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April 25, 2006
There Is A New Game In Town
And It's Called Waste Of Space Monday. This little game, the brain child of Tammy, where where we will highlight the stupidest among the stupid in our society. It's the blog-version of The Darwin Awards.
*Disclaimer: I promise to try not to post a picture of Duh-Bull-Ew every week.
So, for my first installment (actually posted on Tuesday due to my WOS Award Winner) of Waste of Space Monday I present to you:
If you read my post yesterday about my problems with the cable company, the drama continues. Luckily I stayed home from work today sick with a PAIMH (pick axe in my head) migraine. First the phone rang about 10:35, it was Comcast asking if I was still having problems and if the technician still needed to call first. Yes, and yes.
About 10 minutes later, someone knocks on the door. He says he had called but the phone said it was unavailable. I asked him what number he called and of course, he had called my home phone that runs over the INTERNET that wasn't working. Why he didn't call the cell phone number that the lady from the cable company had called 10 minutes earlier is beyond me.
He then said that he had already found the problem and fixed it. Someone had disconnected my wires on Sunday. Apparently they send audit crews out to disconnect people. And apparently someone in the three buildings serviced by the cable box was on the list. But no one has ever bothered to LABEL which lines go to which apartment, so the audit crew, by the seat of their pants, apparently closed their eyes and picked one. MINE!
So, I ended up with no internet at home for three days because some idiot didn't take the time to figure out which lines went to which apartment. And, again, here is another beef I have with big companies like Comcast. When I called in on Sunday and said my service was off, they should have KNOWN that there was a freaking audit crew disconnecting someone in my complex and called that guy back to plug me back in. But no, most companies today have a right hand and a left hand and neither hand knows what the hell the other one is doing.
So, this maybe breaking the rules... but for my first installment of Waste of Space Monday.. I am nominating a COMPANY. And that company is COMCAST CABLE.
Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at April 25, 2006 12:44 PM
Comments
Good pick!! I hate that crap. A while back I came home on a Monday to find that my Directv was out - the satellite and local cable channels. It was obvious to me that I had been accidentally disconnected with the move outs in my building but took me like three days to get someone to come out. Ick!
Posted by: Carrie at April 25, 2006 12:55 PM
Oh. Yes. Comcast and that moron definatley qualify. Thanks for playing!
Posted by: Tammy at April 25, 2006 01:09 PM
I've never heard these words uttered:
Luckily I stayed home from work today sick with a PAIMH (pick axe in my head) migraine.
I get the idea, but never heard migraine and luckily in the same sentence unless someone was put out of their misery.
Posted by: Army of Mom at April 28, 2006 07:00 AM
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