If they were in the retention department, it might have been because they knew there was nothing they could say to keep you. It reflects badly on them when they can’t “save” a customer.

Disposable culture is a blight on society…

I think this is the plan. They want to be able to blame China for the massively increased cost of consumer goods.

We pretty much stopped spending money shortly after he entered office. Utilities, mortgage, and basic necessities only, garden is being rampped up and we’re making pretty much everything from scratch too. The food we are buying are coming from local farms/butchers where possible.

I the last couple of years, I’ve grown to really understand why my depression era great grandparents were the way they were.

Start attending local government meetings, it’s full of gossip and complex backstory.