WARNING: More venting ahead....
Okay, so I still have a dark, silent hunk of TV hanging on my wall. The amigos at the authorized TV repair shop won't call me back. It could have something to do with the overly-frustrated, sarcastic tone of voice on the messages I've left for them.....or maybe they're just on siesta. But either way, why is it that I should have to BEG someone to let me pay them?
Seriously. I need a service. They provide that service. I will pay for the service. Who's gonna turn down money? (Besides the amigos at the TV repair shop....) Unfortunately, lots of people. For example, I pay a lawn service to mow my grass, trim the hedges and take care of weeds and fertilizing....not because I'm that lazy, but because I'm so exasperated that what takes me three days of back-breaking labor, they accomplish in ten minutes and are off to the next house. I'm willing to pay for efficiency. But while I did finally find a company who actually shows up every week and they do mow and clip and sort of trim......well, I've asked many times for them to do some extra work that I was willing to pay them extra for. But will they do it? Um, of course not. They ignore those requests.
And then there's the phone company, and the cable company, and the many plumbers, fix-its and contractors who you'll call....and call again....and wait, and email and text and call some more.........um, am I not the one waving a fistful of $$ in the air? And then when you DO get hold of them, they'll give you a three-day window of when they might show up. Because I should stop my life to wait for them....and then pay them exorbitant amounts of cash for the privilege. sigh....
So without TV, my daughter has got me reading the "Twilight" series of books by Stepehenie Meyer. To her unending amusement, I'm actually enjoying them a lot. I'm totally sucked in, completely nostalgic for that teenaged girl genre. They're actually pretty well written, though completely predictable if you've ever read the classics...but an enjoyable escape just the same. So I've decided that what I need is a vampire or a werewolf to hang around me, making sure service people (and others I can think of) actually live up to their commitments. If I don't like the response....send out "Toothy" to hypnotize them to my will. And if I don't like the quality of the work, or the price....call in "Wolfie" to help in the negotiation.
Oh, I know I could just hire some normal, human "heavies" to throw some muscle around. But where's the fun in that?
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