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Trapped By The Cable Company

by Rob on November 18, 2008

 

Based on my research, one of the industries that is most reviled in our lives is Cable. Ask most folks what they think of their cable company and the answers range from non-pulsed (rarely) to extreme loathing (all too often).

Today, being a Monday, I woke up ready to attack the day. I had a laundry list of things I knew could be accomplished. They ranged from installing a new Logitech QuickCam 9000 to accumulating names and numbers for business development outreach during the balance of the week.

The morning got off to a fast start and by 10:00 am I was cooking, with two separate computers whirling away. ‘It is going to be a very productive day’, I thought.

mouse on trapThat mild euphoria lasted until about 10:20 am when the slow internet connection revealed itself quickly to actually be failed cable service – both TV and internet were down.

Ever the resourceful entrepreneur, I knew this brief interlude would be a great time to run to the hardware store for mouse traps (don’t ask!).

On the way home I spied three trucks on a neighboring street, one with a ginormous spool of cable. [click to continue…]

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