Thursday pet peeves

[holdouttrout]

1. When people ask you something, you say, "Just a second," and then, when you get back to them, they say "never mind" and refuse to tell you what they wanted.

2. When people tell you something they mean to be cute or funny, but is, in fact, some anecdote about them behaving badly in a way that you don't find cute or funny at all.

Comments

[thothmes]

Fine peeves, the both of them.

My peeve for the day? I finally got all the figures put in for my state and federal returns in Turbo Tax. It does its little error check and review and brings up a problem. The EIN for one of my child care providers is missing a digit. I look it up. I enter it. Problem solved. I go on my merry way. I get to the point where I get to e-file. All the screens go by without problems. I get to the press-this-button-and-you-will-commit-e-filing-and-be-unable-to-take-it-back-EVER screen. I hold my breath for a moment, and then take the plunge. Only to be told that I cannot e-file until I fix the EIN. The EIN is correct. I try again. No luck. I try taking out the number that had been missing and putting it back in. No luck. I try doing the same in the slot in the actual IRS form. No luck. I try erasing the number in the form and re-entering it. No luck. I try the same tactic in the slot up above. Finally, it says there are no errors. It allows me to e-file.

Now, I realize that if this is what I think is a problem, then my life is pretty sweet, but---

Programs that due to a bug cause actually add to the stress of doing taxes? My choice for peeve du jour.

[holdouttrout]

AUGH. stupid program is stupid. That's so frustrating, too!