Work Rant

This is to all the people that I have talked to over the phone in the past few weeks. I may have to be sickeningly sweet and polite at work, but not here! Its sad that tv is your main/only form of entertainment. Seriously? Get a life. There are other things to do. Go for a walk. Ride a bike. Play with your dog. Knit. Crochet. Spin yarn. Talk to friends (in person!). Go OUT of your house and just DO something. You are missing one television channel? You are subscribed to almost all the channels we offer!! Surely there must be something else you can watch until this channel is up and running again. Oh, you want to be reimbursed for the time you were without this channel? Hmmm.. well, lets see... you pay about $50 for 100 channels per month.... 1 channel, for 2 days... thats about 3 cents!!! Oh, and you are gonna go to the Better Business Bureau because you called at 11pm and expect us to send someone out there tomorrow to fix your dish!?!? Really?? I'm sorry, there are other people ahead of you in line. You are just gonna have to suffer and wait and (OMG!!) miss your show!! That's what reruns are for. Oh, and you are gonna get ticked off because your receiver died and you lost all your recorded shows? I'm sorry, but thats not really the purpose of a DVR. You want to record something and keep it long term? Buy a VCR or DVD player that can record. Or, better yet, go out and actually buy the stupid movie/tv series from Walmart(or wherever)!! Expecting your recordings to stay on your DVR forever is like saving important documents to your computer and never making a hard copy. Sooner or later, you are gonna be sorely disappointed. Also, why do you think that yelling and cussing at the poor person on the phone who is only trying to do her job and help you is going to expedite the process. Do YOU work better/faster/harder/with more enthusiasm if someone is screaming and cussing at you? Cuz thats not really a motivator for me.