We cancelled DirecTV and Comcast and went with Verizon FIOS for all of our cabley, landliney, internety things. We refuse to use them for mobley phoney things as you will need to pry our iPhones from our cold dead hands first, and frankly if this damn cold that isn’t swine flu doesn’t go away soon... I’m just sayin.
Anyhooo, this morning I get a phone call. Normally I don’t answer calls from our home phone because we never give anyone we like our home phone number. Businesses and annoying people get our home number and if you are reading this and have our home number... yeah, sorry, you suck.
I’m guessing that the Dayquil had something to do with me actually answering the home number, especially when it came up as some obscure 888 number, which usually means telemarketer. Ok, whatever, I answer, and its Comcast! If you ever want cheaper service and more channels, all you have to do is threaten to cancel or even cancel and they call you non-stop, begging you to come back. Its like an old girlfriend or something, except more pathetic.
Desperate Comcast Telemarketer: What if we throw in HD channels and faster internet?
Me: I want a pony.
DCT: ..... excuse me?
Me: A pony, a cute pony that I can ride, but I actually don’t want to take care of during the week, so can you bring me a pony on the weekends where I can show my friends and pet it and do things with it like take it for ice cream, but don’t actually have to care for it.
DCT: You mean a real pony?
Me: Of course a real pony! I can just go out and get a fake plastic pony any time, but if you want me to switch AGAIN over to Comcast, I mean come on, you have to make it worth my while.
DCT: I can’t give you a pony
Me: You gave me a modem that I have to return, so its not like you’re actually GIVING me anything, its like you would LOAN me the pony, it would still be yours and all, like the annoying modem I have to return, but the pony wouldn’t be annoying.
DCT: um....
Me: Fine, if you can’t give me a pony then I’ll just stick with Verizon, at least they were nice enough to mow my lawn every week.
DCT: Verizon is mowing your lawn?
Me: yeah, well, they don’t know that yet, but there’s a guy scheduled to come out for maintenance and the lawnmower just happens to be in front of the door and all...
Oh I love it! How did the Verizon guy feel about the lawnmowing today?
ReplyDeleteOh, man, I wish I'd have thought of this. It'd give me way more satifaction than just hanging up!
ReplyDeletePony!
ReplyDeleteHeh. Heh heh heh.
ReplyDeleteI do that every time I see a guy dressed up as Santa Claus. I FLING myself into his lap and I declare, with just the faintest hint of a lisp, that all I weally want for chwistmas is a pony.
I cut in line to do it, too. You should SEE the looks I get from the parents...
Do you think I should be worried that the word verification for this comment is "imatong"?
I mean, yes, it's a cooking implement. But I'm pretty sure it's another word for wanker, too.