[ Outline ] · Standard · Linear+ Rant, ...about anything and everything

[jrock8]

alright, the purpose of this thread is to create a place where anyone can vent about anything... it might be some shit at work, some dickhead on the street, something about society in general that just pisses you off...

go ahead, let it out... let's here you rant!


i'll start... i hate the city of chicago... they FINALLY get in line w/the rest of the sensible world and pass a smoking ban that goes into effect this month... the catch? they put in a TWO YEAR exemption for bars, clubs and restaurants... great, two more years of me going out and smelling like an ashtray when i come home, having to air my coat out for days afterwards, oh, and yeah, all the shit that i'm breathing in while i'm there... so here's a royal "fuck you" to the city

[Bobaloo]

Okay. here's MY rant!!!

I have 6 static IP addresses at work. I use one of them to run my own email server. well, all of a sudden I'm having problems with return DNS when sending email to a student I'm stalking at Columbia University. I call my ISP to get the issue resolved and I find out that they decided to change my static IP addresses. They said I put in a change request sometime last week. Um, yeah, whatever. why the fuck would I do that???? that defeats the purpose of having a STATIC IP address!

So after making about 10 phone calls to automated voice near-recognition bullshit numbers, I finally get through to the tech dept. then after 10 minutes of BS there, I finally get to the level 2 tech guy who knows WTF a static IP address is. We almost get the issue resolved to where I have my old IP addresses assigned to me again. After about 40 minutes of talking to that guy, we get disconnected.

so i call back and no one knows the guy I talked to last time. So I'm stuck talking to Sszawanjumal, who goes by the alias Alan, who claims he is a level 2 tech. I've never begged so hard to find out if there was a level 3 guy. so after 1 hour and 20 minutes I've spent about 90% of that time on hold, he's asked me to clarify the problem about 3 times, my bladder is nearing capacity. at first he came on the line every 5 minutes to thank me for my patience and see if I wouldn't mind continuing to hold. I told him he didn't have to keep doing that... he then switched to every 10 minutes. after a total of 1 hour and 40 minutes on that phone call, he tells me he almost has the problem resolved, but he needs to check with the rep next to him cuz his computer is not responding properly (they probably just changed is IP address without him knowing).

In case anyone was wondering, he still really appreciates my patience. I just peed my pants.

I'm ready to fucking scream!!!