I'm just about crying over here from laughter and I have to blog a story my husband just told me about a phone conversation he just had with someone from the Texas Workforce Commission.
A little back story: Randy's previous employer offered to reimburse 1/2 of the insurance deductible should any of its employees need enough medical attention to meet said deductible...i.e. have a baby. This previous employer rejected Randy's submission of the application to be reiumbursed for reasons which which I won't bore you and Randy submitted a complaint to the Texas Workforce Commission on 9/4/08 (remember that date - it will be significant in a moment) in an attempt to get the money from the previous employer. He was told to wait 6-9 months before following up with TWC, as they are a bit backed up...wait - what?? A government agency backed up?? The hell you say!! But I digress... He calls today and while I wasn't on the phone and can't give you the conversation verbatim, you'll get the idea...
Lady at TWC: "We sent you a letter on the 11th."
Randy: "Okay."
(Small pause.)
TWC: "You submitted your application on the 4th."
Randy: "Okay."
(Another small pause.)
TWC: "The 4th is before the 11th."
Randy (How he didn't respond with a smartassed response is beyond me...or just bust out laughing, I don't know): "I got that."
TWC: "You have to wait 6-9 months."
Randy: "We're at like, month 8 and 3/4." (** Side note: leave it to my engineer husband to use a fraction... **)
TWC: "You have to wait 6-9 months."
Randy: "So, you want me to call you back next week?"
TWC: **Inaudible**
Randy: **silence**
**More silence**
TWC: **click!**
They walk among us...and unfortunately, most of them procreate.
A little back story: Randy's previous employer offered to reimburse 1/2 of the insurance deductible should any of its employees need enough medical attention to meet said deductible...i.e. have a baby. This previous employer rejected Randy's submission of the application to be reiumbursed for reasons which which I won't bore you and Randy submitted a complaint to the Texas Workforce Commission on 9/4/08 (remember that date - it will be significant in a moment) in an attempt to get the money from the previous employer. He was told to wait 6-9 months before following up with TWC, as they are a bit backed up...wait - what?? A government agency backed up?? The hell you say!! But I digress... He calls today and while I wasn't on the phone and can't give you the conversation verbatim, you'll get the idea...
Lady at TWC: "We sent you a letter on the 11th."
Randy: "Okay."
(Small pause.)
TWC: "You submitted your application on the 4th."
Randy: "Okay."
(Another small pause.)
TWC: "The 4th is before the 11th."
Randy (How he didn't respond with a smartassed response is beyond me...or just bust out laughing, I don't know): "I got that."
TWC: "You have to wait 6-9 months."
Randy: "We're at like, month 8 and 3/4." (** Side note: leave it to my engineer husband to use a fraction... **)
TWC: "You have to wait 6-9 months."
Randy: "So, you want me to call you back next week?"
TWC: **Inaudible**
Randy: **silence**
**More silence**
TWC: **click!**
They walk among us...and unfortunately, most of them procreate.
