Unplugged

There are days when floppy discs are appealing. For you twenty-somethings, that is an old school flash drive... really old school. It could hold up to one picture.

For the last day or so our family has been unplugged from phone and internet. It all started when we attempted to order a movie through our digital cable box. Error code: 16559. Which apparently means, "Good luck trying to rent a movie any time soon". As I chatted with our provider, it came to his attention that we our system was on the wrong server. That's what I figured. Alas, he said it should only take a moment. I waited on hold.... as Tim came back on the line, it appeared that the problem was going to take a little more effort and would it be okay if we had no phone or internet service for a few minutes? If only I had just gone to the Movie rental store. Alas, what could I do but agree. Well, 18 hours later still nothing. So called this morning (on my cell phone). Or should I say, called 4 times, was hung up on twice, and waited on hold for over 40 minutes. Alas, when I finally got through I was told, that it looked like a dude was going to have to come out and fix our easy problem on-site. Great. Paul (Tim was off shift apparently) asked if we had time today for a repair guy to come. No, not really, I don't want it fixed. The silence on the phone was deafening. I cleared my throat and said, of course. To which Paul stated, "I cannot give you an exact time so, he'll be there any time between 8:00am and 5:00pm, so please be available." At this point I was in the fetal position on the floor whimpering. Well, okay, if I were to be honest, it was the result of inhaling caeser salad last night, which was hopped up with enough garlic to cause people to check their own breath while I walked by. I am not kidding, my pores were firing that stuff out so fast it's like I put on garlic pit stick this morning. It wasn't pretty. Anyway, 4 hours into the day, no repair guy. And then, like it was not big deal we receive a call that the problem had been fixed, and I quote "but at a whole new level". What that means I am still not certain but I am guessing they just got back from smoke break. All I know is, I am not cooking with garlic until 2015 and we are going back to VHS.

Okay this is rich, what are the chances, that this fateful story could come full circle but here. An internet provider called "Garlic". Unreal