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[Nabubrush]

Hmm, is the thing being the addled board member who can't keep the cast of characters in Wombat's mind straight, or perving after the state-hopping 28-year old volunteer firefighter?

The thing is being the resident drunk, and I'm a little suspicious of you now, too. Lay off the sauce, dammit.

Well, I do the perving thing too - but I think that's pretty much open to everyone. I certainly don't want anyone feeling like he or she can't be perving for the constantly-commuting engineer.

[jaydub]

The thing is being the resident drunk, and I'm a little suspicious of you now, too. Lay off the sauce, dammit.

I have no choice, at the moment.  Due to bad planning, I just killed my keg of Hefe while the Pale Ale is still in the fermenter.  I've been resisting putting together an actual schedule for brewing, on account of it being too much like work.  I think I hate the idea of store bought beer for the next week more though.

[Lister]

...be late for work because I read this thread, and am typing this instead of showering.

Also, I will have to Have Words with someone who does not realize that flipping a shipwreck object around is not the same as fixing your texture issues.

You see, in one case the problems still exist but are in a different place.  In the other, the problems do not exist any more.

This man is one of the oldest in the building.  We should not have to have this conversation.

[Nabubrush]

...be late for work because I read this thread, and am typing this instead of showering.

Also, I will have to Have Words with someone who does not realize that flipping a shipwreck object around is not the same as fixing your texture issues.

You see, in one case the problems still exist but are in a different place.  In the other, the problems do not exist any more.

This man is one of the oldest in the building.  We should not have to have this conversation.

Old men are forgetful. Cut him a break! For all you know, when you are his age you will be incontinent.

[jay-ell]

...steal wireless access from a neighbor until the cable guy shows up to connect our modem. 

He has fifteen more minutes.  Then I start making calls. 

[Nabubrush]

...steal wireless access from a neighbor until the cable guy shows up to connect our modem. 

He has fifteen more minutes.  Then I start making calls. 

When we moved into the new house I was at work, and my wife stayed home for two days to try to get that done. By the end of the second day, when I talked to her on the phone, her rage was so thick and palpable I could see it drifting out of the damn phone. Those guys pretty much just don't care.

[CortJstr]

I found out Comcast actually has a policy where you get a credit if your tech is late, but only if you call and ask for it. And of course only if you don't sign the tech's worksheet, the fine print of which says that you acknowledge that he was on time.

[Nabubrush]

Today I'll be listening to Maynard James in all his various forms (well, excepting recordings of him on Mr. Show, although maybe I'll check out his work on Youtube) - and filling in for the boss, which I absolutely hate.

[jay-ell]

I called.  They had no record of the transfer request, change of address, change of telephone number, or the change of account name from when I got married six years ago. 

"I submitted this online two weeks ago," I said. 

"You should have called.  The web form doesn't always work."  The customer service rep was unsympathetic. 

"What?  I don't want to be rude, but why do you have a web form if it doesn't work?" 

"Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't," the rep explained.  "You should always call whenever you move.  I personally never trust doing things online." 

"Well," I said, "I transferred several services online, and this is the only one that hasn't gone through."  Plus, I added mentally, until recently Pedro wrote programs like this for a living, and I know that if a company knows what they are doing, a web form should not be live if it doesn't work. 

"Well, the earliest appointment I have is for next Tuesday.  Is that OK?" 

"I guess it has to be," I said.  We made the arrangements.  I called Pedro.  He was livid.  I gave him the number. 

Thirty minutes later, Pedro called back.  "I talked to the Vice President of Customer Relations.  Someone will come out today, she apologizes for the poor service you received, and she will personally make sure that the web form will be fixed so that it works 100% of the time." 

I guess the lesson here is that I am a pussy when it comes to being angry with customer service people, and should be exempt from making this kind of call in the future.  Also, Pedro's charisma knows no bounds.  That is all. 

[side_show]

Well, Kelli, sure. Somebody nice is Linnea.  Kelli is Kellichou.  The post ratio is about 200:1 in Somebody nice's favour at this point, I think.

Oh man, that is the second time I've said Kellichou is Somebody nice.  It must be the twin thing.  Who sucks?  I do.

[wombat]

Thirty minutes later, Pedro called back.  "I talked to the Vice President of Customer Relations.  Someone will come out today, she apologizes for the poor service you received, and she will personally make sure that the web form will be fixed so that it works 100% of the time." 

Wow. Does he hire himself out? Because if I go downstairs in a minute and my expensive premium Japanese tv station still isn't working, I am going to want heads to roll.

[Nabubrush]

No bad on you, JL - it's just cool that Pedro can bring the wicked strong sack like that. It's cool to be able to share the responsibilities. I have to say, though, that this has a flavor of that same thing where the customer service chowderheads blow off women and pay attention to men. That sort of shit ought to be punished with force.

[theinevitable]

wait..

wait...

your internet provider doesn't trust the internet to get business done?

[Nabubrush]

wait..

wait...

your internet provider doesn't trust the internet to get business done?

inev all getting to the heart of the matter.

[linnea]

No bad on you, JL - it's just cool that Pedro can bring the wicked strong sack like that. It's cool to be able to share the responsibilities. I have to say, though, that this has a flavor of that same thing where the customer service chowderheads blow off women and pay attention to men. That sort of shit ought to be punished with force.

I have no idea why this is - I guess people just have this innate, deep feeling that a man's time is worth more? Even going on EMS calls I prefer to have a male partner, because even just his silent presence will cause chowderheads to cooperate.

wait..

wait...

your internet provider doesn't trust the internet to get business done?

inev all getting to the heart of the matter.

Fuck yes. That's awesome.