My war with nextgentel
some things about norway really piss me off badly. there is no sense of responsibility here when dealing with business. i called nextgentel (the ONLY place available for dsl here) promptly at 8am. after waiting on hold for about 25 minutes, i finally spoke with some lady who was half awake and didnt really want to speak english. i do understand there is a language difference, but some people dont even try. i asked her if i could set up an appointment for some jackass to come in and setup my dsl and she told me that it was going to take a week to get the line opened. 1st of all. this doesnt take a week. it takes maybe 24 hours. it only takes a week because noone here wants to do their job because they dont have to. you have more of a chance of winning the lottery back home than getting fired here. ok back to subject. i pressed on about getting an appointment firmly set but she kept stalling and 1 week became 'maybe 2 weeks'. i think i started pissing her off because i wouldnt let her blow me off (after working at mindspring, i know all the blowoff methods so they dont work on me.) ((plus i read BOFH)) (((hi))). maybe 2 weeks suddenly became at least 2 weeks. i asked her if there was some other place i needed to call because she obviously couldnt help me and she wouldnt respond in english. now mind you, i ordered this service almost 2 months ago, finally was able to PAY for it 6 weeks ago, it sat on some fuckers desk for a month, and now i have to wait 2 weeks (at least) for someone to 'check the line'. this doesnt even mean ill have dsl in 2 weeks, it means ill have a line checked for the chance of dsl in 2 weeks.
i hate norwegian 'service'.
the worst of all this is that this is the only place that offers dsl here. i MIGHT be able to get cable but i dont think so because it the old stupid cable that conflicts with tv. plus its 'pay per gig' type shit that went outta style in 99. i had to prepay a full year for this service also. fucking 800$. stupidly expensive and now i wont even use up the full plan because i wont be here for 12 months straight. fucking bullshit.
more fucking shitty news.
my landlord is dieing of cancer. his sister knocked on my door this morning to tell me they were taking him to the hospital today to get an operation. she doesnt know if he will even survive it. of all the landlords ive had, he has been the coolest. always friendly and very timely if i needed anything. i also think he really would rather be german than norwegian. makes me laff. im really sad about all this. whats really fucked is im more sad about him dealing with cancer than i was about my grandfather dieing in december. this is mostly because of the fucking massive anger i have toward my dads side of the family and the fact that i was never really allowed to know my grandfather because my grandmother is evil. not fun evil, evil evil.
ps. i hate internet cafes.
i hate norwegian 'service'.
the worst of all this is that this is the only place that offers dsl here. i MIGHT be able to get cable but i dont think so because it the old stupid cable that conflicts with tv. plus its 'pay per gig' type shit that went outta style in 99. i had to prepay a full year for this service also. fucking 800$. stupidly expensive and now i wont even use up the full plan because i wont be here for 12 months straight. fucking bullshit.
more fucking shitty news.
my landlord is dieing of cancer. his sister knocked on my door this morning to tell me they were taking him to the hospital today to get an operation. she doesnt know if he will even survive it. of all the landlords ive had, he has been the coolest. always friendly and very timely if i needed anything. i also think he really would rather be german than norwegian. makes me laff. im really sad about all this. whats really fucked is im more sad about him dealing with cancer than i was about my grandfather dieing in december. this is mostly because of the fucking massive anger i have toward my dads side of the family and the fact that i was never really allowed to know my grandfather because my grandmother is evil. not fun evil, evil evil.
ps. i hate internet cafes.