blkdragon

grounded
2004-02-28 01:25:14 (UTC)

It's raining, no it's pouring down hellfire

I left the job today, turned to get on the thruway and
heard a pop, accelerated and felt the driver's side
vibrating; so I slowed and stopped in the breakdown area,
I took a quick look under the car and saw nothing. I
proceeded to get back on and drive slowly, with the hazard
lights on, I stopped @ a Mobil station; jacked up the car
and looked underneath again, I saw nothing. The car not
only feels funny but it doesn't sound good. I'm going to
have it towed to Pep Boys and have them look at it, I'm
supposed to go to Kingston in the morning to give Shawn
and his wife time to themselves, that will still occur; I
may need to rent a car in the meantime!
I'm on the phone with my Auto Club and they'll be towing
my car, Pep Boys will look at the car and ascertain the
problem, they'll call me and inform me of the damage and I
hope they can have it repaired by noon tomorrow; the tow
is free, thankfully! The Club also pays the $500
deductible, in the event of an accident, for major
repairs; truly a Godsend.
Surprisingly, I have $750 in my account and my son's
credit card, hopefully I won't need to use the card;
that's to be used for the utility emergency. I'm going to
make arrangements with my landlord for the late rent and
I'm going to file my taxes by the beginning of the week.
It looks like the dentures may be on hold again, not that
big a deal, I'm not vain and my current dental state has
not stopped women from being attracted to me. A new woman
began working for the company yesterday, she worked with
me today and told me that she knew a guy named Charles
that looked just like me ( I have people tellng me that
constantly), she wondered if we'd ever met and asked me
where I lived; I told her and she believed I may have been
that guy she mentioned. She proceeded to wait for me to
take advantage of the opening she provided, I don't mix
business with pleasure and although she seemed nice, I
wasn't attracted to her; sex for the sake of sex with her
would only cause problems in the future, so that's out of
the question as well.
She inquired about my address to get an idea whether she'd
been in the area, it would help her to identify if I were
the person she believes she met, I told her. For the rest
of the day, she appeared to be waiting for me to continue
conversating, the work we were doing required my undivided
attention; 90% of the time, so we didn't do as much
talking as she'd liked. She smiled, openly, at the end of
the day and waved goodbye. Curious what will be in store
for me, next week?
I'm also dealing with a cell phone bill, it's in excess of
$700 dollars. I changed the service from 300 min to 50 min
and told the rep to keep the nights and weekend package,
they dropped the package and expect me to pay the charges
incurred as a result of their snafu, not going to happen;
I have them on the line now. If they tell me they won't
waive the charges, our relationship is over and I've been
a customer of theirs for the last seven years. The rep. is
doing his best to understand the situation and I believe
the ruling will be in my favor, it's yet to be seen.
I'm waiting for the tow truck to get my car and then I can
get some dinner, I'm also waiting for my son to call me
before he returns home to Kingston, that may not happen.
Cingular really seems to be trying to understand my
dilemma, the fact that I didn't cause the problem is the
issue here. Just got off the line with them, I spoke with
a rep, a supervisor; a manager and now the issue must be
sent to a higher power. Either the manager or her boss
will contact me personally, I told the woman to ask her
boss to check my history, they'll see that at no time did
any of my cells not have nights and weekends; with that
said, they should understand that the snafu was a creation
of theirs and I shouldn't be asked to bear it. They'll
contact me in seven to ten days, they won't adjust the
service or account until a resolution is reached.
Dum spiro, spero: As long as I breathe, I hope! In the
event that some muckety muck decides to flex his executive
muscle, I left the manager with a thought, I can always
cancel my accounts; killing the goose that lays their
golden eggs. Si vi pacem, para bellum: If you wish for
peace, prepare for war!
The truck loaded my car and now I'm waiting for the Pep
Boys tech to call. It's been Grand Central Station here
and I'm the engineer, this train moves when I say and goes
where I want it to! I wanted to go to the rink tonight,
hoped to see Christine, expected to see Diane; no one will
see me. I hope to be able to go by Sunday, I need the car
to keep an appointment to see an apartment, my son made
the appointment; I'm glad he took the initiative because I
don't have the time!
When the hell did I become so busy? There seems to be a
new Production Manager on the job, she and Jack engaged in
conversation about me, they all but pointed while I worked
the stitcher. I gave them something to think about! I was
training the new woman to feed the pockets, to develope
the rhythm necessary to keep up, showing her what is
expected when the machine is down; she didn't do too bad.
Her name is Ann! I let Jack and the new Mgr. watch me
handle the job effortlessly, Jack is aware of my
potential, but for some reason he seems to be afraid of
me. People fearing me is nothing new, I don't like it, but
it's their problem; not mine! I hope the chinese food gets
here soon, I'm hungry and I haven't been shopping for two
weeks, I thought I'd go this weekend; I hope so!
Sorry if I got long-winded, but there you have it! Oh,
China, good job; I'm proud of you! Pretty are you ok?




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