God it was hot
Sunday, June 18, 2006
I wanted to write on Thursday, but I couldn’t. It’s not that I didn’t have the time, because time is what I had a lot of. What I didn’t have was electricity.
I did something so amazingly stupid it’s not even funny. I flat out forgot to pay the electric bill. I had switch totally to online billing and just forgot to pay the fucker. Now, there is the matter of a disconnection notice that was never sent, but, seriously, it’s not like I didn’t know that they do want money in exchange for this electricity stuff.
My one real complaint, however, comes with the process to fix my mess. First, I called and paid what they told me to pay. Then he put me on hold so he could place the reconnect order. And I waited. And waited. And finally, after a very long time he started saying “hello…hello” and then, ignoring my replies, hung up.
I was fairly certain that I needed to call back because it hadn’t been finished, so I did. After explaining the situation she promised to forward me back to the same guy. That is not what happened. I got a new lady who wanted more money. She did show the other payment, but it wasn’t enough. So I paid more. After a long delay she came back and said I’d have electricity that day.
As the day went on with no power I started to wonder. I called again and was assured that the order was placed and I would have power. But, as I still doubted, they gave me a number to the main power company that actually comes out and does the work. I did and they confirmed the order. They also added that they had until 5pm the following day to do it, and that if I didn’t have power by 5, it would be the next day.
Now I was a little annoyed. 5pm was approaching and it was fucking hot. I called my power company and they assured me it would be that day, and the guy had until 8. Given that his actual employer disputed this, I pressed the issue. She kept insisting she was right and they were wrong. But, finally, she advised me that same day guarantees were another $89. This was the first I had been told of that problem. I asked if I could pay it. She said that, if I did, the other order would get cancelled and that it was too late to place http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.quote.gif
insert blockquotea new same day order.
In short, I was fucked.
So I sent my son to his mother’s for the night and I spent the time reading by flashlight and sweating. I sweated a lot.
This down time would have been perfect for writing, but, of course, the laptop battery had long before crapped out. That kind of forced me to find things that could be done in the dark. Being single right now, most of the good things were out. Even if I hadn’t been single, it was fucking hot as hell, so those fun things might not have been that much fun anyway. Well, they’re always fun, but not for as long when it’s fucking hot. The sweat needs to be earned, not because of a shitty environment.
So when I finally was able to go to sleep, life was good. Of course the sleep was shitty, and I had dreams about the electricity guy coming and having to battle with a large crew digging a giant hole because they wanted to excavate a dozen hidden underground gas meters at the house next door.
So now I have to tell the tale so I can get on to more philosophical thoughts, including why I have decided I love MySpace.
Tell me about the last time you were in heat in the forums.
I did something so amazingly stupid it’s not even funny. I flat out forgot to pay the electric bill. I had switch totally to online billing and just forgot to pay the fucker. Now, there is the matter of a disconnection notice that was never sent, but, seriously, it’s not like I didn’t know that they do want money in exchange for this electricity stuff.
My one real complaint, however, comes with the process to fix my mess. First, I called and paid what they told me to pay. Then he put me on hold so he could place the reconnect order. And I waited. And waited. And finally, after a very long time he started saying “hello…hello” and then, ignoring my replies, hung up.
I was fairly certain that I needed to call back because it hadn’t been finished, so I did. After explaining the situation she promised to forward me back to the same guy. That is not what happened. I got a new lady who wanted more money. She did show the other payment, but it wasn’t enough. So I paid more. After a long delay she came back and said I’d have electricity that day.
As the day went on with no power I started to wonder. I called again and was assured that the order was placed and I would have power. But, as I still doubted, they gave me a number to the main power company that actually comes out and does the work. I did and they confirmed the order. They also added that they had until 5pm the following day to do it, and that if I didn’t have power by 5, it would be the next day.
Now I was a little annoyed. 5pm was approaching and it was fucking hot. I called my power company and they assured me it would be that day, and the guy had until 8. Given that his actual employer disputed this, I pressed the issue. She kept insisting she was right and they were wrong. But, finally, she advised me that same day guarantees were another $89. This was the first I had been told of that problem. I asked if I could pay it. She said that, if I did, the other order would get cancelled and that it was too late to place http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.quote.gif
insert blockquotea new same day order.
In short, I was fucked.
So I sent my son to his mother’s for the night and I spent the time reading by flashlight and sweating. I sweated a lot.
This down time would have been perfect for writing, but, of course, the laptop battery had long before crapped out. That kind of forced me to find things that could be done in the dark. Being single right now, most of the good things were out. Even if I hadn’t been single, it was fucking hot as hell, so those fun things might not have been that much fun anyway. Well, they’re always fun, but not for as long when it’s fucking hot. The sweat needs to be earned, not because of a shitty environment.
So when I finally was able to go to sleep, life was good. Of course the sleep was shitty, and I had dreams about the electricity guy coming and having to battle with a large crew digging a giant hole because they wanted to excavate a dozen hidden underground gas meters at the house next door.
So now I have to tell the tale so I can get on to more philosophical thoughts, including why I have decided I love MySpace.
Tell me about the last time you were in heat in the forums.
posted by R. U. Serious at 6/18/2006 11:23:00 PM
I'm R. U. Serious
From United States
I have nothing to say. I plead the 5th.
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