Yeah, so Megan put upon me to tell the registry story from BRU last night. At the time I was somewhere between crying and spitting nails. I've sorta gotten over it now because it was just bad customer service from an ignorant person. Although it IS sorta pissy.

So we went last night to pick up our glider (details in meglett's journal). When the friend we were with was going through the line, I decided that I would go print our registry. I was sort of interested to know how many of the things that we had selected online were physically available in the store.

Anyway, I do the standard shortened name entry for a registry (MCG H OH) and surprisingly there were over 10 of that combination listed, but no me. It does come up under Megan (whew!). I knew that Megan was the "registrant" and that I was the "co-registrant" so I thought maybe somehow I didn't get linked in. Thus, I went up to the desk to inquire.

I explain to the woman that the registry was not coming up under my name and that since we registered online (and both names ARE searchable online) that maybe something needed to be fixed in the computer. She looks up my name. Indeed it isn't there in her system. She looked a little befuddled. I told her that it DID come up under the other name and maybe she would like to find it that way.

(By this time there are 3 or so folks standing around/filling out paperwork that had stopped to listen)

I told her Megan's name. She looks at me incredulously and says "That's completely different." Um, yeah.
So she types it in and it comes up. She informs me that had she known that I was the co-registrant and not the registrant that she could have found me in her magical electric box.

I actually felt like we were making headway now, but I was wrong. I told her that I would like for both of our names to be searchable in the kiosk thing *because* they were so very different. That didn't sink in. She told me that my name a searchable online. I said that wasn't what I was asking about. Then she said that since we signed-up online that we'd have to fix it online. To her, fixing it meant switching the order of the names (thus apparently making Megan's name unsearchable). She seemed to have nothing else to offer so I left.

*sigh*

It totally isn't a big deal, but I was already so riled from the "somebody already picked up your chair" incident (in meg's journal) that I was cheesed about it the whole way home.

Why the hell would they even ASK if there is a second "registrant" if there isn't a way to find the name without talking to the bitchy/busy woman at the desk? People have very different names ALL THE TIME. Does BRU not see this as a problem?

Ok, rant over.

Megan was feeling artsy craftsy, so she took a ton of really nice pictures of the yard, the kitties outside with her and our yard mary.





Our left flowerbed
Originally uploaded by hopemcg.

We had a lovely brunch with Beth this morning after a more-disappointing-than-expected negative test at 4:30 this morning. After breakfast I came home and slept while poor Megan went to work at the library.

I made us bubble tea and mexican food for dinner. What a combo!