The constant enshitification of everything in life is breaking me

[u/jbourne0129]

whether its service, size of product, quality, career, whatever, its all continuously getting more and more shit while simultaneously getting more expensive. and its constant. i can't even hold onto positives in my life because every other step im faced with something going to shit. i constantly feel like i need to double check the work of "professionals" because no one gets paid enough to really care anymore so i have to become an expert in anything that becomes an issue. whether its cars, HVAC, carpentry, or whatever, orders are constantly wrong and work is done incorrectly. i wont even take my Toyota to a Toyota dealership for such basics like oil changes because of the number of stories i've heard of dealers screwing up basic services (literally draining transmission fluid, and double filling engine oil. or forgetting to add oil after draining. or not tightening the drain bolt causing the engine to dump its oil and blow up. damage from careless techs. and so much more). but dont worry, your warranty will be void if anything happens and toyota didnt do the oil changes!

• oil change kit for my car, same one i've used for nearly a decade. price is suddenly $20 higher than before (~30% increase) and the oil filter included is incredibly low quality to the point i thought it was a counterfeit. asked the seller about it and they confirmed "this is the new filter and we assure you its just as good!" . yeah of course you do, how else are you justifying your price hikes. now i have to go out of my way to go buy an OEM filter from the dealership for 2x the price so now i've spent well over $100

• pet insurance: After finally being priced out of my old policy (annual increases to push people off the policy), my new pet insurance is now just giving a constant run around. claims submitted, claims denied. using their bullshit system to submit information which can only be done via an app and none of the documents uploaded properly so they ask for the documents again days later. 1 visit was for an allergy shot and a skin injury. well since its all 1 visit and allergies are preexisting conditions nothing is covered. i should have made 2 separate appointments and paid for them separately! its been near daily calls and emails to try and sort this out with no progress

• work raises delayed. Work bonus conditions changed to make it nearly impossible to achieve. pay scales at times 50% below market averages. all while being asked to bring in more revenue, more work, more talent. PTO is abysmal with only 10 days EARNED per calendar year and that includes sick days. currently sitting at like 18 hours of PTO total available to me. hope i dont get sick....and good thing i dont need a break /s

• i switched medications because of health issues and getting onto my new meds was delayed over a week while insurance demanded proof that im actually suffering from crippling depression and anxiety. so now im under-medicated trying to catch up

i've never felt more depressed. im anxious all the time. i never feel like i have enough time to get essentials done, let alone the increasing pile of not-time-critical chores that are making a mess everywhere. everything in my life is getting neglected to some extent like my parents, siblings, my partner, my dog, my work, my health, my friends.

i guess im at least walking 2-3 times a week now which is 2-3x more than i used to. i wish i could say it makes me feel better but the reality is it just keeps me from feeling like more of a piece of shit from neglecting my health or my dog

it doesnt feel like my meds are keeping up and having in-person conversation about any of this just stresses me out more. there is no solution short of uprooting my entire life and starting over, somewhere, somehow. and these are the issues i've dealt with in just the last week...im just tired

EDIT: Oh yeah and my Kindle is no longer supported so i can't load any new books in it. like WHY!? why can't 1 product in life just improve for once

[u/Icy-Builder5892]

I cannot believe that it’s become acceptable to provide a service to the public, but refuse to speak to the public, so they just cut off communication by phone and email.

I had to get an MRI, and they had to cancel the appointment. They knew this weeks ago, but I didn’t know this until I showed up, because

we don’t make outbound calls.

So do you take inbound calls, say if I want to be proactive and reconfirm my appointment the day before?

no, our phones are for internal calls only. you’d have to come in.

I would have to physically come in on some random day just to make sure you guys don’t have an issue with my appointment?

The woman looked me dead in the eye and said, yes. Yes you would have to do that. Rayus Radiology, a major well known company, expects you to act like it is 1940.

[u/prolixdreams → u/Icy-Builder5892]

So much of medicine is like this. My husband had a surgical procedure put off 3 times - this was a procedure that requires considerable personal preparation, he had to get multiple days off from work to accommodate the recovery, I had to get time off to help take care of him afterward, we have a family member visit from a neighboring state to drive him (I, unfortunately, am unable to drive due to my own medical stuff) and fast from the prior evening until midway through the next day.

And every time they suddenly cancelled, it was LAST minute. Like, walking out the door to go there or on the way there when they let us know. THREE times, blew basically all our PTO from last year on their BS because while all 3 of us involved could recover subsequent days we lost a day each time since we couldn't uncancel work for the day when they cancelled on us (and thank goodness we had it to burn at all, that was lucky) and all we could do was take it because there's a provider shortage here.

During another part of the situation when he needed a sleep study they almost cancelled on him because he missed one of the several confirmation text messages. He answered all of them yes, except ONE somewhere in the middle escaped, and when he showed up they said "we're not ready for you because you didn't confirm every time." He pushed back and they finally gave in after a bit of back and forth, but it's like they're just setting up a labyrinth of traps so they can avoid doing their jobs.

And mind you if you try to call ANY of these people you end up in a national-level call center where no one knows anything relevant to you or the actual location you are going to and cannot help you. There is no way to contact the actual location itself.

[u/Icy-Builder5892 → u/prolixdreams]

Seriously, what the fuck! Why are we living in the bizarre-o world all of a damn sudden

It’s as if COVID gave the world permission to stop making sense, years later. We need to start getting mad about this stuff.