Has anyone else experienced mayhem when getting a new phone and trying to add their clipper back to a virtual wallet like Apple Pay?

I've spent the first 2.5 hours of my morning going through hell with Clipper customer service.

• Twice their automated phone system offered me a callback due to wait times and never called me back
• The next time I waited and spoke with someone she had to put me on a hold, but it eventually went to a customer satisfaction survey and hung up on me, and she never called back despite having a call back number
• When I FINALLY got a hold of someone, they said apparently through the process of disabling my wallet on another phone and trying to add it to my new one the card was marked as "lost or stolen" and so my account with a $300 balance was shut down.

Now I have to request a replacement card and because it's an RTC access they need me to go down to the station to do it and pay a fee that cannot be processed over the phone, even though this is through no fault of my own.

I just find this absolutely ridiculous. /endrant.

Thought it would be fun to start a lil Friday Feature!

I'd LOVE to see Urinetown be adapted into a movie musical and want to put it to you: Who would you be casting taking current movie and broadway or singing stars into consideration?

I think Josh Gad would make a great Officer Barrel

I'd love to see Anna Kendrick as Hope Cladwell

Who ya got??

That is all! Looking for your favorites in Oakland only.

Yeah! Let’s make….Fried chicken sandwiches and a smash burger for children with no global flair.

Like, really? Between that and eggs benedict, as Gordon might say “What are we ON ABOUT here?”

Also, I’d love to never hear Gordon say “Let’s Gooooah” with that affect again

A fun focus on Sebastopol in the San Francisco Chronicle online today and coming out in print this weekend.

I read the columnist frequently and actually suggested he make the trip up after he wrote something about Fairfax last month. He likes to explore towns around the Bay Area by SMART and bike, so I lent him suggestions on how to make the journey and where to check out.

He took a handful of my suggestions to heart in his exploration and shouted out some true local gems!

Because you know...

There's no place like Rome for the Hollandaise!

I'm someone who enjoys creative writing and was wondering if there are any organized writing meet ups in the Oakland area but willing to BART a bit for the right (or write) one.

Especially if they meet Sunday-Tuesday because those will be my days off or when I finish work on the earlier side.

I'm someone who enjoys creative writing and was wondering if there are any organized writing meet ups especially in the Oakland/Berkeley/Emeryville area but willing to BART a bit for the right (or write) one.

Especially if they meet Sunday-Tuesday because those will be my days off or when I finish work on the earlier side.

I just moved out to Oakland and am a big beer aficionado. I'm looking for stores that have the most expansive selection of beer, especially if you can buy them in single cans/mix and match.

Not looking for big box stores like TW or grocery stores, but smaller places or hidden gems.

I Just moved to Oakland work in the beer industry. I'm mostly going to have Sundays-Mondays off and curious where some of the best or most fun Industry nights are?

I live over near Temescal/Longfellow but happy to hop around on transit or BART for the coolest spots!

Hi there!

I'm 5'9...315, on a weight loss journey and want to treat myself to a nice clothing piece when I hit 300 pounds. I'm looking for something like a light evening jacket - not a blazer or sports coat, not a wind breaker - something more like a golf jacket or something I can wear out and about.

I'm in the Bay Area and the summer evenings can be cooler so I'm looking for something to use in place of a sweater. I've tried DXL and Kohls and haven't found anything to my liking.

Ideally a 2XL or 3XL size. Thank you!

Hi Oakland Reddit community!

I'm a 37yo Male who just moved to Oakland for a new job and though I grew up in Sonoma County and went to college in the city - I'm wholly unfamiliar with Oakland and the surrounding areas. I'd love to get to know some folks (I hate using MeetUp.com) and also get a grasp on if there are any websites, blogs, etc I should be aware of for events happening around the East Bay?

Few things I enjoy:

• Exploring the arts: comedy shows, live bluegrass and jazz, theatre, mural art.
• Happy Hours
• Love Thai food, Italian, tapas.
• Big beer fan and work in the industry so familiar enough with the Oakland area breweries.
• Farmers markets, makers markets/craft fairs, local festivals.
• Bookstore Browsing.

If you have suggestions for any of these around Oakland (Or Berkeley) and/or share some common interests - let me know! I don't really know anyone in the area and while my work schedule is going to be into the evenings I'll still have flexibility to meet up - especially if there's a later at night Trivia game going on!

Hear me out: Arrogant players and ones who show bravado are actually good for the game and the health of reality tv.

I for one, enjoy them. I don't see why a huge majority of all Survivor fans get up in arms when someone displays a cocky attitude or proclaims 'I'm the best', and I'm genuinely curious why.

Someone on a thread here last week said that "Ok villains are good but only the type of villains that are fun to watch". I mean - aren't all villains fun to watch? Russell Hantz was great to watch for his demolition of the Idol strategy and to root against BECAUSE of his Bravado.

But there are players like Gabe, Jonathan, and others recently who are loud, cunning, or 'in your face' - and I think they're great for the game. They provide an antithesis to the sly social strategists, or the total "Big move" gamers.

John Cochran in his other seasons after his first one came off pretty condescending at times to me - but you don't see his name dragged through the mud - why is that?

Plus, don't we see that all the online noise yelled about "Rick Deven's is too flashy", or "Jonathan is too in Dee's face", is actually doing just what Survivor wants the community to do and provide conversation and discourse? It's helpful for the health and longevity of the game, so personally I want to see more of these types of players come through and do well.

I started a new job yesterday and wanted to go and post it to my feed so I could write a celebratory post, but on neither my mobile app or browser is it working. Anyone experience similar or have any ideas?

I did update my new job, and the notification box about "notify others that you've started a new position" or however it reads box was checked and said it may take two hours to update. But this was yesterday (4/27) at noon, and still nothing.

Is there something else outside of just writing a post I should be looking at? Any help appreciated!