I was in the middle of a conversation when my phone just turned off. I turned it back on and called the person back. After that call my little phone continued to die so I took it to Verizon. The first clerk that took care of me claimed that all he had to do was wipe out my hard drive and that would fix the problem. When he wiped out my hard drive he also took away my ability to get on the internet.
Folks, you can come over and kick my dog and slap my mama but do not take away my internet…
The next morning I was at Verizon. That is when I found out two things:
1.) You can not tether your phone to your computer anymore
2.) When your phone is turning itself off – it is toast
Fortunately I had insurance and there was no problem. Verizon would send me a new phone. I was still upset over losing the internet. So I agreed to to a 2-year contract for Verizon internet. Only I didn’t have to pay anything but my monthly payments. All other fees were waived.
After running a couple errands I went back to the park and plugged in my internet to let it charge. It took three hours and when I tried to connect it wouldn’t. Now I was upset. The next morning I went to Verizon. I was amazed that there were about 20 customers already there. The technician I saw the day before saw me and came over. He took my internet box, my lap top, and off he went. It seems that Verizon’s 4G internet service wasn’t working and there were a whole lot of angry people in the there. Fortunately for me my technician told me to go to lunch and he would call me. Sure enough an hour later he had everything working great plus my new phone would arrive that afternoon at my son’s house.
Life was getting good again.
My new phone arrived and I noticed that it wasn’t new it was refurbished. My definition of refurbished is “taking on someone else’s headache or problem.” Sure enough the darn thing wouldn’t work. Guess where I was the next day? I was back at Verizon. They shipped my new refurbished phone back and finally I received a new, refurbished phone yesterday.
I am back in business… I have the internet and I have a phone that is working.
During all of this bull hockey with Verizon I was dealing with getting my generator fixed. Of course I was told that the part would be in Friday. Ha ha ha I won’t go there. I am planning a trip and I needed the generator to be in great working order. So I am going on my little trip without it. I am not saying where I am going because I don’t want to jinx it. My luck hasn’t been too good lately.
I was also dealing with a van radio that stopped working as well. Folks it seems like everything was falling apart. We replaced the radio with an inexpensive one that works fine. I drove from Kansas City to Tucson using my ipod and cheap speakers and so this sounds divine! Those that know me know I have to have my music. I have enough songs on ITunes to last a month without having to listen to anything twice. I am talking letting it play continuously for one month.
With Verizon, the generator, the internet, the phone, the stereo you would think my technical problems would be over. I don’t know what I have done to make the techno gods angry because during all of this my computer ate my CD. I couldn’t get it out so I had to take my computer to Best Buy. The tech looked at my machine and said the only way to get the CD out was to totally dismantle the computer. It would cost like smoke and then there is an chance, after they put everything back, the machine might not work. I had to buy an external CD player.
I should be afraid to leave the house but I am not.
My mom had her yearly physical… I will discuss why the doctor said she has a chance of becoming a “fancy monkey” for another blog
I am still in Tucson. Loving every minute.
Folks, you can come over and kick my dog and slap my mama but do not take away my internet…
The next morning I was at Verizon. That is when I found out two things:
1.) You can not tether your phone to your computer anymore
2.) When your phone is turning itself off – it is toast
Fortunately I had insurance and there was no problem. Verizon would send me a new phone. I was still upset over losing the internet. So I agreed to to a 2-year contract for Verizon internet. Only I didn’t have to pay anything but my monthly payments. All other fees were waived.
After running a couple errands I went back to the park and plugged in my internet to let it charge. It took three hours and when I tried to connect it wouldn’t. Now I was upset. The next morning I went to Verizon. I was amazed that there were about 20 customers already there. The technician I saw the day before saw me and came over. He took my internet box, my lap top, and off he went. It seems that Verizon’s 4G internet service wasn’t working and there were a whole lot of angry people in the there. Fortunately for me my technician told me to go to lunch and he would call me. Sure enough an hour later he had everything working great plus my new phone would arrive that afternoon at my son’s house.
Life was getting good again.
My new phone arrived and I noticed that it wasn’t new it was refurbished. My definition of refurbished is “taking on someone else’s headache or problem.” Sure enough the darn thing wouldn’t work. Guess where I was the next day? I was back at Verizon. They shipped my new refurbished phone back and finally I received a new, refurbished phone yesterday.
I am back in business… I have the internet and I have a phone that is working.
During all of this bull hockey with Verizon I was dealing with getting my generator fixed. Of course I was told that the part would be in Friday. Ha ha ha I won’t go there. I am planning a trip and I needed the generator to be in great working order. So I am going on my little trip without it. I am not saying where I am going because I don’t want to jinx it. My luck hasn’t been too good lately.
I was also dealing with a van radio that stopped working as well. Folks it seems like everything was falling apart. We replaced the radio with an inexpensive one that works fine. I drove from Kansas City to Tucson using my ipod and cheap speakers and so this sounds divine! Those that know me know I have to have my music. I have enough songs on ITunes to last a month without having to listen to anything twice. I am talking letting it play continuously for one month.
With Verizon, the generator, the internet, the phone, the stereo you would think my technical problems would be over. I don’t know what I have done to make the techno gods angry because during all of this my computer ate my CD. I couldn’t get it out so I had to take my computer to Best Buy. The tech looked at my machine and said the only way to get the CD out was to totally dismantle the computer. It would cost like smoke and then there is an chance, after they put everything back, the machine might not work. I had to buy an external CD player.
I should be afraid to leave the house but I am not.
My mom had her yearly physical… I will discuss why the doctor said she has a chance of becoming a “fancy monkey” for another blog
I am still in Tucson. Loving every minute.
3 comments:
Goodness, I hope your technical problems are not cyberly-contagious!! Now that I've read this ....
Oh my, it does seem that the gods are upset with you! So often a whole bunch of things will go wrong at the same time -- we've been in that fix too. You just have to remember that there are days, perhaps even a whole week once in a while, when everything works fine. Funny how we never seem to brag about those days, isn't it!
OMG - when it rains it pours! I'm also having Verizon 4G issues,and my new unit is arriving tomorrow. I hope it works. We are soooo dependent on these things now, I'd die without my laptop and it's Internet service. It provides so much entertainment for me.
I hope everything is working for you soon!
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