Don’t know what the hell is up with the power company tonight. Lost power again for another 40 minutes or so. Too fucking hot outside to be without power. Stuff spoils real quick in this heat.
July 25, 2005
Carroll EMC
Goddamn power has been out for the last 30 minutes or so. Everyone in the neighborhood. Can’t get through to anyone in customer service, just fucking recordings. I hate recordings. They don’t think enough about their customers to put live operators on the line, I guess that it is cheaper that way. I will admit that there are a lot of instances where automated systems are better, but they should at least work, not require a PhD to fucking navigate through.
The bank is a good example. I do most of my banking online or after hours at the ATM, but occasionally need to speak to someone on the phone. It would be very simple, just change the automated system to say something along the lines of: “Hit 1 to speak to a ve operator, otherwise stay on the line and you will be transferred to the Bank of America goatfuck line. Thank you, and call again when you are bored and need to waste an hour or two of your life”.
At least if it were someone’s voice mail there would be a slight chance of them calling you back. As is, most of the time I can barely get through the fucking system.
More government bullshit
This is one of those things that just irritate the hell out of me. I hate Daylight Savings Time. The government says that it saves resources, but I have not yet seen proof of that. Where the fuck does our ligeslature get off on dictating TIME? What, do they think they are Dr. Who or something?
I am not 100% sure, but even though the U.S. Government sets the rules for it, I think that DST has to be approved by the state legislatures. I do know that Arizona, and parts of Indiana do NOT follow DST. Not sure about Alaska, though even if it does, it would have basically NO effect up there. I don’t know any other states that don’t follow it, I think that I may have to research it this evening. More useless info to fit into my tiny brain.
I do know that DST was created mainly because so much of the country was agriculturally based. So why the fuck do we still have it now?
Last Day of Vacation
I always hate the last day. Still have too much that I want to do, and need to make sure I can get it done and still get to bed early. I usually spend the first couple of days awake by 6am, but by the time my vacation is over, I am having a hard time getting up by 8-9am. Don’t need to wake up at nine tommorow, considering that I have to be at work by 6:30am. That would just make for a real shit day, especially considering that my boss is off tommorow, which pretty much leaves me running the district. Damn.
Stephanie is outside starting to clean the rental. Have to return it this morning, then get Ruth enrolled in a fucking daycare. Have a bunch of yardwork to do, and I have been fooling around with and tweaking my home automation stuff. Running the beta test for Homeseer 2, and there have been some issues with my setup. I just need to finish my coffee and get my ass cracking I suppose. Inertia has sort of set in the last few days.