r/HuntsvilleAlabama

Im fine with paying more for it. I cant be the only one whos notice that grocery store chicken is frequently nasty texture these days

A video came up on my newsfeed with all of the Randolph graduating seniors. For a school that charges so much, I was surprised by how ordinary their college choices are. The majority were state schools in the south with high acceptance rates. Aside from one student whose shirt said they were going to Columbia University and one going to UCLA, the rest were schools who let the majority of applicants in. I feel like our local public schools have graduates going to more competitive universities.

I wanted to share my experience because I fear anyone less knowledgeable may fall prey to the tactics described below.
TLDR: Hiley VW insisted my brand new battery was faulty, without evidence or reason, simply because I replaced it and refused to do any work until I decided to replace the perfectly fine part for $366 (on top of the diagnostic I wanted).

Full story:
I brought my 2015 Passat SE here for intermittent starting issues and wheel speed sensor codes. Before bringing it in, I installed a brand-new, fully charged battery, which improved but did not fully resolve the starting issue.
Instead of performing diagnostics, the service department demanded I buy a $366 OEM Volkswagen battery on top of their $205 diagnostic fee before they would even begin. When I asked for proof that my new battery was faulty, they insinuated that because I changed it myself, I likely "damaged the ECU" or "put it in backwards" (which would have caused an immediate fire). This intimidation tactic allows them to guess at repairs rather than diagnose them.
In reality, the car started 100% of the time with a jump pack, proving the ECU was perfectly fine. They refused to consider known starting issues for this model year and falsely claimed they couldn't diagnose the wheel speed sensor without a new battery.
When I stood my ground and required data or evidence of damage before permitting the battery work, they refused. They easily could have run a starter amperage draw test, a voltage drop test on the ground cables, or scanned the sensor via VW ODIS software. Once they realized they couldn't exploit me, they suddenly backed down, waived the $205 fee, and told me to pick up my vehicle.
They clearly used common tactics to push unneeded parts and labor. They refused to actually test my battery because doing so would cross the line into auto repair fraud. If you use this department, know your rights, demand hard data, and never divulge that you did your own minor maintenance.
To make matters worse, my wife bought her car here and has to constantly babysit them just to get callbacks for warranty appointments. The sales team was fine, but we will be driving to Chattanooga for any future VW needs when her warranty expires.

Which dealership not to go to? I already got pre approved by my bank & CarMax and looking for mid size SUV. So far liking Honda CRV, Subaru Outback and Forester model. I'm still looking around though. I'll appreciate the input. Thank you 🙏🏻

Someone was playing a tuba in the parking garage off Lincoln and Holmes Ave today for about an hour. Honestly I just need to understand who and why and if anyone else experienced hearing this??

Moving Huntsville soon. I’d like to get involved in the community from the get-go. I have over a decade of volunteer experience in various settings such as homeless shelters, addiction recovery centers and food pantries. Any suggestions on reputable organizations who could use volunteers?

Does anybody know what theyre doing to Old Grissom High in Jones Valley?

Daylight Donuts has hot coffee if I remember correctly but I want an iced latte :(

AL cities: Hoover at #6, Daphne at #42, Decatur at #60, Dothan at #101, Huntsville at #110, Montgomery at #200, and Florence at #233.

That was a huge boom felt from research park.

I see posts on here almost every day about a loud boom. I've lived close-ish to Redstone for 8 years and have never actually noticed one.

Over at a client site this morning and just as I was getting out of my car, something went off. Didn’t see anything on Team Redstone FB account about today but DAMN. That one shook the entire building and cracked one of the windows. Over near Wynn/72.

I know it’s normal around here for testing but I swear that could have broken a window

Chris V.

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Here's the real raw picture for the mail in Huntsville: How would you feel if your employer told you on the Monday before Thanksgiving that you suddenly had to work Thanksgiving Day? How would you feel if Christmas, New Year’s, birthdays, weddings, funerals, your child's graduation, Mother's Day, Father's Day, your child being sick, or even the birth of your grandbaby could all be ripped away from you at the last minute because management demanded you come in or face discipline, loss of pay, or write-ups? How about your planned vacation canceled? Or if you are a rural carrier, no vacation or time off approved for over a year? Or how would you feel if your job put you in the emergency room for a near heart attack and they are calling you asking if you be back at work? That is the reality many Huntsville postal employees live with constantly. People are exhausted. They are overworked, understaffed, and burned out. Many work extreme hours for days and weeks at a time. Some miss major life events because they are terrified of retaliation if they say no. And when employees try to report what’s happening to the people above the local Postmaster, nothing changes. Complaints disappear into silence while conditions continue getting worse. The public sees delayed mail. What employees see is: not enough carriers not enough clerks supervisors stretched beyond capacity constant turnover and not even enough mail vehicles for fully staffed offices to deliver mail People move to Huntsville thinking they’re starting a better life and career, only to realize how severe the conditions are. Many leave as quickly as they can. Others transfer elsewhere and immediately start calling former coworkers saying, “Get out if you can. It’s so much better here.” And that reputation spreads. Employees who leave Huntsville tell people in other states how bad conditions are here, which means fewer experienced workers are willing to transfer in. Word travels fast through the Postal Service. People hear about the mandatory overtime, constant chaos, lack of staffing, lack of vehicles, and burnout, and many decide they do not want to come to Huntsville at all. They had to offer incentives to get people from other states to come work in Huntsville temporarily for the month of December. Those poor workers were mortified at how this city's postal service is ran which means this is a Huntsville problem. That makes the staffing crisis even worse. And because the system is built on layers of management protecting metrics, employees are often pressured to “stop the clock” on packages so upper management sees clean reports instead of operational failures. That means scans like: “delivered” “no access” “mailbox obstructed” “customer unavailable” can sometimes be used to prevent failures from appearing in reports — even when the real issue is understaffing, impossible workloads, lack of vehicles, or management pressure. The public deserves the truth. Postal workers are trying to survive inside a system that is breaking them while leadership continues pretending everything is fine. Btw, local Station Mangers and Supervisors are constantly out delivering the mail instead of managing the Post Office. Please, contact Dale Strong. Burn his phone and email up. Stand up for your post office and your delivery that is important to you. Enough is enough. Stop the cover up! Stop upper management's bonuses for making it look like your mail got delivered off by the poor people they don't pay enough and abuse them like slaves. PS. If you knew how many fines they paid out constantly, you'd understand why the post office is bankrupt.

How good or bad idea is it to strut to Guntersville this weekend for a day trip if we have never been, and I am 38 weeks pregnant? I have not had any major issues, my L&D is supposed to be at Madison Hospital.