So tonight I am trying to channel my energy into my blog.
During work everyone was talking about this hurricane coming up the Eastern seaboard .... Ct, my state being a state in which our governor who is a bully ruled us in a state of warning. So therefore, after hearing all my coworkers frantically make grocery lists and supply lists I thought to myself, "I can stop at Big Y on my way home from work, get a flashlight, I guess some water in case I get thirsty and maybe crackers. Should I get tuna fish for protein or would the mayo go bad...hmm"
5:00pm headed to Big Y, I found a nice parking spot up front (rarely that lucky!) and I headed in. I should have known the chaos as I watched a toddler tell their mom they were in the fun car in front of their grocery cart for too long, that I would be in this store for what seems like forever.
Well, I went through the produce, I thought to myself...eghhh peaches are in season and they make my lips all puffy, cherries are too expensive, grapes just have to be perfect to eat, I don't like apples, I can't digest the skin of plums...ahhh I'll make a salad! Thats what John Adam's family survived off of all the time... their garden! So I got my lettuce, croutons, light ranch dressing (of course lite). Yea, I guess I am pretty blahhh to the produce section of the grocery store. I did try to get some Tribe Sundried Tomato humus but of course they didn't have any. Well, I ventured off into the grocery store, I went up and down every aisle having no clue what was to come next. So finally I saw batteries...electrical wires... light bulbs... I was TOTALLY excited and then I saw huge open space. Every flashlight was gone! I saw the lady who was about 5 feet in front of me carrying about 10 flashlights... go figure! How rude, she saw me right there looking for a flashlight and if we have such a huge hurricane coming, then where is the humanity of taking them all and running away before I could ask if she could spare one to me. Ugh!
So then my grocery store visit was pretty unsuccessful until I noticed the pajama jeans and had to totally check them out. I would actually visit the idea of purchasing a pair if they were under 20 bucks... but for $39.99 it is not a deal, nor realistic. They are not like the GAP 1969 jeans from the year 2000 (yes, I worked at GAP and remember every price of my favorite items).
Well as I cashed out, I realized I had gotten my parents the staples... well Bread, Chips, cold cuts. And what did I buy for myself? Two candles, one of those long bic lighters, and a family size bag of Smartfood.
Comcast. or Xfinity. I have two words for you... YOU SUCK! Now, since the last time I had to beg for a technician to come out and fix my cable, I lost all my basic cable channels and gained all HD, HBO and Showtime. So I just left it as is and made due with no AC360 since CNN for some insane reason has no HD channel. Well anyway, now last night I called, explained my onDemand was not working, error code 14 and to call customer service. So I called, the rep indicated, oh any random number comes up as they put it.... "a number appears just so customers feel a sense of calm as if a number indicates a certain procedure but every procedure is the same. We send a bullet through to your box and updates it"... great customer service...well I do really appreciate the honesty. So the bullet was shot, no onDemand, so another bullet was shot and I had to wait 30minutes. I waited... about 60 minutes, checked, no onDemand and what was going on... my cable started disappearing... slowly as I was going through the channels they got darker and darker until ...thats right No picture appeared. So I just turned the tube off and called it a night. I mean, it was after 11pm, why would I call customer service again this late...
Well, tonight I called, just to give an update and ask for a technician to come out. I finally got the guts to also ask for my basic cable back...you know I do pay over $200 for cable, so I should get everything I pay for. Well the new customer service rep I happen to get the pleasure to work with was one skip short of Marsha Brady. Seriously people, its the 21st century. I respected her protocall and procedure and did the unplugging... did the bullet... did the second bullet... 45 minutes later I cut to the chase and literally had to say... "Listen, I will not call back in 30 minutes. I know this will not work, like it did not work yesterday. I want a technician out ASAP and I want this deducted from my bill or compensated in some way". "oh oh oh yes, not a problem, a technician will be out Saturday morning and 3 months of showtime free on us".... I thanked her and we both are now having a great night.
So as I sit and exude my energy through writing this blog, I have the movie The Wedding Date playing through my blueray player (which is wyfy ready... not what I wanted, another story for another day, just be careful for what you buy)... and I am relaxing to the fabulous movie that I love!
Till next time. Peace out =)
