the moment and it's getting incredibly frustrating. I know that there are a lot of issues in the profession in terms of job prospects and respect etc but it's driving me insane that everyone, including my primary mentor vet, is telling me to go to medical school instead.

I do not want to go to medical school, I want to be a vet. Any words of advice?
 
emacc said:
I can't seem to get anything but discouragement for going to vet school at the moment and it's getting incredibly frustrating. I know that there are a lot of issues in the profession in terms of job prospects and respect etc but it's driving me insane that everyone, including my primary mentor vet, is telling me to go to medical school instead.

I do not want to go to medical school, I want to be a vet. Any words of advice?
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Go to veterinary school and become a vet 😀
 
emacc said:
I can't seem to get anything but discouragement for going to vet school at the moment and it's getting incredibly frustrating. I know that there are a lot of issues in the profession in terms of job prospects and respect etc but it's driving me insane that everyone, including my primary mentor vet, is telling me to go to medical school instead.

I do not want to go to medical school, I want to be a vet. Any words of advice?
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F*ck the haters. Vet school (and vet med) is awesome!
 
emacc said:
I can't seem to get anything but discouragement for going to vet school at the moment and it's getting incredibly frustrating. I know that there are a lot of issues in the profession in terms of job prospects and respect etc but it's driving me insane that everyone, including my primary mentor vet, is telling me to go to medical school instead.

I do not want to go to medical school, I want to be a vet. Any words of advice?
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Sorry, not going to coddle you... There are plenty of negatives, so be aware of them, and if you still want to go, then go. No one should have to talk you into going to vet school, but if you aren't convinced yourself, then don't go. If you are, there is no problem.

If you are gung ho on vet med then vet med it is. But if you are so effected by what others around you think, then perhaps you have other issues, or you are hearing your own doubts being spoken.

Feel better?
 
StartingoverVet said:
Sorry, not going to coddle you... There are plenty of negatives, so be aware of them, and if you still want to go, then go. No one should have to talk you into going to vet school, but if you aren't convinced yourself, then don't go. If you are, there is no problem.

If you are gung ho on vet med then vet med it is. But if you are so effected by what others around you think, then perhaps you have other issues, or you are hearing your own doubts being spoken.

Feel better?
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I agree with this. It is hard to hear people discouraging you but it is important that you know the negatives of the profession as well. One of my vet mentors and good friends always seemed to be quite supportive of me going to vet school up until about 3 years ago or so... she was still supportive, believed I could do it but she was really shedding some light on the more negative aspects of vet med to me and asking if I am sure that I want to go through with it.... I think she was testing me, but I also found out that she was not happy working in general practice... it was torture for her and she had fallen out of love with her work. She is now doing something within the vet profession that interests her and that she absolutely loves. She is much happier and has a much better viewpoint of the profession again, although she would still probably say to stay away from general practice... :laugh:

Perhaps sit down and talk with your vet mentor see what he/she believes or why they are telling you to do human med instead. It is best that you take into account both the positives and negatives of vet med and have a real insight into the profession going in then to be blind sided later, even if it does seem discouraging now. If you still feel that vet med is what you want to do even after hearing all of the negatives and the positives, then go for it.
 
emacc said:
I can't seem to get anything but discouragement for going to vet school at the moment and it's getting incredibly frustrating. I know that there are a lot of issues in the profession in terms of job prospects and respect etc but it's driving me insane that everyone, including my primary mentor vet, is telling me to go to medical school instead.

I do not want to go to medical school, I want to be a vet. Any words of advice?
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One of my favorite mentor vets constantly told me how much she hated vet med and how everyone she knew did too. She was just making fun of me the other day because when I was deciding I wanted to go to vet school I said "well, every vet I know hates their life, but I'm probably going to do it anyways." I worked with a few GP vets that liked what they were doing for the most part but weren't super happy about it. There seems to be a lot more burnout in GP and EM than in some of the other sectors. Especially in terms of SA practice. I'm a big believer in that it takes either a special individual or really really awesome practice to be able to really enjoy SA GP. I have met some of those people who are absolutely cut out for it, but as a whole, I think it can be really hard to make it in SA GP.

It wasn't until I started working with ophthalmologists and at a zoo that I realized just how much MORE amazing vet med could be. If you want to go into vet med, then go into vet med. Just make sure that you are 200% committed. I don't know if you can really make it otherwise. I think that many times when we see unhappy vets it's because they are in a sector that isn't a good fit for them. Sometimes it's just about finding your niche in order to make it work. And sometimes that's far easier said than done.
 
StartingoverVet said:
I am tired of life sucking. Will I ever get a freaking break?
Screw you world, this too I can handle.
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Really wish I'd known that in order to do anything that truly interests me in the field, I'd have to go to school for another half a decade post-DVM.

I just. Can't.

I don't want to by vigilant about my grades to stay competitive for internship/residency programs, I don't want to do internship/residency programs, I don't want to do anything but finally work and make some freaking money and maybe get my family started.

I really hope I find something in the next three years that truly speaks to me and doesn't ask for my soul in return.
 
hopefulinva said:
Really wish I'd known that in order to do anything that truly interests me in the field, I'd have to go to school for another half a decade post-DVM.

I just. Can't.

I don't want to by vigilant about my grades to stay competitive for internship/residency programs, I don't want to do internship/residency programs, I don't want to do anything but finally work and make some freaking money and maybe get my family started.

I really hope I find something in the next three years that truly speaks to me and doesn't ask for my soul in return.
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🙁 I'm really worried this is going to be the situation I'm in, too. I'm personally OK with doing another half decade of training/etc, but I'm young and don't have any interest in kids. But studying has never been my strong point, and first year is really kicking my ass as far as grades go.
 
My roomate/landlord really just pisses me off sometimes. He acts like SO and I are just the most horrid people to live with. I have told him several times that if he wants us out, we will go. I am sick of feeling like he HATES living with us. He assures me that we are great roomates and he doesnt know where I am getting these feelings from. But it is his actions. The walking around the house slamming doors, sighing, making extra emphasis to clean/do household things loudly is aggravating. God forbid SO and I have a nice relaxing sunday morning. And god forbid I leave school **** out for a few days in common space because I am working on something. We pay half of the monthly bills with the intention of receiving half of the house to share. Is that a crazy assumption? We moved in with the understanding that the garage is his and thats fine. He has more than half the house. I just get so fed up sometimes. He is a great person to live with 90% of the time but the other 10% is just awful and us being treated like we are children that he is forced to live with.

I had a talk with him awhile back about him not being happy and us looking for a new place to live with no hard feelings. He stated that he wanted us to stay. I told him, OK, BUT my dogs are going to bark, theyre going to shed, theyre going to play, theyre going to poop in the back yard, theyre dogs. AND we are not going to clean all day every day when we are home like he does. SO and I both work full time and school full time. At the time roomate was on an off time from work (he does month on, month off type work) and was obsessively cleaning up after us and then turning it around like we are lazy slobs. I had had enough. I cannot stand walking on egg shells in my own f_cking house. 😡

/end rant
 
I can feel the snots gooing around in my lungs. No pneumonia please! 🙁
 
Fretting about my relationship. This whole "possibly going off to a distant vet school in the near future" business really puts a lot of undue stress on things. 🙁
 
BlackDog17 said:
Fretting about my relationship. This whole "possibly going off to a distant vet school in the near future" business really puts a lot of undue stress on things. 🙁
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Yepppp. Feel ya. Try not to worry about it until it happens.
 
MommaFox said:
Yepppp. Feel ya. Try not to worry about it until it happens.
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That's been my philosophy. Or at least not worrying about it until I know for sure when and where I'm going. But I think he's been dwelling on it a lot lately and it's hard to know how to handle it when so much is uncertain right now.
 
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