Do you have any pet peeves? As you can surmise...I have several. Today I am thinking about a particularly pernicious one. One that drives me nuts!!! Do you do online banking? And when you download your Point of Service (POS) credit or debit card transactions, what appears on the merchant line? The name of the merchant and other identifying numbers/letters, or just some obtuse string of characters which give no clue as to who is the merchant? Why is it that the merchant cannot put their name as part of the transaction line? Many do, but many do not. So since I am a derelict and occasionally forget to write down a transaction (and I know I am not alone there), I am left wondering: WHO IN THE WORLD IS IT? Home Depot is guilty. And I know what you are thinking: Look at the amount to figure out the merchant name. Right, but when I forget to write down the transaction.....then what. I know...my fault!
What is it with these merchants? I figure they fail for one or both reasons:
1. They are just plain stupid...or
2. They do not care about the customer like they say they do. The Home Depot: "You can do it; We can help" motto falls on deaf ears for me...as well as numerous other merchants who seem to dumb or too uncaring to make my day!