You Have Got to Be Fucking Kidding Me, Part LCVII

[cyrano]

So. I'm filling out my UI request online. Because they practically beg you to.
After the first screen, they say "We can't go any further online. Please call the 800 number."
The SAME fucking 800 number that I tried to call two weeks ago, the one that says "We have so many phone calls that we're not answering the phone."
I was not born with enough middle fingers.

EDIT:I'm an idiot. The first question does not read "Did you work in California in the past 18 months?"
In fact, it reads "Did you work OUTSIDE of California in the past 18 months?"

Comments

[tavella.livejournal.com]

Blink. Check your answers on the first page? I had no trouble applying online. Also make sure you have all the necessary javascript and so on enabled and aren't using an adblocker? Might try using IE, if you were trying it in Firefox.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I'm an idiot. The first question does not read "Did you work in California in the past 18 months?"
In fact, it reads "Did you work OUTSIDE of California in the past 18 months?"

[technocowboy.livejournal.com]

DERPA DERPA! You're pretty. But that's why we love you. :)

[tavella.livejournal.com]

Oh, I also think there's an option to fill out the form and fax/mail it, check that?

[mathsnerd]

Silly old bear. Just proof that you have Very Little Brain. But it's okay, because us smart animals still love you. ;)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I will note that this does not make it any less fucked up a system for somebody who *did* work outside of California in the past eighteen months, who then has no recourse but to go to the EDD office, stand on queue and then beat on the formica and particle board counter of the helpless customer service agent.

I just got lucky.

[mathsnerd]

Okay, this is your Official Notice that your icon is Disturbing Beyond Belief.

[tavella.livejournal.com]

Ha ha. Apparently the EDD satellite offices don't have CSAs -- they are just rooms with phones to call the EDD phone line. But people can fax applications instead, and presumably the CSA will mail an appointment notice if they need more explanation.