MLK Day 2024

On Tuesday last week, the discovery was made that the Panda Express® rewards section was not functional on the account Web page. Discussing the matter with the management at the King Street location only resulted in mutual bewilderment. One of the managers opened her account on her iPhone and everything was functioning perfectly. Subsequently, using the contact portal on the Web site, a message about the problem was dispatched into the ether.

That evening, there was much “gnashing of teeth” as the prospect of a zero-day malware-infected iPhone became a distinct possibility. So, the following morning, an iCloud backup was uploaded and the iPhone 15 Pro was completely reset. The restoration process was quick and easy. However, the same problem persisted.

Later in the day, an e-mail response was received from Panda Express® corporate stating that the account was deactivated because of “suspicious activities.” Yeah, a customer who dines there six days per week … right. Why wasn’t the deactivation explicitly stated on the Web page instead of the tiny perpetual spinning wheel? To say that there was outrage would be an understatement.

The decision was instantly made to mummify the account, even though there are 5,500 points accumulated. Corporate can take those reward points and “shove it up their asses.” So far, five attempts have been made at mummification, but the verification link e-mail (final step of process) never appeared. Dining at the establishment will continue, but not as often. There will not be any attempt to open a new account.

Friday afternoon, a trip was made to Ala Moana Center to dine at Lahaina Chicken. There was no desire to patronize Panda Express®. Little wonder why. Sadly, the prime rib dinner made no positive impression, even though it was a superb cut. The constant bullshit is negating any zeal for anything. Shopping at Target® ensued subsequently. Dinner on Saturday was courtesy Subway®.

On Sunday morning, an itinerary change was made to Ala Moana Center for coffee time. This time, a quick stop at Target® insured an “economical” breakfast consisting of Orowheat® cinnamon raisin English muffins. The price, however, has increased to $5.50 … cheaper than anything else, though. A stopover was made at Longs®, with the unpleasant discovery that the Healthy Benefits+® program has been discontinued without notifying anyone. Fortunately, $75 in CVS® gift card (Go365® rewards redemption) was in possession to purchase generic Vitamin D3 (on sale).

Nearly all of the escalators in the mall were out of service, so traversing nearly the entire mall was required to find a way back to the ground floor. An expensive cup of Starbucks® coffee was purchased. Frankly, the brewed coffee at the latter has improved significantly. Again, time was spent loitering in the Makai Market food court before departure to town. After gym time, dinner was once again courtesy Subway®.

MLK Day was, fortunately, uneventful with no holiday circumvention. There appears to a new health issue aside from chronic anxiety, insomnia, and melancholia. Details will be forthcoming.

On a sad note, the Braun® foil shaver was immediately deprecated when the first battery charge cycle fully depleted. The device was thoroughly cleaned and repackaged in the original box. In summation, the overall experience was average. In reinstating the Norelco® shaver, the difference was quite evident. The Braun® shaver is not even close. The latter device will either be given away to someone (who?) or donated to charity. Well, that was a waste of time and money!

The Microsoft® Copilot AI “app” was installed on the iPhone 15 Pro and an associated account was established. Copilot uses GPT-4 and DALL-E 3 AI technologies, which requires a paid subscription on the ChatGPT “app.” No charge on Copilot. Why install this kind of bullshit on the beloved iPhone as even Siri is disabled? Who knows?

The routine was … same ol’ shit. During holidays, the routine is the same ol’ holiday shit. As always, “things fall apart” ad infinitum. Each day brings new challenges to circumvent the failed “system” (as previously chronicled in Notes ad nauseam). Well, at least all the young hotties are back at the gym, all prancing around in their skimpy gym attire. Yeah!

On a dreary note, the Fascists have confirmed that they plan to expand the war and engulf the entire Levant in devastation. The latest development is the indiscriminate bombing of Yemen, the de facto government of which is Ansarallah (aka “Houthis”). The point of contention was the Ansarallah blockade of ships destined for Israel in the Red Sea. Ansarallah has been battle-hardened after years of siege perpetrated upon it by Saudi Arabia (proxy of empire). Hezbollah will be next. The Fascists are ultimately targeting Iran. Will the Fascists prevail? Did they prevail over the Russian Federation?

Addendum: Another message was dispatched to Panda Express® and the verification link e-mail miraculously appeared. The account should now be officially mummified. Thank Molech!

Miscellany: The sheer number of maniacs wearing face masks full-time is simply astounding. Due to some ridiculous new “variant” of “super-duper corona,” the number of idiots has increased significantly. A face mask indicates that the wearer stands solidly with the Fascists.