Now I Remember Why I Don’t Have A Phone Line!
When I moved into my new house a year ago, I decided that I wasn’t going to put in a land line. Instead we would just run off of our cell phones. After all what is the point in having three phone numbers for two people? But since I didn’t get a phone line, I have a 3-4 foot tall 10-inch PVC pipe sticking out of my front yard. Well actually three, because it turns out neither of my neighbors got a traditional phone line either. So AT&T has never made a trip out to do their typical thing where they tear up your yard burying the cable.
I tried to call them tonight. After navigating their menu which was a confusing mess of some menus that want you to SAY the number, and some that want you to PRESS number (seriously a phone company can’t get his right?), I was greeted by a pleasant sounding robot woman who told me my estimated wait time was 55 minutes. I wasn’t so pleasant back to her. I think this is one of the menus that could understand what you are saying, because it politely offered to schedule a call-back for another time.
So AT&T is supposed to call me back tomorrow, and which time I expect to be told that they don’t know how to help me because I don’t have an account with them. I mean after all, who in their right mind doesn’t have a land line? This ought to make for some really good blogging.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Cut it off a few inches above the ground, get one of those fake, hollow rocks, and stick it over top of it. Problem solved.
I’m going to laugh if they come out and tear up your yard to bury a cable you’ll never need. Chances are, if they do it, they’ll throw down some crap, fescue seed and hay and call it done and you’ll be trying to kill fescue and get your bermuda to fill back in for the next 2 years.