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Verizon sucks... a lot.
May. 8th, 2005 02:51 pmSo here I am sitting in the Fairmont State University Library computer lab. You guessd it. No internet for Sin. They shut it off about 2:30pm on Friday. Granted, I was wondring when they would get around to cutting off my DSL given they had shut down my phone a week earlier because I owed them money. Silly me, terrible with bills. I have this tendency to forget about them until they are well passed due. Yes, I freely admit I am terrible with money (usualyl because I have none) and all too easy is it for me to set it off to the side and just deal with it later. Later usually ends up with me being little miss forgetful about my bills.
Anysways I got paid and it was a nice check too. I deposited it and called up Verizon to pay my bill and get my phone back up and running. They said that within 24 hours of recieving my payment my phone would be turned back on. That, at least, would allow me to use my dial-up and thus have internet again. But no... here i sit at FSU and they still haven't turned my phone back on. It better be up tomorrow or they wiull catch hell from me. I can't even call my mother today, you know - Mother's Day, because of them. Fuckers. I hate Verizon.
So off of that bitching and onto other bitching. Work. Okay, now work, despite being at Burger King, usually isn't bad. They love me there, I have the best DTW time at 2:03, and I stay calm during the rushes. I can handle myself. They love me so much, Robin told me Tim wants to move me up to magagement. now Tim is the District Manager. He comes every now and tghen to help out and watch people. he's been watching me. So it's all cool.
now the bitching part. Yesterday sucked ASS. I had to open (Woo hoo 5:30am!) with Samantha as mamger. Now Sam is technically a Shift Supervisor now (cause she got demoted) and normally doesn't do opens. So she was overzealous (I theorize she's trying to get her management position back) and had me doing 12 pans of tomatoes. We never need that much for lunch, but it didn't matter. So I'm prepping tomatoes, running firers and board while the other two, Jeremy and Kevin, were doing maintanence. That's cleaning up the parking lot, gtting th broiler ready and all the heavy shit no one else wants to do. Now those two are the slowest white boys I've ever met. They take forever to do anything. So, I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off. Sam is running around like a flaming bitch with her head cut off, and their just lazing about. We got so behind the GM, Pam, wasn't too trilled when she came in at 10am.
On the upside, once Margaret clocked in we got things under control and ready for lunch. Normally they put me on DTW because I roxxor and can shave 30-35 seconds off out order time. They love me there. But no, I was stuck on front counter board with Stefanie. Now Stef is a 16 year old airhead. I had to train her on broiler the other day (she was slow but picked it up) whichj is an easy thing to learn. For some reason Pam wanted me to train her on sandwiches on the front board during Saturday lunch rush. Does this make sense to anyone out there? Stef is the worlds's hugest aihead. You would think after working about two hours on sandwiches she'd at least remember that a hamburger gets two pickles, ketchup and mustard. You'd think she'd at least understand that you aren't painting a bloody picture with the mayo, you're just slapping it on a bun. The girl has to be the dumbest thing I've ever had to work with and considering some of the places I've worked, that's saying a lot.
You add that on top of the morning and toss in that no one listened to me during lunch as they're supposed to be doing seeing as I am a TL and you have one upset, exhausted and bitchy Sin. And no internet andf tehrefore no Final Heaven, Katsu, Kat, Miranda or Erykah for the Sin. So no sanity for the Sin. *sighs* At least I got online now.
Good stuff (well less bitchy stuff): I rented the House of Flying Daggers and The Phantom of the Opera on DVD the other night. HOFD rocked my world. I love the movie and Chinese men can be so damn hot. I loved the story, I loved the cinemetography and I loved the acting. And the costumes and coloring... I want to walk through a bamboo forest now. The movie was amazing. If you haven't seen it yet, do so. it is so much better than Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and even better than Hero. Go. See. It.
Now for Phantom. I was disappointed with it. Really disappointed. Maybe that's because I saw it in Toronto back when I was still in high school and it just didn't compare. Yes, there were a lot of good things, but the stuff that I didn't like was so blaring in comparison that it drowned out the good things. Minnie Driver was actually really good as Carlotta and I liked this version of the Phantom himself. I didn't like the casting of Christine or Raoul. I couldn't believe they changed the dropping of the chandellier. That just... gah! I was also very disappointed with my favorite musical number. Masquerade is my favorite. I love the song and the Phantom's arrival, ec. I was expecting something grand in the movie given movies typically have a bigger budget than stage productions. I was disappointed in the costumes. I was disappointed in the coreography and I was disappointed in the cinematography. The costumes were so bland and it all seemed so muted. I understand the lack of color was done so the Phantom, in his amazing red costume (the only one I really liked) would stand out more. But still.. I was so diappointed. But yes, the Phantom's costume was amazing and if his cloak was black instead of red and the mask different it was exactly the costume I had chosen for my one FH Exile character if there was a masque ball at some point in the game. That kind of made me laugh.
So, in the end, House of Flying Daggers - good, Phantom of the Opera - bad. Well, I guess if you haven't see Phantom on stage the movie isn't too bad to watch. Now I'm sure there was something else I was going to talk about, but I think I'll let it all go for now.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
EDIT
Now I remember what it was I wanted to say. I hate teenagers. I hate anything that vaguely resembles a teenager. I'm almost 26 damnit. I'm suddenly finding it really ahrd to have patience, much less like, anyone who is four years or more younger than me. So, if you happen to be 22 or younger and you're my friend, feel fucking privaledged because everyone else your age is an immature fuckhead that needs to get the hell out of my way. /rant
Anysways I got paid and it was a nice check too. I deposited it and called up Verizon to pay my bill and get my phone back up and running. They said that within 24 hours of recieving my payment my phone would be turned back on. That, at least, would allow me to use my dial-up and thus have internet again. But no... here i sit at FSU and they still haven't turned my phone back on. It better be up tomorrow or they wiull catch hell from me. I can't even call my mother today, you know - Mother's Day, because of them. Fuckers. I hate Verizon.
So off of that bitching and onto other bitching. Work. Okay, now work, despite being at Burger King, usually isn't bad. They love me there, I have the best DTW time at 2:03, and I stay calm during the rushes. I can handle myself. They love me so much, Robin told me Tim wants to move me up to magagement. now Tim is the District Manager. He comes every now and tghen to help out and watch people. he's been watching me. So it's all cool.
now the bitching part. Yesterday sucked ASS. I had to open (Woo hoo 5:30am!) with Samantha as mamger. Now Sam is technically a Shift Supervisor now (cause she got demoted) and normally doesn't do opens. So she was overzealous (I theorize she's trying to get her management position back) and had me doing 12 pans of tomatoes. We never need that much for lunch, but it didn't matter. So I'm prepping tomatoes, running firers and board while the other two, Jeremy and Kevin, were doing maintanence. That's cleaning up the parking lot, gtting th broiler ready and all the heavy shit no one else wants to do. Now those two are the slowest white boys I've ever met. They take forever to do anything. So, I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off. Sam is running around like a flaming bitch with her head cut off, and their just lazing about. We got so behind the GM, Pam, wasn't too trilled when she came in at 10am.
On the upside, once Margaret clocked in we got things under control and ready for lunch. Normally they put me on DTW because I roxxor and can shave 30-35 seconds off out order time. They love me there. But no, I was stuck on front counter board with Stefanie. Now Stef is a 16 year old airhead. I had to train her on broiler the other day (she was slow but picked it up) whichj is an easy thing to learn. For some reason Pam wanted me to train her on sandwiches on the front board during Saturday lunch rush. Does this make sense to anyone out there? Stef is the worlds's hugest aihead. You would think after working about two hours on sandwiches she'd at least remember that a hamburger gets two pickles, ketchup and mustard. You'd think she'd at least understand that you aren't painting a bloody picture with the mayo, you're just slapping it on a bun. The girl has to be the dumbest thing I've ever had to work with and considering some of the places I've worked, that's saying a lot.
You add that on top of the morning and toss in that no one listened to me during lunch as they're supposed to be doing seeing as I am a TL and you have one upset, exhausted and bitchy Sin. And no internet andf tehrefore no Final Heaven, Katsu, Kat, Miranda or Erykah for the Sin. So no sanity for the Sin. *sighs* At least I got online now.
Good stuff (well less bitchy stuff): I rented the House of Flying Daggers and The Phantom of the Opera on DVD the other night. HOFD rocked my world. I love the movie and Chinese men can be so damn hot. I loved the story, I loved the cinemetography and I loved the acting. And the costumes and coloring... I want to walk through a bamboo forest now. The movie was amazing. If you haven't seen it yet, do so. it is so much better than Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and even better than Hero. Go. See. It.
Now for Phantom. I was disappointed with it. Really disappointed. Maybe that's because I saw it in Toronto back when I was still in high school and it just didn't compare. Yes, there were a lot of good things, but the stuff that I didn't like was so blaring in comparison that it drowned out the good things. Minnie Driver was actually really good as Carlotta and I liked this version of the Phantom himself. I didn't like the casting of Christine or Raoul. I couldn't believe they changed the dropping of the chandellier. That just... gah! I was also very disappointed with my favorite musical number. Masquerade is my favorite. I love the song and the Phantom's arrival, ec. I was expecting something grand in the movie given movies typically have a bigger budget than stage productions. I was disappointed in the costumes. I was disappointed in the coreography and I was disappointed in the cinematography. The costumes were so bland and it all seemed so muted. I understand the lack of color was done so the Phantom, in his amazing red costume (the only one I really liked) would stand out more. But still.. I was so diappointed. But yes, the Phantom's costume was amazing and if his cloak was black instead of red and the mask different it was exactly the costume I had chosen for my one FH Exile character if there was a masque ball at some point in the game. That kind of made me laugh.
So, in the end, House of Flying Daggers - good, Phantom of the Opera - bad. Well, I guess if you haven't see Phantom on stage the movie isn't too bad to watch. Now I'm sure there was something else I was going to talk about, but I think I'll let it all go for now.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
EDIT
Now I remember what it was I wanted to say. I hate teenagers. I hate anything that vaguely resembles a teenager. I'm almost 26 damnit. I'm suddenly finding it really ahrd to have patience, much less like, anyone who is four years or more younger than me. So, if you happen to be 22 or younger and you're my friend, feel fucking privaledged because everyone else your age is an immature fuckhead that needs to get the hell out of my way. /rant
