Verizon must be slaughtered.
Incompetent wretches.
Okay, I've had a DSL modem just sitting around, collecting dust for about two weeks now. I tried installing it on monday; the company told me I needed a new phone jack. Having an extended phone cable didn't work, and I even tried it just to make sure. Someone came this morning FROM Verizon (who informed me to begin with that long cables interrupt DSL connections...) and insisted on just extending an existing phone jack to the DSL, KNOWING that her job was to INSTALL A NEW PHONE JACK!!! Well, after being belligerent with my mother and searching around the house a bit, she left in a huff, not giving her name or the number to the offices from which she came. So I decided to rearrange my room, moving several pieces of furniture, lifting things, and making space for a NEW location for my computer near an existing phonejack across the room. I hooked up the DSL all over again, and commenced the installation...again. It said it would take several minutes to activate my account and connect, so I decided to lay down for a bit. Two hours later, I woke up. Guess what? It was still doing it. Still "connecting." Everything was set up properly, so I called the company. After spending ANOTHER two hours on the phone, trying every possible step, only to experience the modem shitting out just when some semblance of progress was made, Verizon concluded that they have to send someone over here. But would it be soon? Of course not. WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK.
I FUCKING HATE TECHNOLOGY. I CANNOT TAKE THIS SHIT. BETWEEN BEING GAWKED AT BY CREEPY OLD MEN, RECOVERING FROM BEING SICK AS FUCK, CLASSES BEGINNING NEXT WEEK, TAKING CARE OF THE HOUSE, AND ALL THIS OTHER SHIT, ALL I WANT IS SOME ASSURANCE THAT I CAN BLOODY RELAX NOW AND THEN!
huff....
So, I am internetless for another week now. And, knowing my luck, probably for the rest of the mother fucking summer, too! This is relative deprivation at its best. Christ on a bloody sharp stick.
This weekend, I will have some HUMAN interaction. That will be a welcome, but temporary change from dealing with defective machinery put in place to make my life difficult. As though I weren't bitter enough, right?
Oh yeah, thank you Julie for returning my DVDs. I am sorry I missed you the other day.
Okay, I've had a DSL modem just sitting around, collecting dust for about two weeks now. I tried installing it on monday; the company told me I needed a new phone jack. Having an extended phone cable didn't work, and I even tried it just to make sure. Someone came this morning FROM Verizon (who informed me to begin with that long cables interrupt DSL connections...) and insisted on just extending an existing phone jack to the DSL, KNOWING that her job was to INSTALL A NEW PHONE JACK!!! Well, after being belligerent with my mother and searching around the house a bit, she left in a huff, not giving her name or the number to the offices from which she came. So I decided to rearrange my room, moving several pieces of furniture, lifting things, and making space for a NEW location for my computer near an existing phonejack across the room. I hooked up the DSL all over again, and commenced the installation...again. It said it would take several minutes to activate my account and connect, so I decided to lay down for a bit. Two hours later, I woke up. Guess what? It was still doing it. Still "connecting." Everything was set up properly, so I called the company. After spending ANOTHER two hours on the phone, trying every possible step, only to experience the modem shitting out just when some semblance of progress was made, Verizon concluded that they have to send someone over here. But would it be soon? Of course not. WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK.
I FUCKING HATE TECHNOLOGY. I CANNOT TAKE THIS SHIT. BETWEEN BEING GAWKED AT BY CREEPY OLD MEN, RECOVERING FROM BEING SICK AS FUCK, CLASSES BEGINNING NEXT WEEK, TAKING CARE OF THE HOUSE, AND ALL THIS OTHER SHIT, ALL I WANT IS SOME ASSURANCE THAT I CAN BLOODY RELAX NOW AND THEN!
huff....
So, I am internetless for another week now. And, knowing my luck, probably for the rest of the mother fucking summer, too! This is relative deprivation at its best. Christ on a bloody sharp stick.
This weekend, I will have some HUMAN interaction. That will be a welcome, but temporary change from dealing with defective machinery put in place to make my life difficult. As though I weren't bitter enough, right?
Oh yeah, thank you Julie for returning my DVDs. I am sorry I missed you the other day.