![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Hello all! I'm back ... for a little while, until my brother returns home again! *eyeroll*
---
While reality buffs may feel they're in heaven, it's a hellish scenario for admirers of "Grey's Anatomy," "30 Rock" and other scripted shows.
Oh, God, why! Why!?! Please stop the writers' strike now. Please?
---
Right before dinner, we got this call from Con Edison in which someone with an accent (that I couldn't understand at all) was trying to explain something about merging and discount on bills to me. I tried every excuse in the book, including "I'm the daughter!" "My dad's not home!" "My mom doesn't speak English!" and "I don't know my family's native language well enough to translate this to her!" and the fuckers still wouldn't let me be! Finally, after I asked them for written information (as in a letter, so I wouldn't have to deal with them), they told me to visit their website and they would call back on Saturday. What the hell?!
That phone call took like 15 minutes! My food was cold and gross when I finally got to the table.
I understand that it's their job, but at least learn when to give up...
---
I just remembered how beautiful the soundtrack to Amelié is... GUH!
---
While reality buffs may feel they're in heaven, it's a hellish scenario for admirers of "Grey's Anatomy," "30 Rock" and other scripted shows.
Oh, God, why! Why!?! Please stop the writers' strike now. Please?
---
Right before dinner, we got this call from Con Edison in which someone with an accent (that I couldn't understand at all) was trying to explain something about merging and discount on bills to me. I tried every excuse in the book, including "I'm the daughter!" "My dad's not home!" "My mom doesn't speak English!" and "I don't know my family's native language well enough to translate this to her!" and the fuckers still wouldn't let me be! Finally, after I asked them for written information (as in a letter, so I wouldn't have to deal with them), they told me to visit their website and they would call back on Saturday. What the hell?!
That phone call took like 15 minutes! My food was cold and gross when I finally got to the table.
I understand that it's their job, but at least learn when to give up...
---
I just remembered how beautiful the soundtrack to Amelié is... GUH!
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-28 03:58 am (UTC)"You could imagine a future that has so much reality that the nation clamors for scripted content because it seems so fresh and new after all the reality content they've seen," he said.
Personally, I reached that point six or seven years ago...
I sympathize. I hate telemarketers. Especially the ones that call and wake me up on Saturday mornings and seem surprised that I'm rather angry (and not at all in the mood for a sales pitch).
(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-28 09:12 pm (UTC)They weren't even telemarketers! They were some company that merged with ConEdison and therefore was giving a discount - I have no freaking idea, to be honest with you. All I know is that they annoyed me.
Ouch, Saturday mornings... That's when you hang up the phone and then disconnect it! :D
(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-28 11:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-28 02:33 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-28 09:13 pm (UTC)You know if the strike continues, PD is going to off air quite soon (I think it only has about 2 more episodes to go...) *gulp*
(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-28 09:58 pm (UTC)Nooooooo. D:
(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-28 05:05 pm (UTC)Sorry about that phone call thing O_o I'd hate if that happened to me
(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-28 09:15 pm (UTC)Yeah, the phone call kind of really sucked! Thanks for your sympathy! ;)
(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-28 06:12 pm (UTC):( I wish that they could get this whole writer's strike thing over with ASAP! It sucks big time!
Sucks about the phone call! :( I would've hung up on them, you obviously have more patience than me! ;)
(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-28 09:16 pm (UTC)Haha. Yeah thanks. It was sucky. But patience? Probably was just scared that they'd call back angry! :D
(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-29 03:40 am (UTC)This guy's called me before and I told him to call back when the parents are home and he has. I can't think of any excuse to make him permananently stop calling so I just may have to do it your way next time!
I hope the strike settles soon with a good compromise, but the key word is SOON. Namely, before the shows run out of eps and we're left with hiatuses (hiatae??) that might break shows like SPN or new shows like Pushing Daisies. *bites nails nervously*