FRIDAY FLEX: WHY GET READY A DAY EARLY

Friday flex on a Thursday? Why not Wednesday, or Tuesday?

If you’ve got the flex gear, make it every day.

Flex gear? Is there such a thing?

Mental prep is the important gear. Getting your mind right on Thursday prevents headaches on Friday and a weekend of wtf-ery.

For example, learn to let it go. Let what go? Let go of the troubles you carried all week.

Airbnb Let Go?

Let it go when you cancel Airbnb reservations. The hosts assure that you’ll get a 100% refund since you canceled far enough ahead of check-in time.

Then you contact the Airbnb company and get side-tracked to customer service that explains the same thing, 100% refunds. Except the next page explains how it really works: 50% refunds.

But who accepts paying for what you don’t get, find how to work it out, then get the big news: Airbnb is keeping more than half your money.

During the coronavirus quarantine it makes sense to keep calm, but losing a grand on canceled reservations is not helpful.

Since Airbnb changes policies to accommodate current events, can you expect a full refund, the sort of refund property owners explain when asked?

If you’ve used VRBO, and canceled, what happened? Full refund. Dear Airbnb, please refund as easily as you accept reservations.

From an Airbnb email:

In the past two weeks, people from 106 countries have taken an Online Experience. Here’s how one guest described it: “It’s nice to feel that connection with others from different parts of the world in this strange time and just take a moment to remember to breathe.”

Airbnb, Inc.888 Brannan St.San Francisco, CA 94103

It will be even better after Airbnb connects my money back to my account.

Friday Flex Insurance? Let It Go

Health insurance in the covid-19 era needs to step up their back office game.

What happens whey a sixty-five year old signs up for Social Security and Medicare along with supplemental insurance?

Check the boxes, do the interviews, meet brokers, and send the sign-up papers in on time. But then three months later you get a billing letter asking, demanding, a supplemental insurance payment that’s scheduled to come out of social security payments.

Call customer service? Of course. That’s where you learn about the backlog they experienced during enrollment. An administrative lapse forgot to file your papers, and in order to keep that supplemental insurance you need to send a check.

After a nice conversation, the sweet lady on the other end reminds you that you’ll be canceled for non-payment due to their mistake. For added clarity, the refer you to the fine print they’ve included on the billing for.

The results are a kind of ransom payment due to nothing on your end.

Which should be no surprise after learning that Providence Hospitals and Providence Health Insurance are two separate companies.

Biggest Reason For Friday Flex

Flex because it’s good to know you can.

Start getting ready on Monday during lockdown. The Monday flex isn’t important until Tuesday. Skip those to pre-flex days and it’s Wednesday. Do you have any flex for Wednesday?

No? That’s why Flex Friday starts on Thursday.

So tighten up, stay firm, and pat yourself on the back.

Pat your quarantine partners on the back for an extra flex credit.