My boyfriend and I have started our ring shopping journey. Our first stop was at Cullens and we actually learned a lot I fell in love with the Dutch Marquise and unfortunately they didn’t have any at the showroom. We heard some good things about Diamond Direct and gave them a shot. The selection was great. Just wondering if this 4c.t E VS1 is worth 5k or we should shop around some more.
I’m working at a VA hospital (4 months) and was offered GS9 step 1. I had 2 years of experience at a well known hospital in my city before applying. However, at the time I applied at the VA, I only had my ASCP for a year.
I heard some people mentioned that after 1 year of probation (mine is 2), I can ask my supervisor to fill out a form and have it adjust to GS11 which is the standard for Clinical Laboratory Scientist (new title). I’m wondering if this is true and if anyone had gone through this themselves with the increase?
My boyfriend and I went to our first ring shopping this past Saturday at Cullen Lab Grown Jewelry. We tried out different options to see which one I would like and my top picks were Dutch Marquise, Marquise (wide) and an Oval. They didn’t have any true Dutch at the store so I ended up trying an Elongated Hexagon, which I did love except the step cuts. I’ve been trying to look for more stores to shop around and I’m stating to realize Dutch Marquise is rarely offered. We don’t want to buy it off of some IG page (the ones we saw). Any recommended online places or locally to Houston? I don’t want to settle for something that’s good enough and not something I love wholeheartedly but I’m thinking I have to at this point.
My boyfriend and I went to our first ring shopping this past Saturday at Cullen Lab Grown Jewelry. We tried out different options to see which one I would like and my top picks were Dutch Marquise, Marquise (wide) and an Oval. They didn’t have any true Dutch at the store so I ended up trying an Elongated Hexagon, which I did love except the step cuts. I’ve been trying to look for more stores to shop around and I’m stating to realize Dutch Marquise is rarely offered. We don’t want to buy it off of some IG page (the ones we saw). Any recommended online places or locally to Houston? I don’t want to settle for something that’s good enough and not something I love wholeheartedly but I’m thinking I have to at this point.
My boyfriend and I are shopping for an engagement ring. I know I want a Dutch marquise/ Elongated hexagon but it seems like there not many shops that has it in Houston. We went to Cullen Houston location recent and they also only had 1-2 on display. Any recommendation?
My boyfriend and I are shopping for an engagement ring. I know I want a Dutch marquise/ Elongated hexagon but it seems like there not many shops that has it in Houston. We went to Cullen Houston location recent and they also only had 1-2 on display. Any recommendation?
After some hiccups I finally got assigned another vehicle. Long story short the first one I got matched with has a broken lightbar, the middle one and they had to order parts. I’m about to schedule my pickup for the 2nd match. What is something you would recommend checking or wish that you knew to check for?
- this is the first car I ever bought
How long does it usually take to get a vin assign to you? I ordered the Model Y Premium AWD in black. Originally ordered May 27 which I got a VIN around May 30 (I considered that was a lucky thing). Things didn’t go too well with that car so I got back in the queue on June 5 for the next one. I’m wondering what is the average time it takes to get a VIN assign? I’m based in Texas
I was looking for my first car and decided to get the 2026 Mode Y Premium AWD after some convincing from my boyfriend (Tesla owner). I did a demo drive and saw all the features so I decided to pull the plug. I ordered it in May 27, estimate delivery was 3-4 weeks which I was okay with. A few days later it got pushed up to June 7 - 10, and when I checked on the app the delivery options were actually June 1 - 4.
Came the day of the pick up (6pm), we found out the lightbar in the middle did not turn on. The senior sales advisor there apologized saying that this is not the Tesla standard and promised to get it fix first thing when the open at 8am in the morning. He apologized, promised to keep us updated as to when it will be ready for pick up, even threw in 1 free month of supercharging on top of my 2,000 miles.
The next day came around, I’m trying to call them at 10am since I haven’t gotten any update. He explained that it was a simply fix blah blah. I didn’t have a ride after work that day so I really wanted to make sure it was ready before I head there (1hr+ from my job). The calls went to the national line and they couldn’t find anything on my car. I texted the number that gave me updates while I was buying asking for updates at 1pm and 2pm. I called national line twice and nothing. It is now 4pm, the app says delivery is scheduled for 6pm. I’m assuming that means the car is ready so I booked my uber and headed there. 30mins into the ride I got a text saying that the lightbar part didn’t arrive and they can’t make delivery. I was FURIOUS. I texted backing asking what can be done blah blah blah. No reply. I had to change the address on the uber to go back home. When I got home I called the national line again, after 45mins I was able to get my VIN unassigned and put back to the line. 5mins later got matched up to that exact car. Called again 50mins later I was basically told there’s nothing they can do and I have to contact my advisor. This whole time, never once have I spoken to this woman named Catherine, who’s supposedly my advisor. I asked them to help me note down for her to call me as soon as possible. I sent her a text as well thinking she’ll call me the next day.
3rd day, checking my phone all day at work, not a single call, not a single reply. I ended up sending 2-3 texts on the Tesla app and finally got put on paused until next Monday. This is really ruining my experience of buying a car with Tesla. The communication is basically 0. Idek if Monday comes around and I remove the pause if I’ll even get a different car or I’ll have to go through the same process again of keep having to ask the to remove it. How can I make sure I don’t get assign the same car again??
I was looking for my first car and decided to get the 2026 Mode Y Premium AWD after some convincing from my boyfriend (Tesla owner). I did a demo drive and saw all the features so I decided to pull the plug. I ordered it in May 27, estimate delivery was 3-4 weeks which I was okay with. A few days later it got pushed up to June 7 - 10, and when I checked on the app the delivery options were actually June 1 - 4.
Came the day of the pick up (6pm), we found out the lightbar in the middle did not turn on. The senior sales advisor there apologized saying that this is not the Tesla standard and promised to get it fix first thing when the open at 8am in the morning. He apologized, promised to keep us updated as to when it will be ready for pick up, even threw in 1 free month of supercharging on top of my 2,000 miles.
The next day came around, I’m trying to call them at 10am since I haven’t gotten any update. He explained that it was a simply fix blah blah. I didn’t have a ride after work that day so I really wanted to make sure it was ready before I head there (1hr+ from my job). The calls went to the national line and they couldn’t find anything on my car. I texted the number that gave me updates while I was buying asking for updates at 1pm and 2pm. I called national line twice and nothing. It is now 4pm, the app says delivery is scheduled for 6pm. I’m assuming that means the car is ready so I booked my uber and headed there. 30mins into the ride I got a text saying that the lightbar part didn’t arrive and they can’t make delivery. I was FURIOUS. I texted backing asking what can be done blah blah blah. No reply. I had to change the address on the uber to go back home. When I got home I called the national line again, after 45mins I was able to get my VIN unassigned and put back to the line. 5mins later got matched up to that exact car. Called again 50mins later I was basically told there’s nothing they can do and I have to contact my advisor. This whole time, never once have I spoken to this woman named Catherine, who’s supposedly my advisor. I asked them to help me note down for her to call me as soon as possible. I sent her a text as well thinking she’ll call me the next day.
3rd day, checking my phone all day at work, not a single call, not a single reply. I ended up sending 2-3 texts on the Tesla app and finally got put on paused until next Monday. This is really ruining my experience of buying a car with Tesla. The communication is basically 0. Idek if Monday comes around and I remove the pause if I’ll even get a different car or I’ll have to go through the same process again of keep having to ask the to remove it.
We have recent moved into a house and the old owner had never use their garage opener. The only way is through the actual button inside the garage. Any way I can hard reset this? I’m looking to park my car inside
I have started a new job recently and remained PRN at my old job. I got a text today from my old manager saying that the HIPPA Compliance people have emailed me regarding my access of electronic record of a household member. My grandma was hospitalized December 2024, during that time I was just checking her chart for lab related stuffs. The email stated that my access was on April 13 2026. I can not recall why I would need to access her chart on Epic since I have her record logins. I understand a it’s a violation of HIPPA and I know what I did was wrong/stupid. I’m wondering if I will get fired for this. And if I do, will my future employer know why I was fired?
For those that works/worked at the VA, what was your orientation like? I was told it’s 3 days long and I can’t really imagine what it’d be like. At my first job orientation was 1 day and we just went over benefits and how the hospital came about.