I Hate the Phone Company

My cell phone is one of those where you pre-pay for your minutes. I don't use it very much, so this has been a more cost effective means of having this neccessary evil. I have been with Tracfone for over a year now and it ends up costing me about $10 a month. Recently the antenna broke, so I ordered a new phone. Not bad so far, now comes the gripe.

I get the phone in the mail and charge it up like a good Lil Timmy. Since I am impatient and don't want the hassle I know will ensue if I call The Phone Company, I forego trying to transfer my old number and let the almighty SYSTEM assign me a new one for the new phone. Still not bad, gripe still forthcoming.

My new phone number is a long distance call from my home phone!! WTF?? When you activate the phone they even ask you your zip code!! I thought maybe this could just be some weird Canby thing (they have their own phone company), so I had my sister in Portland call me to test this. Nope, its a long distance call for her too. BTW- this is the beginning of the gripe..

Well, this is unacceptable.

So Saturday I got a couple sodas and some snacks to prepare for my "Customer Service" call to The Phone Company. I was put through to a very nice, very heavily accented woman named Amy who was very good at reading the script that The Phone Company provides her. Since my current number was unacceptable I thought I'd try to get my old number switched over to the new phone. She was able to transfer the leftover minutes, but not the number. Then she assigns me a new number and says that will solve the problem. Great! Except of course, the new number has the same prefix as the last new number, so it is still long distance. So now not only is my old new number long distance, it no longer is attached to my phone. Good thing I sent out that email letting all the important people know about the number, eh?

Now it is Monday. I call The Phone Company back and explain that I still need a number that IS NOT long distance from the Portland/Metro area (this would be my new new new number, for those keeping track). We tried Canby, Milwaukie, and Portland zip codes, the SYSTEM kept spitting out the same 881 prefix. Today I am talking to Tanya, and she tells me that there are other prefixes available, but she has no control over what the SYSTEM assigns. Now I have to wait at least another day, or until the SYSTEM runs out of 881 phone numbers and goes on to another prefix, which may or may not be local to the Portland area. So in the meantime, Tanya was kind enough to assign me a temporary new new new number until this happens.

So call me, 'kay?

If the Revolution is not going to be televised, can someone please tell me why this crap is?

This deals pretty much with advertisements only:

- I'm not looking this one up, but it sounds like "SeeAlice": First we had Bob Dole pitching Viagra, and that was bad enough. Now we have this stupid woman bragging about "her guy" and SeeAlice. "For my guy, it's about the 'quality' of the experience." Really?? I'm thinkin' he's just glad he can even have an "experience". men who experience an erection for more than 4 hours (priapism) should seek immediate medical attention. Really...

- Going hand-in hand with this (yes, pun) are all of the "male enhancement" drugs being pitched these days. The one that gets me the most is the guy in the deli holding the salami and letting us know that size does matter. That being the case, shouldn't he be making more salami instead of slicing the one he has down?

- Perscription medications. Remember the days when you went to the doctor, told them what was wrong, then they told you what you should take? Once they get done telling you ALL of the potential side effects, do you find yourself wanting to run to the doctor and demand he write you some script, or do you just sit there thinking "hmm...anal leakage..that don't sound so good."

- Feminine hygeine products. Can't forget the ladies! Do y'all really sit around in groups discussing "April Freshness" , wings/no wings, or (ahem) "dryness"? I figure, if you need em, you pretty much know where to get them, or you ask your mom.

This list could be endless... Which ones gripe you?

Sometimes Forbidden Love is the Sweetest of All

Quit Complaining About Your Job

You could be this guy:


Bad Job

Eggs

"Careful... CAREFUL!!! Put in a little more butter! OH MY GOD!!! Your cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! Turn them..TURN THEM NOW!! We need more butter. Oh my GOD! WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER? They're going to STICK! Careful... CAREFUL!! You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up! Are you CRAZY?!? Have you LOST your mind? Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!!"

The wife stared at him. "What the hell is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple eggs?"

The husband calmly replied, "I wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving with you in the car."

New Day, New Blog

Can't update the old one anymore, time to start anew...

Boring, rainy day. Only thing I have right now is a little "sucks rocks":

Sucks-

Headaches. If no brains=no headaches, then I gotta be the smartest person on the planet.

Rocks-

Firefox! Worth it just for the tabbed browsing, the extensions just make it that much better!