Yesterday, I had a mission. About a month ago The Girl and I decided to cancel our home phone. We both have cell phones and it seemed like a waste of money to keep the house phone too. We never used it, I rarely answered it and I was glad to be rid of it. The less money we have to pay to Comcast, the better. I received a letter from Comcast stating I needed to bring them the phone modem my April 24th or they would bill me $80 for it. Not so "Comcastic" of them, was it?
So, my mission yesterday was to return the modem. During lunch I went to the Comcast office in Peabody. On the door was a notice: OFFICE CLOSED, MOVED TO SALEM.
Ok, I read and re-read the directions to the Salem office...there were about 8 lines of directions. This wasn't working for me at all. I don't KNOW Salem that well...I have a terrible sense of direction....this had craptastic written all over it. I called my office and had SECRETARY call Comcast and find out if the Saugus Comcast was still open. I knew where that was and it was more or less near my office. I got the word the Saugus office was open and I knew exactly where it was. I set off for Saugus. I figured I'd be back at my desk in less than a half hour. I was very wrong.
As I hit Central Street in Saugus, there were police cruisers, fire engines and ambulances tearing down the street. Something must have happend, I thought. Have I mentioned how incredibly perceptive I am?? First I could smell the smoke...then, I could see it. Thick, black, oppressive smoke. I closed the car windows and sun-roof. It was hard to see the car in front of me. Traffic came to a dead stop. People were running down the street, toward wherever this smoke was coming from. Then I noticed the helicopters, hovering. Not to be overly dramatic but it looked like a scene in a movie. There were fire engines from Revere, Malden and Lynn trying to get through the traffic. All I could think was, I'm stuck in this smoke, I can't get to Comcast, this is killing me. I was very aggravated.
This morning I read that an elderly woman, a DOUBLE AMPUTEE, had to be rescued from the top floor of a 3 family house. While I was sitting there all put out by this terrible inconvenience to MY day, a woman, WITHOUT LEGS, was trapped in a burning house.
Maybe I'm the craptastic one.
4 comments:
Is that the actual house or is that random picture of a burning house?
yikes.
awful.
Did you ever make it to Comcast????
That's the actual house (pic from today's Globe) and yes, I did make it to comcast and I didn't get back to work until 2:17! It was a complete GF but so minor when I think about what was happening while I sat and stewed.
Jeez. Put's things in perspective.
Oh please. Legs or not, everyone knows it still all about you. Or The Girl. Or you and The Girl together... Am I right??
OH Matey!
Is that a rhetorical question??
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