Moving is like running a marathon with one shoe…
photo credit: Roby Ferrari
Moving is like running a marathon with one shoe…
It’s all rush, rush…. hurry, hurry…
Push yourself beyond your fat ole lady body limits…
Never sleep…
and keep on limping along.
Packing up a 4-bedroom house and trying to fit it into a 14 foot truck with only the help of your 18 year old son and the occasional good neighbor all within 4 days is nearly as bad as child-birth. You know it ain’t going to fit, but you just keep pushing.
Saying Good-bye to Alabama was easy and finally returning home to my picture perfect Clarksville, Virginia was lovely, until I remembered that my tiny town on the lake is held hostage by the customer challenged, Verizon. They control all the broadband services in the area and like the Dark Lords they love to wield their power over the masses.
High-Speed Internet is like air to Internet Marketers and Twitter addicts… It’s more important than flushing toilets.
When Verizon told me several weeks ago, that I would be graced with their DSL service within one week of arriving in Virginia, I believed them even though, I had been duped by them before. I sooooo wanted to believe them…. But of course, it was a rouse. The confirmation email meant nothing, the schedule date meant nothing, even the payment meant nothing. All the lines were taken, DSL would not be available. I cried, I pleaded, I begged… they non-challantedly answered.. “We don’t know when it will be available”… not even an “I’m sorry we promised you, I’m sorry you choose to live in that house in that neighborhood solely based on getting DSL service and now you’re stuck because we screwed up yet again”.
I tried looking into alternatives within my price range… the only one was another Verizon controlled device. It works but the speeds are just barely over dial-up.
Now, Verizon has promised a DSL install date nearly a month away… but can I trust them?
So here I am…
Happy to be back in Virginia…
Working as fast as I can to get caught up…
Heading to the end of the moving marathon….
Limping along without high-speed internet….
Praying for a miracle.
More weird stuff from Karen Kramer:
Twitter Comment
@KarenKramer Since your limping do you want me to kick Verizon’s butt for you. I got 2 good feet.
– Posted using Chat Catcher
Welcome Back Karen! We missed you. Crossing everything for you that the DSL is installed soon (can’t believe Verizon think they can get away with making promises they can’t keep – roll on a decent competitor moving into the area!)
Thanks again for the most wonderful birthday present – all the more appreciated because you managed to do it while moving and without decent Internet.
Lisa xxx
Twitter Comment
RT @KarenKramer: Fat old lady with one shoe runs the Moving Marathon of doom.. [link to post] [Verizon - Very BAD service plz RT]
– Posted using Chat Catcher
Dearest Karen,
I am soooo sorry you too are dealing with archaic internet service. I live in a beautiful country setting on the Oregon Coast.(and apparently must be penalized by the “powers that be” who control the internet connections in this neck of the woods
You have such a wonderful wit and I sure do enjoy reading what you share (altho I am not taking joy from your pain)…
Knowing you will endure and persevere as you appear to be quite a tenacious woman.
Hugs to you and yours and congrats on making a move in such tight time frame.