Horror stories: No 'net for a day

Yesterday our landline phones and our wireless internet were... out. Not working. Dead.

We noticed it actually on Tuesday night, and when JP used his cell to call our provider, they said "We will have someone out there by 5:30 tomorrow".

Now, if it had been me on the phone, the response would have been "Unless that's 5:30 in the MORNING, you better come up with a better answer"

Apparently, they're fine with making us wait but when that bill is due, they recommend we send it 10 days before the due date so it arrives ON TIME.

I was pleasantly surprised when a fat man with a scruffy beard rolled out of the company van at 10:30 this morning. By shortly before noon, we were back in business, and I was happy. Thank you fat scruffy man, whatever your name is. And thank you, also, for wearing coveralls, because I suspect that your sizable ass and subsequent crack would put a plumber to shame.