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Thursday, July 27, 2006
nine days ...
... since the power surge that devasted my darling nyaguthii. the fact that the lightening storm affected the one thing in the apartment i couldn't live without (like seriously, why not the tv? cable pretty much sucks anyhow. wait - i take that back cos i have lived without cable. still, you can't find stuff like this on tv - update:you tube is down for some reason. oh well) just further shows that lightening is evil and wrong.
after calling various people and wailing that my screen was blank and being told repeatedly to press the fn and brightness keys simultaneously severally (i didn't even know that that fn button existed - what is it for anyhow?) i gave in and called customer care. after ages on hold and being repeatedly informed that my call is important i finally get through to some bored sounding guy. so i tell him what the problem is, that my screen has gone blank and can they help me fix it? cue my variation of the call centre.
"ma'am, could you press the fn and brightness key at the same time?"
"i already tried that, it didn't work."
"alright, ma'am, but i need you to try once more. now, make sure that you press them at the same time."
yeah, like your voice will work magic on my fingers and channel some sort of voodoo. like when i pressed fn+brightness key all by myself i somehow did it wrong and i have to do it the 'right way'.
did i mention i was pissed off already cos i was in the middle of something when said laptop threw a tantrum?
"it didn't work."
"ok ma'am. please hold."
five minutes later, he gets back and tells me to press the f10 button repeatedly. and to make sure that it's more than once. by now i'm about ready to blow but i don't want to be put on hold forever and or transferred to hades. so i press it repeatedly, you know, more than once.
"uh, nothing happened."
"ok ma'am. please try pressing the fn button and the brightness key at the same time"
after explaning to him that i had pressed all required buttons as directed he then asks me if i am online. when i say yes, he directs me to www.hp.com to trouble shoot my problem. i swear, words failed me at this point. but i was nice, promise. so i told him that was connected to the internet but i couldn't see anything. because my screen was blank. thus the reason i called.
"alright ma'am. what i am going to do is that i am going to transfer you ... "
at this point i was ready to scream. after talking to another person who tried to get me to get me to press that damn fn button and god know's what else and go to hp.com i was finally informed that my backlight was out. was i interested in renewing my warranty since it expires in 40 days for the low price of $99 before they took all my info? goodness gracious (well, at the time it was lots of four letter words but i'm over it now). so, i finally have nyaguthii back and we are back to bonding. looking back, it wasn't that bad. the ultimate bad call centre experience is trying to cancel services from AOL. man, those guys are persistent. it took me like 15 minutes to tell the guy that i just want to cancel it. yes, i know AOL has lots of cool stuff. no, i dont give a crap. just cancel it!
anyhoo, sice i didn't have you tube to distract me, i had lots of time to actually watch tv and concentrate as opposed to it just flickering in the background. i discovered that they've run out ideas for good shows. i mean, i like bad tevlevion but there is nothing as bad as a bad show advertised as the all and end all of quality programming. the world series of pop culture? c'mon! it is really not necessary for anyone to know the four drnks mentioned in chumbawamba's "tubthumping', even for $250,000. wait, me being the typical struggling student i shouldn't say that. i guess i'll just have to wait for "flavour of love". horrible show i know but i stumbled on reruns one day and i was hooked! even trailers for all these summer movies don't interest me. and there was this one - was it the ant bully? i'm too lazy to check - that had a parody of some arnold schwarzenegger character. in the year 2006. now those writers are just being lazy. we need another "governator" caricature like we need a scene where the hero/villain of the movie walks away from a glorious explosion in a blaze of glory or a slow motion matrix like fighting or even that "yell heard around the galaxy sequence",you know, the one where some person is in a room somewhere and shouts 'nooooooooo' and then it cuts to to the house, then to the neighbourhood, then to the state, then to the country, the to a view of the earth from outer space. overdone, overdone. just like remakes of popular shows and movies. someone, please, make them stop.
now that summer is in full effect and the heat has made people go crazy there seem to be more car chases. i dont remember seeing this much fodder for episodes of 'cops' in the winter time. maybe it's just me.
speaking of crazy people, some random person had the gall to reach out and touch my hair when i was standing in the checkout aisle at jc penny's. what, did she think i wouldn't notice? when i turned around she was like "i'm sorry, i just couldn't help it. do you mind?"
where to begin ...
look, i like dudes who rock the bald look but i don't go around rubbing miscelleneous heads. like really, seriously. i am not a doll. they're dreads, get over it. it's just hair. jeez.
instead of trying to explain this to the valley girl (it's not nastiness, the gum popping and clueless attitude said it all) i just told her not to touch me. after "gosh, sorry then" she then proceeded to sulk and look offended as i said my hail mary's and our father's so that i wouldn't go all bruce lee on her.
she would have probably pulled out her own version of nunchucks - a lipgloss/mascara combo maybe, and made me shop till i dropped and dyed my hair bleach blonde. hehe. i need to stop. i'm up way too late anyhow.
after calling various people and wailing that my screen was blank and being told repeatedly to press the fn and brightness keys simultaneously severally (i didn't even know that that fn button existed - what is it for anyhow?) i gave in and called customer care. after ages on hold and being repeatedly informed that my call is important i finally get through to some bored sounding guy. so i tell him what the problem is, that my screen has gone blank and can they help me fix it? cue my variation of the call centre.
"ma'am, could you press the fn and brightness key at the same time?"
"i already tried that, it didn't work."
"alright, ma'am, but i need you to try once more. now, make sure that you press them at the same time."
yeah, like your voice will work magic on my fingers and channel some sort of voodoo. like when i pressed fn+brightness key all by myself i somehow did it wrong and i have to do it the 'right way'.
did i mention i was pissed off already cos i was in the middle of something when said laptop threw a tantrum?
"it didn't work."
"ok ma'am. please hold."
five minutes later, he gets back and tells me to press the f10 button repeatedly. and to make sure that it's more than once. by now i'm about ready to blow but i don't want to be put on hold forever and or transferred to hades. so i press it repeatedly, you know, more than once.
"uh, nothing happened."
"ok ma'am. please try pressing the fn button and the brightness key at the same time"
after explaning to him that i had pressed all required buttons as directed he then asks me if i am online. when i say yes, he directs me to www.hp.com to trouble shoot my problem. i swear, words failed me at this point. but i was nice, promise. so i told him that was connected to the internet but i couldn't see anything. because my screen was blank. thus the reason i called.
"alright ma'am. what i am going to do is that i am going to transfer you ... "
at this point i was ready to scream. after talking to another person who tried to get me to get me to press that damn fn button and god know's what else and go to hp.com i was finally informed that my backlight was out. was i interested in renewing my warranty since it expires in 40 days for the low price of $99 before they took all my info? goodness gracious (well, at the time it was lots of four letter words but i'm over it now). so, i finally have nyaguthii back and we are back to bonding. looking back, it wasn't that bad. the ultimate bad call centre experience is trying to cancel services from AOL. man, those guys are persistent. it took me like 15 minutes to tell the guy that i just want to cancel it. yes, i know AOL has lots of cool stuff. no, i dont give a crap. just cancel it!
anyhoo, sice i didn't have you tube to distract me, i had lots of time to actually watch tv and concentrate as opposed to it just flickering in the background. i discovered that they've run out ideas for good shows. i mean, i like bad tevlevion but there is nothing as bad as a bad show advertised as the all and end all of quality programming. the world series of pop culture? c'mon! it is really not necessary for anyone to know the four drnks mentioned in chumbawamba's "tubthumping', even for $250,000. wait, me being the typical struggling student i shouldn't say that. i guess i'll just have to wait for "flavour of love". horrible show i know but i stumbled on reruns one day and i was hooked! even trailers for all these summer movies don't interest me. and there was this one - was it the ant bully? i'm too lazy to check - that had a parody of some arnold schwarzenegger character. in the year 2006. now those writers are just being lazy. we need another "governator" caricature like we need a scene where the hero/villain of the movie walks away from a glorious explosion in a blaze of glory or a slow motion matrix like fighting or even that "yell heard around the galaxy sequence",you know, the one where some person is in a room somewhere and shouts 'nooooooooo' and then it cuts to to the house, then to the neighbourhood, then to the state, then to the country, the to a view of the earth from outer space. overdone, overdone. just like remakes of popular shows and movies. someone, please, make them stop.
now that summer is in full effect and the heat has made people go crazy there seem to be more car chases. i dont remember seeing this much fodder for episodes of 'cops' in the winter time. maybe it's just me.
speaking of crazy people, some random person had the gall to reach out and touch my hair when i was standing in the checkout aisle at jc penny's. what, did she think i wouldn't notice? when i turned around she was like "i'm sorry, i just couldn't help it. do you mind?"
where to begin ...
look, i like dudes who rock the bald look but i don't go around rubbing miscelleneous heads. like really, seriously. i am not a doll. they're dreads, get over it. it's just hair. jeez.
instead of trying to explain this to the valley girl (it's not nastiness, the gum popping and clueless attitude said it all) i just told her not to touch me. after "gosh, sorry then" she then proceeded to sulk and look offended as i said my hail mary's and our father's so that i wouldn't go all bruce lee on her.
she would have probably pulled out her own version of nunchucks - a lipgloss/mascara combo maybe, and made me shop till i dropped and dyed my hair bleach blonde. hehe. i need to stop. i'm up way too late anyhow.
19 Comments:
The bear has posted!The bear has posted!
Never ever do AOL!That is a demonic company!That is one of the first things I was told when I got here after 1.Never co-sing for anything, 2.Don't get a girl pregnant unless you are married to her, 3.Never give anyone your SSN unless they are an employer or crdeit card company,4.Stay away from Nigerians!
The automated thingie you go through first drives me crazy!Then the long wait time before you get to talk to someone.Then the inane questions and answers!Damn those people!
Most VH1 shows suck but I most def looking forward to flavor of love 2.Bad but funny tv!Most movies made nowadays suck, I am not even going to start.
As for the dreads thing, my locks are short so I havent gotten that problem yet; those who have touched usually ask first.But I do find it very offensive for someone to touch your hair bila permission.And like the book review said, it's always white women!Anyway back to pretending to work!
aco, i did the whole "the power of christ compells you! the power of christ compells you" routine lakini the AOL person just kept yakking on about how their serice is excellent.for sure, pepo ashindwe!
ah, another flavour of love connoiseur. i have been banned from watching it in the presence of others, hehe.
do those who ask to touch your hair do it with their hand already outstretched? that's almost as bad as not asking at all. i guess i need to practtice my scary african face, teehee.
lol!@the gum-popping and clueless attitude said it all.
Had not seen that bit about your Nyaguthii - do I have to name my pet too? I think it is too hot for even for those poor souls in call centres.
Pole - hope your baby gets better soon - meanwhile collect enough stuff to blog for the next month.
Kwani ur hair has which texture sweetie mpaka watu wanaifeeel..
Hebu come back here for some regular posting.. hp u well nw
nyas how u been! its been too long u dont appear online ama?
Goood, goood to have you back Spicebear!! happy you got Nyags working again. Phew! That run around they give you must have been a real pain!
lol! @ "i'm sorry, i just couldn't help it. do you mind?"
..next time you grab the money in their hands and tell them the same thing.
Be back for more, am just bloghopping until midweek, cath me on that 'space' where am still networking:)
@ kelitu
you've got no idea how valley she was, she fit the profile to a T!
@ uaridi
my darling is now fine but i'm still drawing a blank as to what to blog about, hehe. it's not hiatus, it's laziness.
@ nakeel
i don't know it fascinates people like that. tis just hair after all. but touching without asking is most definately an invasion of privacy.
@ couch tato
been offline for a while but now i'm back. hit me up on messenger dude and dont pull an invisible!
@ akiey
you are so funny, ati i grab their money? lol, i so wish i could but me i'm half scaredycat. me and nyaguthii are still bonding - you wouldnt believe the stuff that accumulates in your inbox when you dont check it everyday. i'll check up on you in your space then.
glad to hear nyaguthii is back in bizna ...next time she acts up and all else fails...nipigie simu, I will be ur tech support in kyuk !!
and the secret is to gongain the laptop on thse side like u did them old tv's its worked wonders for me..on both pc, tv and boyfie ( kongorias mano on the noggin for tryin to grab a nyaki from the stove while cooking - nyangau wewe ) as I was saying ....call me.
wacha I chapa this man here with the mwiko while its still hot ( literally ) gakware gaka nigakujira nikii karaigiria ciara thufuriani giruga !!
* devious logs off her unnamed pc and proceeds to pummel the living daylights out of Thiong'o *
LMAO! devious you are too funny. woi njesus, you'd best believe if i hit boyfie upside the head for whatever reason there would be domes for a week.
whatever happened to the brother of the dude who took you to the fishes? hehe, msichana, you need to fill in the blanks pronto cos we moved from ikemefune to thiong'o.
im calling you next time, as long as you assure me that you wont be putting me on hold as you go "mburi ino" on poor hungry boyfie. noga if you have a camera go right ahead!!
Hi Spicebear. I'm sorry to hear of your computer problems. That and getting through technical help is so frustrating. But you are back and that is good!
its itchy whenever someone pulls your hair ... that is why am like with no hair right now ... you do have an engaging reading i must say
SPICE... kwanza I have more Oduori drama coming soon.....
@ tim
hey there nice to see you around again. it's great to have the internet back again. it does make me think that i am too dependent on being online.
@ mdkims
it was not pulling, it was more like a creepy caress.
*looking down bashfully and batting eyelashes* aw shucks. thanks. ill have my agent get in touch with you (let no one accuse me of not being proactive)
@ devious
YOU HAD DRAMA AND YOU DIDN'T SHARE? now that is just wrong, tutakosana. i shall start salking your blog mpaka you dish the dirt.
@ instigator
i'll be gone for a while - matembezi and all that. consider this my gone fishing notice. will be back next week.
wee gaskett I know nyaguthii may be down but can we plz hear from you ?
Hiya Spicebear! So sorry to hear about your laptop incident, it always sucks to have a nice piece of equipment destroyed. As for AOL, they usually offer a free month if you threaten to cancel, so you can typically get about 3mos before they finally lament and let you cancel with ease. Customer service in America has gone to the dogs, companies are cheap and they like putting people in an endless loop of automated options. Still, I hear the customer service is even worse in Europe, so I guess I can't complain.
Just came back to say, Hi! Hope things are going better now. (Aug 15)
@ devious
you can breathe now, i'm back. miss me?
@ crystal
i've heard horror stories of people having problems cancelling from AOL. google that and you'll se what i mean. good to have you around hagain, don't be a stranger.
@ tim
thanks for checking in, i was away for a while but now i'm back. will be dropping by yours to say hi.
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