Friday, August 30, 2013

Wish I was cool like this...


Dean, Sammy, Frank

Well, except for the cigarettes, of course. We must be politically correct.

I LOST MY COOL YESTERDAY. I was justified! But it was still very strange...I have the reputation for being laid back to the point of being dead. That's partly me, and partly very strong pharmaceuticals. 

But Thursday morning, my mom informed me my internet bill had gone from its usual $50 a month to $200 last month. Apparently SOMEONE in my house caused us to go over our limit by streaming stuff, and it wasn't me.

HINT: The culprit is daughter's best friend, sleeps on the living room floor and is on the internet 23 hours a day.

So I got to work, texted Chelsea, told her we would have to cancel the internet for a while, and wow, did things get going then. 

Texts from Chelsea. 
Texts from my mom. 
Texts to my mom. 
Texts to Chelsea. 
Approximately 800 phone calls from Chelsea. While I'm at work. On Thursday, our busiest day. 

At one point, and this is where I lost my cool, I raised my voice on the phone to a customer. I'm very ashamed. Even if she was a mean heartless bad word. 

So I'm telling my coworkers how I need my mom to call and cancel my internet and finally Mark says what apparently everyone's been thinking. 

"Michelle. It's your house. Your internet. You are paying for it. YOU can call and cancel it."

Oh. 

Oh. 

So I did. Right then. And it worked.

I actually accomplished something like a normal grown-up, like I used to be. 

I was really quite proud of myself, until I got home and realized I HAD NO INTERNET. 

So yay, I cut off the hemorrhage of money flowing directly into AT&T's coffers; but boooo, I'm typing this on little tiny keys on my iPhone. 

I have a different company coming out to install that doesn't have an internet cap, so we should be good now...except they won't be here until Monday. Labor Day. Really? Apparently that's a popular day to actually work, because of the overtime. 

That's all! I have no idea how this post looks because I'm on my phooooooone. No internet. No money, related to the no internet thing! NO COOL, because I lost it this week. 

I still have my kitty. She's cute. 

16 comments:

  1. Post looks fine. You did the right thing. Tough, I know, but you did it. Brava!

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    1. Thank you so much Geo.!
      So needed to hear that... :)

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  2. Wow that must have took a while to type out. Blah to $200, that is ridiculous

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    1. Hi Pat,

      It did take a while, LOL!
      I know, just thinking about the fact that I had to pay $200 to them makes me kind of ill...

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  3. I agree with Geo - you definitely did the right thing. I see you have a follower button now - I am now following :)

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    1. Thanks Keith :)
      I searched a little more this time and finally figured out how to do it, I was excited to the point that I wanted to make another post bragging that I found it, but I figured that would be overkill. :)

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  4. AT&T is horrible and caps absurd considering how little the traffic actually costs those companies.

    Cancelling and getting a new service was a good solution: well done.

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    1. Thanks Laoch,
      So agree with you there! We have AT&T for our cellphones too, not realizing that they don't have ANYTHING unlimited. As soon as our contract is up I'm switching phones too.

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  5. I deleted your comment on my blog using my tiny phone. :(

    Post looks perfect.

    Prrrrrr

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  6. Sympathy on the phone typing. Yikes. I have a hard time working on my kindle and it's a hundred times more comfortable than a phone.

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    1. I didn't know you could work like that on the Kindle! Wow, the things you learn...
      Today is Day 4; I so hope they really do come today...

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  7. Trust in the kitty. She loves you.

    Now following! Huzzah!

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    1. Yay!
      My kitty does love me, she's so sweet, laying on my arm now as I type...
      Waiting to jump up as soon as I move to get up so she can get a treat, LOL.

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  8. The post is OK. Sorry about the high bill. I wouldn't use an internet company that caps my usage. Good that you cancelled it. As for the culprit, that's another story.

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    1. Oh, the culprit...(sigh)...I have no idea what to do with the culprit.
      (sigh)
      (sigh)

      But yeah, I'm glad I cancelled it, too. :)

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