Had a tiny (<400) overdraft covered just minutes later. Called bank, they said the payment causing the overdraft wouldn't post for 24 hours. Don't remember if that was policy, or something the person would do for us.
Several months later, I learned at that time, that they had instituted a standing stop payment order to the merchant we were paying, but only in the amount of exactly $600. Fast forward, we make a $600 payment, get a notification that it went through, no notification of stop payment, but later a notification from the merchant we were trying to pay (Synchrony - Amazon Store Card) stating they were closing our account due to the stop payment.
Meet in person with a bank rep. They have trouble finding the problem, but once found, argue that we must have requested this specifically, for they would never have done such a thing. I didn't even know a standing stop payment for a specific amount was a thing, asked what is normal policy, what bank terminonlogy would cause such a thing. Would not give any answer other than "you must have asked for it". What would I have said? "You must have asked for it" etc.
Currently fighting with the bank for audio of the phone call where they claim we requested this, and with Synchrony telling them it is the bank's fault. We immediately paid balance on closed Synchrony account, and had made ~12 payments successfully before the inadvertent stop payment.
Your data support actual strength shifts, not narrative manipulation:
Range of 48-73.5 (peak 53.1+% higher than trough) with a single day shift of ~30%.
You suggest people are usually influenced more by narrative than data, but provide a narrative-heavy, data-light comment, e.g. "always" "know" "mostly steady" (hazy terms for data) "cannot beat" "evil companies" "meme strong".
A followup defining "mostly" and "steady" more clearly, and your purpose in writing in a narrative-shaping style would be helpful.
Developers have long spoken of forgetting many details about something they stopped working with in the past. AI seems to speed up this natural process of "working on new things makes me forget details of things I used to work on".
What wealthy celebrities say has no relation to what they will say later, or what they actually think now, regardless if they are speaking about businesses they are directly involved in, or how those businesses or policies integrate with public policies.
So much of the world is discussing what celebrities say, and it's incredibly pointless to take them at face value. They are not trying to convey their current or future thinking, they are trying to shape discourse.
Seems useful, but bureaucracies don't refuse, they delay and obfuscate. So before trying this I would probably seek info on how to deal with bureaucratic realities.
Example: I had an inpatient hospital stay where the payment assistant person was never available, never returned calls. Not while I was in the hospital for days, nor in the weeks afterwards.
Technically, I "left against medical advice", though the last doctor I spoke to agreed with what I was doing.
Over two days of trying to manage costs, then 36 hours of planning and asking to leave all basically got me nowhere and I had to kind of force walk out.
Some Facebook ad forums have gone from frustration to extreme hyperbole (e.g. death penalty for Meta execs). The "you're doing it wrong" replies have also shifted to more of "having the same problem". We would like to advertise again on Meta, but it looks quite scary to start again. We've even received two bills from Meta, though we have not advertised since 2020. Contested one and got a discount, the other was smaller and I didn't contest. Trying to disconnect everything currently.
Things I can do to help someone understand me are, generally, a net plus. Same for someone trying to help me understand them. But this has complicated effects, some surely unforseen.
Prioritize outcomes for users using your product. That should lead to improving the viral/visibility aspect of documentation notification, as well as other aspects of documentation. Make this a differentiator of your product. Widespread misperceptions hurt outcomes.
Could you create one location educating advanced users, and:
• Promote, Organize and Maintain it
• Develop a group of users that have early access to "upcoming notifications we're working on"
• Perhaps give a third party specializing in making information visible responsibility for it
• Read comments by users in various places to determine what should be communicated. Just under this comment @dbeardsl begins "I appreciate the reply, but I was never under the impression that ...".
The speed that key users are informed of issues is critical. This is just off the top of my head, a much better plan I'm sure could be created.
Several months later, I learned at that time, that they had instituted a standing stop payment order to the merchant we were paying, but only in the amount of exactly $600. Fast forward, we make a $600 payment, get a notification that it went through, no notification of stop payment, but later a notification from the merchant we were trying to pay (Synchrony - Amazon Store Card) stating they were closing our account due to the stop payment.
Meet in person with a bank rep. They have trouble finding the problem, but once found, argue that we must have requested this specifically, for they would never have done such a thing. I didn't even know a standing stop payment for a specific amount was a thing, asked what is normal policy, what bank terminonlogy would cause such a thing. Would not give any answer other than "you must have asked for it". What would I have said? "You must have asked for it" etc.
Currently fighting with the bank for audio of the phone call where they claim we requested this, and with Synchrony telling them it is the bank's fault. We immediately paid balance on closed Synchrony account, and had made ~12 payments successfully before the inadvertent stop payment.
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