ceebeegee: (Red Heather)
It drives me crazy how they'll argue with me about the problem I see RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. There's some kind of problem with my cable--starting a week ago, I lost my cable picture and for about 3 days, my broadband connection. The latter eventually came back but I still have no picture, and the remote doesn't work on the cable box either. When I turn to channel 3 (the access channel for the cable signal), I see a very faint picture through a lot of static but I can't change the channel either with the remote or pressing the cable box channel function directly.

I've made a couple of calls now to Time-Warner and both CSRs would interrupt me and tell me the problem must be with my TV--I'd have to grimly talk through them and say "No, I'm watching broadcast TV and geting a picture. No, I can't change the channel. Yes, I'm watching a broadcast channel right now." Just listen to me and don't dismiss me! Damn, your stupid service costs enough as it is, the least you can do is provide polite customer service.
ceebeegee: (Midsummer)
*The weather. It's 74, y'all! Sunny! People are walking around! Break out the bikinis, woo hoo!

*I went to the Inconvenient Post Office (it's on 146th Street, 11 blocks away) to pick up the package I've had waiting--I was expecting a horrible long line like last Saturday but there was only 1 person in line! I was in and out in 5 minutes!

*While walking back from the IPO, I passed a Mexican joint and stopped there. It had a TONY magazine rave review in the window, and it's super-cheap, and yet has a few tables and serves beer. I ordered some nachos to go, and picked up a menu--and a postcard advertising another Mexican restaurant right across the street. The latter is an actual restaurant, a lounge with one of those neon greaseboards in front. Two restaurants in my neighborhood with actual food that I like! A place that serves drinks! This means I can eat something nearby!

*Something weird happened to my cable. The other day the picture had cut out--I could only get broadcast channels. I fiddled with the TV and cable box cables, and when I turned it on again, not only did I have the cable channels back, but the "Info" button had gained new and interesting abilities. The Info button just used to say the channel name--now it reads the program name and summary, the length and a bunch of other interesting features. I can even pull up a TV guide with the picture in the upper right corner. It's like that episode of Friends where they suddenly get free porn. Gifts of cable, falling from the sky...

*Did I mention how beautiful it is outside...?

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