Insane at the Sign of the Beast

Here I am at the Sign of the Beast a.k.a. Starbucks. Well, it really is a part of the Barnes & Noble store so I haven’t completely sold my soul.

I would not be here in the first place had not our wonderful local Roadrunner service made its daily crap-out. When I returned to Beaumont after evacuating for Rita, my cable TV service came on, somewhat, the night after electricity was restored. Internet service appeared the next day. And I’ve sort of had such service since except each and every day the service goes off for significant periods of time.

The problem is I really don’t know whether it is all storm related or from an existing problem that Time Warner never got around to fixing. I really hate Time Warner Cable. I have never dealt with a more incompetent, totally dysfunctional business in my life. Just maintaining service during times when the area has not been devastated by a hurricane is difficult enough. I will say, their tech service people are generally good. I’ve also had good service from the cable guys who come to your house. But customer service? At Time Warner customer service is an oxymoron.

I wonder how many people out of the nine or 10 here in Starbucks who are using their computers are doing so because Time Warner can’t keep Roadrunner online?

By the way, there is an obnoxious little boy sitting here with his mother and his mother is about as obnoxious. The obnoxious boy is trying to sing “Eye of the Tiger” except he sings (badly) “I Am the Tiger.” Perhaps he should try “Secret Asian Man” or “Warn Snell of Colitas.” The mother is now talking on her cell phone. She just hung up. They’re leaving. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh! Adios ya little shit.

Insanity. Don’t leave home without it.

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