Author Topic: rant on my cable/power company  (Read 634 times)

WARNING : Contains a bunch of run-on scentences

so today was a half day and i was all happy that i got a few more hours to do stuff, but as it turns out some idiot of a dump truck driver hit the cable line and not even like breaking it or anything and knocked out internet for the entire county i live in.
now you would think that the power company/line company that loving fixes this stuff would fix it in 2-3 hours or less, no, they take/took 6, loving, HOURS, to fix this, it shouldn't have to take what feels like FOREVER, to fix a simple cable line problem.
because of this, i was forced into bed to lie down and try to entertain myself by playing dumb mobile games for the time, but i got bored within minutes because mobile games aren't fun at all, my entire loving evening that i was planning out, all of it, ruined, im pissed off at the fact that nobody fixes this stuff or atleast knows how to DRIVE, literally it was just them slightly damaging the wood to keep the pole up which is pretty strong, but for some goddamn reason, the whatever company that went to fix it thinks its suddenly not important for half of the businesses and homes and every thing else to not work so they loving disassemble everything and  take a goddamn eternity for them to fix it

TL;DR : power/cable pole got hit slightly but for some reason the repair company treats the entire situation like a hurricane passed through and ruins my (and everyone else) evening(s)

/rant over, im loving pissed as all hell right now at how they dont put these lines underground or atleast have a faster response

HOLY stuff 6 HOURS THAT IS A loving ETERNITY OH MY stuff

HOLY stuff 6 HOURS THAT IS A loving ETERNITY OH MY stuff

im pretty sure your being sarcastic

Oh my god, go out and do something. If you can't entertain yourself for 6 hours without internet, you really shouldn't be using it.

Oh my god, go out and do something. If you can't entertain yourself for 6 hours without internet, you really shouldn't be using it.
we dont talk about..."outside" here...

i did plenty of things beforehand, but nonetheless i still spent 6 hours wasting my time

my internet is already back on anyways, how would i have made this post if it wasnt?

damn man 6 hours is a long time how did you ever survive

damn man 6 hours is a long time how did you ever survive

i didnt

wow such a long time

one time a couple winters ago there was a moderate snowstorm and our electricity was out for 36 - 40 hours.

wow such a long time

one time a couple winters ago there was a moderate snowstorm and our electricity was out for 36 - 40 hours.

i honestly feel bad for you

i honestly feel bad for you

our power provider *cough* delmarvapower *cough* *cough* told us that it would be back on in 12 hours yet it took around another day and a half

wow such a long time

one time a couple winters ago there was a moderate snowstorm and our electricity was out for 36 - 40 hours.
Get on my level, we were out of power for 2-3 weeks before during a snow storm.

Rockin, chill. I was internetless for about three years straight before, its not that bad. A few months back our entire power went out for four hours in the middle of the night during a thunderstorm.

Oh man I feel some similar pain, only to electricity.

A lunatic was driving drunk on a street adjacent to mine and crashed into a power pole knocking out the power for about 700 people, including mine. I was watching TV in my room when it suddenly went dark. My dad kept trying to get through to Ameren and checking their website and they kept saying, "Power will be back on by 7:00."

7:00 passed

8:00 passed

9:00 passed

It was pitch black so I just went to bed early. Suddenly, at 2:30am, I was jolted awake by my TV blasting loudly, every light in the house turned on, and appliances started beeping. Thanks for the help guys, means a lot.

my entire life relies on electricity so if i lost it for over 24 hours i'd either go insane or die.