Another annoyed Bell customer
So the afternoon rolled around and still no dial-tone. So I called Bell. It seems that I’m now considered a repair, even though the line only got installed yesterday and it’s never worked. So they managed to book a tech to come out and ‘repair’ the problem tomorrow. Sometime between 8am and 12pm. Nice. It took me a while to convince the rep at Bell that it couldn’t be my inside wiring.
Rep: “Now if it’s your inside wiring we’ll have to charge you.”
Me: “There is no inside wiring. I’m connecting my phone directly to the demarcation point.”
Rep: “OK, but if the tech finds that the problem is with your inside wiring that isn’t covered.”
Me: “There. Is. No. Inside. Wiring. I haven’t run it yet.”
Rep: “Oh, I see they installed the line yesterday, well then it’s covered under the 30 day warranty.”
Me: “It’s never worked.”
*sigh*
Pete, Tina and I did crack repair on the interior walls, yesterday Pete demonstrated crack repair on the exterior walls. Dad continued his work on the conduit, but until we have a dial-tome we can’t hook up the phone jacks.
Just before lunchtime Nick (my father-in-law) arrived to continue the fine Sokolowski tradition of sanding paralams. We finally dragged him away at 5:30pm. He’s coming back with me tomorrow at 8am.
In other notable events today: Simon (Generation Solar) stopped by for a visit, we connected the clothes washer and did a load of laundry, and the dishwasher was delivered.
A big hello to visitors who have come here by way of Dwell Magazine, seems they printed a letter from me, and included the blog URL. Enjoy the site, please leave a comment and let me know what you think.
Sorry Jeff, no pictures today.
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- May, 15, 2003