already I'm pissed off (1069 hits)
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Submitted by loki (View user info) at 2006-08-08 15:16:49 EDT
big excitement at the house yesterday
except that I missed it
There was a rather fantastic storm yesterday afternoon. When we got home, we discovered that one of the big trees in the front yard got hit by lightening. There is a burn streak running down the entire length of the trunk and it must have been quite a show because there is debris everywhere. Some breakers were tripped and the cable is out, but other than that the house seems to have escaped damage.
that's right
THE CABLE IS OUT
Which means that THE INTERNET IS OUT.
Of course they'll be out tomorrow to "fix it" sometime between 8:00 and 12:00.
Nice isn't it? Since they only work banker's hours and will not narrow it down any more than that, we're going to have to baby-sit the house in shifts. I'm going to come in to work early so Sam will have the 8-10 shift. Then I'll go home for the 10-12 shift so Sam can go in to work. Somehow I picture them showing up at 12:00 or better yet, 12:30 when I'm pacing around trying to figure out whether to come back to work or hang out there.
We've been through this before and I already know how it's going to work. The first guy who shows up is not actually an employee of the cable company. Oh no, if he were an employee then they'd have to give him employee benefits so instead he's a contractor. For reasons that I don't quite understand, the contractors only fix certain areas of the lines, like from the house to the box. If the problem is somewhere between the box and the main cable lines then the contractor will have to file some sort of writ of certiorari with the cable company supervisors who will then send out a bone fide employee who gets benefits and everything.
It should be noted that if the problem is the box itself that is no man's land and no one will fix it so we'll end up with foil covered rabbit ears on the tv.
The bone fide employee will wiggle a few lines and then proudly announce that he has fixed the problem then flea the area before I discover that the problem has not been fixed.
I'll come back to work really really angry, sit on hold for an hour, let the poor sap who answers the phone HAVE IT and demand to talk to a supervisor. The supervisor will get on the phone and make the mistake of using patronizing language with me that will completely cause me to blow a chip in my brain. At that point, I'll go OFF on a rant about how much we're paying for cable that doesn't work and don't think I've forgotten that the last time we had a problem with the cable, the idiot who came out to fix it LET THE DOG OUT OF THE BACKYARD FENCE.
He will listen to me rant because that it what they taught him to do in cable supervisor camp and then try to sooth the angry customer by offering something lame like free HBO for the week we're on vacation or something.
I'll threaten to get a satellite dish but we both know I won't because we don't have a land line and you have to have a land line for internet access with a satellite dish.
At some point, we'll reach a compromise that will involve making them come out there at a time that is convenient to me which will either be three weeks from this Tuesday at 6:00 on the Saturday we're leaving for vacation whichever, after all they're just trying to do what they can to make me happy.
All that will really do is prolong the period of time between them not fixing it the first time and coming out to not fix it again. Periodically, I'll call the customer hotline to demand that my account be credited for the downtime. My ire will be an inverse proportionality to the amount of time I'm on hold raised to the level of "tone" I catch from the person on the other end of the line. I'll win that fight because they don't really care and crediting my account is a simple thing that will shut me up and more importantly, get me off the phone so they can go back to playing free cell and ignoring everyone still on hold.
Eventually, they'll "fix the cable" in that we'll have it up and working in the living room, but the tv by the treadmill will only pick up the local channels in black and white. At that point, we'll give up and I'll just resign myself to the fact that I can only watch CNN instead of Good Morning America when I'm running on the treadmill.
Not that I'm pessimistic about this or anything.
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Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-08-11 16:09:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
They finally got it fixed last night. We now get HBO on the non-HDTV's. I don't know why but I'm not arguing about it.
Submitted by AlwaysAnEagle (user info) at 2006-08-11 15:24:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Yeah, my boyfriend has done SOMETHING to the cable people that has made them afraid of him, which I suspect was "lots of yelling when the cable repeatedly sucked" so now when we need something they know not to send a contractor and they come within a window.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2006-08-09 17:22:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-08-08 16:18:57 (#)
Ranking: 0
Jack you left out the fact that my boyfriend is a midget.
all the sudden
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I don't know, he looked like a nerdy little midget to me. An opinion, to which I'm entitled.
Anyway, you seem to have your hands full with enough people hating you. And rightly so.
Submitted by Slighty_Obnoxious (user info) at 2006-08-09 16:53:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Amazing that you think I'm an alter. I've been here for just about 2 years now.
P.S. - Fuck your "holier than thou" attitude. It was because of your responses that I gave you -2.
Submitted by gank (user info) at 2006-08-09 16:33:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
(shrugs) is fucking right.
kaos-king, she obviously doesn't get it, and is now speaking out of both sides of her mouth.
Look, if you stand by what you said, and you think that most of the posts on here nowadays are crap, then what about your posts isn't the same as those?
My bottom line is this: Anybody else who comes on this site and posts humorless blog-type shit (that you put up here on a daily basis) gets D E S T R O Y E D. And rightly so. It's a waste of time; it takes no effort or creativity.
If I posted like you, I could come up with like 5/day for a month easily. Kaos-king puts considerable effort into his posts, and then 5 people rate them (not always, but still). You post this crap everyday and get 20-30 reviews. It's tragic, really.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2006-08-09 16:21:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-08-09 16:07:31 (#)
Ranking: 0
The replies have also gotten less and less meaningful. In once upon a time land, people would post things and then other people would comment on what they had read. Now what we get are people calling Miss Fribble fat for god only knows what purpose. The whole site has gotten completely dumbed down and it's rather pathetic.
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And to prove your point, you returned to one of my previous post that you had once given a +2 and responded now with a -2?
Your childish actions have done nothing but hammer home the proof that you are indeed a hypocritical cunt.
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2006-08-09 16:16:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I fucking hate having to wait around for that shit.
"We'll be there between 9am and 5pm. You weren't going to do anything tomorrow were you?"
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-08-09 16:07:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
(shrugs)
mere opinion to which you are entitled
It should be noted that I did not single you out so if you took this personally then that's your problem.
That being said, I stand by what I said. I don't go in for the posts lamenting the good ole days of uber when people actually wrote various short stories, political rants, antidotes about work or whatever crossed their mind but I don't really see a lot of that anymore.
The replies have also gotten less and less meaningful. In once upon a time land, people would post things and then other people would comment on what they had read. Now what we get are people calling Miss Fribble fat for god only knows what purpose. The whole site has gotten completely dumbed down and it's rather pathetic.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2006-08-09 15:55:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2006-08-09 12:49:19 (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-08-09 08:10:13 (#)
Ranking: -2
I was trying to post something anything to counter the fact that roughly 90% of the posts on uber lately have been complete and utter crap
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I've read a number of your posts. They offer absolutely nothing of substance to this site. And when I read bullshit like the above statement, I feel that interesting little warmth in the back of my skull that urges me towards violence. I work hard on my posts, and I find quite a number of quality pieces on this site. Yes, there is a fair amount of worthless shit - but just so you know, I lump your posts in with that latter category.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-08-09 15:43:38 EDT (#)
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oh look another -2 from an alter
(cries)
In other news, I was dead on the money about the damn cable company. They never showed up and after sitting on hold for 40 minutes they claim that the appointment was for yesterday when clearly it was not.
It's sad how right I was about how this would go.
and dear god tell me that school is about to start so these children will go away again
Submitted by Slighty_Obnoxious (user info) at 2006-08-09 15:11:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
YAWN
Submitted by gank (user info) at 2006-08-09 12:41:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
[ from here: http://www.ubersite.com/m/91540#2093189 ]
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-08-09 08:10:13 (#)
Ranking: -2
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I was trying to post something anything to counter the fact that roughly 90% of the posts on uber lately have been complete and utter crap.
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And what I'm saying is that your daily dose of boring anecdotes is adding to the crap.
Do you not wonder why people are hoping that your internet goes out at work too?
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-09 12:14:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
http://www.ubersite.com/m/91554#2093378
Submitted by boomslang (user info) at 2006-08-09 11:58:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by KindaNews (user info) at 2006-08-08 21:52:18 (#)
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Dear Lord,
Thank you for the wonderful blessing.
Please make it go out at her work, too.
In Jesus' name,
Amen.
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Ahhahahahahaha
Submitted by Professional_Peon (user info) at 2006-08-09 10:17:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Pity +2 cause I use the dish.
And Verizon is coming out next week to install my FIBEROPTIC CABLE for my intarweb.
Fuck the cable company. They suck. I hate them. They need to die.... alot
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2006-08-09 09:34:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
a lot of people have -2 this but you will only focus on this one because you long for my cock
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-08-09 08:06:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I've asked around and no one round these parts has a dish based internet hook-up that doesn't require a land line. I think out in the sticks where there is no cable access, people have something else but it doesn't seem to work all that well.
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2006-08-09 07:48:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Loki,
You don't need a landline for internet via satellite, that's my turf and I know you don't have to have a landline. Not sure if Starband is still available in Northern America but there are 2way satellite internet providers. Look at http://www.starband.com/whatis/howdoesitwork.asp
G'luck
Submitted by Beano312003 (user info) at 2006-08-09 07:22:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
The cable company can die.
Submitted by orph (user info) at 2006-08-09 03:50:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Dear god, pleae let it be true.
Submitted by KindaNews (user info) at 2006-08-08 21:52:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Dear Lord,
Thank you for the wonderful blessing.
Please make it go out at her work, too.
In Jesus' name,
Amen.
Submitted by mles76 (user info) at 2006-08-08 19:44:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Wow. Do you think someday you will literally bore someone to death with this shit? Holy fuck.
I will make a note to avoid your shit in the future. Is your entire life this lame?
Submitted by Spuds002 (user info) at 2006-08-08 19:42:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
i was only gonna -1 this until i saw the picture.
shitty cable company service is like breathing, its a part of life.
you could bitch about anything.
post somthing happy.
Submitted by mc (user info) at 2006-08-08 19:18:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-08-08 15:20:24 (#)
Ranking: 2
There is a good story about Larry The Cable Guy in this week's New Yorker - did you know that over 7 MILLION dollars worth of crap that says 'Git-R-Done' have been sold in the minimarts of America to date?
I swear to Odin I'm not lying.
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holy christ.
Submitted by gank (user info) at 2006-08-08 17:33:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Here, I'm giving you a compliment (*rolls eyes*):
http://www.ubersite.com/m/91540
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-08-08 17:27:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
NEEDS LESS RAPE
Submitted by Sphagnum (user info) at 2006-08-08 17:14:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
No Comment
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-08-08 16:34:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
That's a nice offer moneyshot, but you seem to have powerful baby batter and babies scare me.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-08-08 16:33:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
This shit had better be fixed before football season or there will be hell to pay.
Submitted by moneyshotforyou (user info) at 2006-08-08 16:28:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-08-08 16:18:57 (#)
Ranking: 0
Jack you left out the fact that my boyfriend is a midget.
all the sudden
I think that may be because the existence of a man in my life keeps him from making the tried and true 'ooh you can't get teh sexxors' from a man.
I'm over the kid now and just going with the ignore it and maybe it will go away tactic.
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You know where to come for the sexxors' if the old man ever passes.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-08 16:27:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I've got a caul-ism to add:
OMG YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT I WOULD SAY AND I AM NOT EVEN HERE!! YOU PEOPLE ARE FREAKS!
Submitted by Kaelic (user info) at 2006-08-08 16:25:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I just wanted to thank you.
Submitted by ubetidid (user info) at 2006-08-08 16:21:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
and another thing:
HBO, STARZ, ENCORE, CINEMAX
WHY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CAN THEY NOT PUT ON MOVIES THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN 10 TIMES???
I SIMPLY CANNOT AND WILL NOT WATCH PELICAN BRIEF, MY GIRL, EXORCIST BEGINNING MIDDLE END, MATRIX I, II, OR LETHAL WEAPON, I, II AGAIN!!!!
Shit, even the payperview movies SUCK!
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-08-08 16:18:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Jack you left out the fact that my boyfriend is a midget.
all the sudden
I think that may be because the existence of a man in my life keeps him from making the tried and true 'ooh you can't get teh sexxors' from a man.
I'm over the kid now and just going with the ignore it and maybe it will go away tactic.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-08-08 16:15:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
ha!
sorry it's funny to me. ya know pain, doom, humiliation, cable fallout all that. at least when it happens to not me.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2006-08-08 16:12:43 EDT (#)
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Hey... why didn't bablefish translate God into Dieu?
Hmmm.... IT IS A PRIORY DE SION CONSPIRACY!
Somebody get ETS on this immediately!
Submitted by gank (user info) at 2006-08-08 16:09:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Ughh. Do people really care? I mean, really?
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2006-08-08 16:09:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
CAULAINCOURT RESPONSE POOL - PUT YOUR MONEY DOWN!!!
(1) In Quebec we get FREE cable and I don't even watch it because I an too busy with sex!
(2) You have a workout room? I laugh at your undissipated bulk!
(3) Take more drugs!
(4) J'ai pris le fromage et l'ai jeté dans l'espace extra-atmosphérique! Alors j'ai caressé une statue de Jésus et ai été maudit par God avec les verrues velues !
(5) I hate Jack McCallum and his Ontarian refusal to learn how to speak French!
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-08-08 15:54:53 EDT (#)
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The funny thing and this is the honest truth, after I spent three weeks getting my last cable problem cleared up, someone at work had just about the same thing happen. Her cable got knocked out and it took three weeks and several pissed off phone calls to get it straightened out. I'm thinking they only hire masochists who are only happy when someone is yelling at them.
They just passed some sort of bill to allow competition. Of course the cable company is claiming that it's going to make rates in the city go up, but they've never been able to explain why. All I know is that dealing with them is what I picture when someone talks about some of the old Soviet business shenanigans.
say you don't think that they're really just after a bribe?
oh fuck I didn't think of that
how do you figure that works?
cable guy: It turns out that the problem is with the mysterious no man's land lines and there is only one guy in the country who is licensed to fix that so you may want to go ahead and get on the 5 year wait list
loki: oh I see, you know there is a $100 bill on the kitchen table or maybe there isn't I just don't remember
cable guy: well you should be all set ma'am and just as a courtesy for all your trouble, I went ahead and hooked you up for free HBO
It just might work.
or
He'll take the money and I'll still only have black and white in the work-out room.
Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2006-08-08 15:50:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-08-08 15:42:51 (#)
Ranking: 0
If Teephphaph were here, maybe he could file the writ of certiorari for me and speed this whole thing up.
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But he's all dead and stuff, and will never litigate again. :(
Except maybe in hell.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-08-08 15:47:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
What, pray tell, will you write about on a day where "everything goes right and you're feeling fine"???
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2006-08-08 15:43:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Loki girl.
You need to take a chill pill.
Take bad stuff as amusing...
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-08-08 15:42:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
If Teephphaph were here, maybe he could file the writ of certiorari for me and speed this whole thing up.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2006-08-08 15:40:26 EDT (#)
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Loki is pissed off? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!
Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2006-08-08 15:36:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
NEVER NEVER NEVER use that picture again.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2006-08-08 15:35:39 EDT (#)
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*Loki's hardscrabble pioneer ancestors begin spinning in their graves and are clocked at 4600rpm*
Submitted by moneyshotforyou (user info) at 2006-08-08 15:31:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
loki=auto+2
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-08-08 15:30:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-08-08 15:20:24 (#)
Ranking: 2
There is a good story about Larry The Cable Guy in this week's New Yorker - did you know that over 7 MILLION dollars worth of crap that says 'Git-R-Done' have been sold in the minimarts of America to date?
I swear to Odin I'm not lying.
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I was recently made aware of the existence of this 'character'
I thoroughly hate it.
Your review makes me wince and cringe at the same time.
Submitted by WildcatMcGee (user info) at 2006-08-08 15:24:24 EDT (#)
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I think you whine too much. Even more than me and that's WAY too much.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-08-08 15:24:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I've never actually seen that show.
and now that I think about it, it kind of looks like I never will
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-08-08 15:20:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
The INTERNET'S OUT???
You'd better post about 6 volumes of the usual Loki shit today then, baby, to cover you during this traumatic down time at the Loki household.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-08-08 15:20:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
There is a good story about Larry The Cable Guy in this week's New Yorker - did you know that over 7 MILLION dollars worth of crap that says 'Git-R-Done' have been sold in the minimarts of America to date?
I swear to Odin I'm not lying.