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12:20:2002 Entry: "Ann : I am sick of the bullshit."

I am sick of the bullshit.

My connection, my phone lines, have gotten so bad lately (after having a flawless period all fall, winter and spring) that we decided to have them replace our connection box with the kind they put on newer houses. The thing is, they *claim* it's our problem, that the lines are clear Uh huh. However, why does it always seem to happen in the summer? If it's something with our home's lines, wouldn't it be constant? Today, I saw an Ameritech van outside and a man up on the telephone poll outside, fixing something. Now prior to that this morning, I had a good connection. And after that, my phone connection has been worse than it ever has been. Phone calls are totally static now, and it takes forever to get an internet connection, and when I do get one, it cannot be sustained. When I called Ameritech about it, after having gone through many unending voice mail phone loops (I finally pressed a button NOT related to my problem to get out of it), they claim there's nothing wrong with the lines, that it's something internal with our internal connection.

They are so full of crap.

Wow, what a coincidence. Lines ok before the repair man comes, after he leaves, they're worse than they ever were. Sheer coincidence? I think not.

Stop trying to pass the buck, you morons. Sometimes the customer knows more than what your little screen tells you.

Then yesterday, we come home after being out of town all day to find no mail. None. OK, well sometimes that happens. Like maybe once every two years. The thing is, our neighbors still had their mail to be picked up out in their mail box. It was as if the mailman hadn't even been by. So I called up the post office (after having gone through many unending voice mail phone loops) to inquire why there was no mail delivery yesterday. I couldn't understand the woman on the other end. She didn't speak clearly. I asked her to repeat herself, and she started to shout, as if I was deaf, and I kept trying to tell her not to shout, so finally I ended up yelling back at her: "Your volume is very loud! It's your clarity I cannot understand!" She said some kind of pre-canned response they are taught in training videos, "I'm sorry for the problems you are having with the US postal service," or some such. Then she asked me whether we have a curbside pickup. I told her our mailbox is attached to our house. She then said that the delivery person is not obligated to pick up mail if there is nothing to deliver. So maybe that would apply in our neighbor's case, but isn't it a little coincidental that neither we nor our neighbors had any mail delivery?

It's these little coincidences that make you wonder.

12 Comments

Telephonecompanies seem to be the same all over the world, at least when you phone them to ask about whatever. And they always blame it on you somehow when the connection suck.
Alright, once again Nico open his mouth and speak about something he knows nothing about ;o]

Posted by Nico @ 07:10:2002:05:54 PM CST

A little too coincidental I'd say. Hope they get their act together soon!

Posted by ali @ 07:10:2002:06:02 PM CST

OK, that settles it. I am getting cable for the internet connection and cell phones to make calls on. No more Ameritech. Screw 'em.

Posted by Ann @ 07:10:2002:06:26 PM CST

Time to start that screw Ameritech club! I said screw them a few years ago. I'm purged and happy!

Posted by Leann @ 07:10:2002:06:50 PM CST

What a coincidence. I send you that e-mail and then come read this entry. :)

Ugh. Ameritech. It took me three months to get my money back from them after they erroneously tripled my bill, and then threatened to cut off service if I didn't pay the erroneous charges.

And now we get our wonky internet service from them, thanks to my brother's oh-so-careful research into providers.

*sigh*

Send me an e-mail when you get that screw Ameritech club set up. ;)

Posted by Yvonne @ 07:11:2002:03:35 AM CST

Oh yeah the coincidences. Donīt you believe in them? *shakes head* Theyīre everywhere! *grin*

Oh and Nico...shut your trap already you got no clue about anything. ;0)

..and donīt you ever think of whoring for links again Ann! Tss... ;0)

Posted by Nina @ 07:11:2002:04:20 AM CST

I know, Nina, I know, the allmighty has spoken and we better believe her ;)

To bad you had to surrender to the cell phones, Ann, all though I can understand warum.

Posted by Nico - whoring for links on Ann's place @ 07:11:2002:07:09 AM CST

Yvonne...that's really weird! I got your email before I read the greymatter message, and I thought you read this first! Yes, Ameritech SUCKS ASS and I told Stan when we get rid of them once and for all I want to tell them to *u*k off but he told me not to burn any bridges. Stan's always the rationalist, but then, I play rationalist to his bouts of craziness too. ;-) Instead we'll just tell them about their lousy service. :-/

A Screw Ameritech club would be much needed. Somehow I'm picturing peasants with pitchforks...

Nina, I'm so bad about whoring for links...I just whore around in people's messages all over the place, don't I? LOL! ;-D I guess that's the last refuge of insult-o-rama...when you can't think of anything else to call someone, call them a linkwhore!

OK, Nico, my torch for NO CELLPHONES has been officially passed to you to carry as I can no longer uphold my duties as queen of the cellphone-free club.

Posted by Ann - whoring for links on my own page @ 07:11:2002:08:32 AM CST

Damn Ann, do we live in the same neighborhood?? :o)

Posted by JeanNINE @ 07:11:2002:12:38 PM CST

Hmmm...well, LeAnn, Yvonne and I all live in Wisconsin where Ameritech has a monopoly...how about you, JeanNINE?

Posted by Ann @ 07:11:2002:12:43 PM CST

Link me baby and Iīll do anything for you...! *giggle*

Posted by Nina the greatest whore of all @ 07:12:2002:08:48 AM CST

You're just a shameless hussy Ann! ;) More power to your elbow (if you'll forgive the expression), hehe.

Posted by Shelagh - Link Me! Oops, You Already Did!! @ 07:12:2002:11:00 AM CST

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