Friday, October 10, 2008
Rant Alert - It's Double Down today!
I have an entirely different rant over at the Grand Central Cafe. Check it out and leave a comment so I don't feel like a total loser over there.
Here, at Writer's Diary, I have an entirely NEW rant!
First off, I pay my parent's bills. So today, I see an AT&T notice confirming a change in service of the local toll and long distance carrier, for which, by the way, they are charging $1.57. I go, WTF?
So I called AT&T and gave them the polite version of WTF? and it seems somehow, mysteriously, the local toll and long distance was changed to a company whose name is, uhm, Evil Company That Rips off Senior Citizens. There is also a charge on their credit card for $47.72 from ECTRSC. $50 for long distance?
My parents call my brother in Santa Barbara sometimes, maybe once or month or so - because check it: my mom IM's with my brother all the time. (Only not right now, because, well, go read the GCP post.) Once or twice a year they might call some relatives in Oregon. All the other kids and relatives they still speak to are local. Not even a toll call.
WTF?? That's just so evil I can't stand it. My mother can't hear, and has been hearing impaired since she was 10 or so. Sometimes phone conversations with her are either hellaciously funny or frustrating. No one involved in the call as the same conversation. So I'm just guessing what probably happened.
Evilness people. Evilness. This, my friends, is what comes of deregulation. You cannot have a market that operates without any regulation because that just means all the cheats and liars lie and cheat with impunity.
I'm getting totally peeved right now. So -- deep breath.
In other news, I should be writing.
In other other news, Sabine, my heroine just got a really bad haircut and color. I'm just going with this dang story. Harems, rapacious pashas, Alexander The Great's defeat of Darius at the Gates of Syria, bad haircuts and cross-dressing. I tell you The Next Historical has it all.
Sigh
Here, at Writer's Diary, I have an entirely NEW rant!
First off, I pay my parent's bills. So today, I see an AT&T notice confirming a change in service of the local toll and long distance carrier, for which, by the way, they are charging $1.57. I go, WTF?
So I called AT&T and gave them the polite version of WTF? and it seems somehow, mysteriously, the local toll and long distance was changed to a company whose name is, uhm, Evil Company That Rips off Senior Citizens. There is also a charge on their credit card for $47.72 from ECTRSC. $50 for long distance?
My parents call my brother in Santa Barbara sometimes, maybe once or month or so - because check it: my mom IM's with my brother all the time. (Only not right now, because, well, go read the GCP post.) Once or twice a year they might call some relatives in Oregon. All the other kids and relatives they still speak to are local. Not even a toll call.
WTF?? That's just so evil I can't stand it. My mother can't hear, and has been hearing impaired since she was 10 or so. Sometimes phone conversations with her are either hellaciously funny or frustrating. No one involved in the call as the same conversation. So I'm just guessing what probably happened.
Evilness people. Evilness. This, my friends, is what comes of deregulation. You cannot have a market that operates without any regulation because that just means all the cheats and liars lie and cheat with impunity.
I'm getting totally peeved right now. So -- deep breath.
In other news, I should be writing.
In other other news, Sabine, my heroine just got a really bad haircut and color. I'm just going with this dang story. Harems, rapacious pashas, Alexander The Great's defeat of Darius at the Gates of Syria, bad haircuts and cross-dressing. I tell you The Next Historical has it all.
Sigh
Labels: bad haircut, evil, heroines, Rant
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