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Thursday, June 17, 2004 Cable, But No Phone We apparently have no telephone. Never count on the coordination between a utility and your construction people, it's like they get together beforehand and agree to disagree. In order for the siding to be put on the house, utilities that are affixed to the house have to be moved. Makes sense, right? Well, the only thing is, the utilities are like rabid dogs protecting the last leg of the kill when it comes to their stuff. So you can't even think about touching that phone box. No, I'm serious, if they catch wind that I wrote that, they'd send some hired goons out to break my kneecaps. And I need my kneecaps for walking and sitting and other leg-bending activities. The phone company apparently showed up and the siding people did not. So the phone's been disconnected and is going to stay that way until the siding is up on that part of the house. And probably longer, as I'll have to call for another appointment to get it reconnected (and I'm sure there'll be some monster fee attached to *that*). I have no idea what happened with the cable people, either. Because we still have cable and we were told that wouldn't happen. My guess is, either they showed up and it was already off the house (which is has been for some time now) or they just removed someone else's cable at a wrong address call. Yeah, that'd be funny, but I've seen the police in my town get the wrong address. What make me think the I-hate-my-job cable dude will pay that much attention?!? What else? Oh the electrical company was a mess. Turns out they don't own that meter, I do. Or the house does, she was bitchy and unclear. It took several calls just to get that confusing answer and I was wasting her time. Fuck you. Turns out I have to get my electrician to move it. I actually had to call back to confirm the appointment was cancelled because you can't be too careful with a giant utility that doesn't really give a rat's ass about you, your home, or whether or not you feel unjustly charged an absorbent amount for a useless service call... So, to sum it all up. We have no telephone service at the house. I have no idea how long it will be. A day, two? Five?!? If you call and you get the machine after 7 rings, that's Verizon. If you leave a message, we'll get it eventually. Or just call one of our cells. posted by Evil Wayne | 4:24 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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