*takes a bow*

Two kinds of potatoes and what?

fried okra, fried apples, dumplings, and carrots in maple syrup. They also have a low carb menu. I estimate the caloric values of those meals to be in the high 5000s.

I have an excuse- I just drove across country and ate there- twice.

Hey IDIOT! Stop faxing us! If you repeatedly hear someone answering when you fax YOU HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER!!

sorry...my co-worker and I have been the only 2 answering the phones this morning and we have gotten at least 10 fax calls in the last 30 minutes.

Mmmm.... dumplings :)

What Sohrshah failed to mention is that she also has a souvenir from said Cracker Barrel visits, as she picked up a plush POSSUM in the one in Virginia ;)

How could I possibly resist a STUFFED 'POSSUM???

Soooo.... As you may remember, back in January we went with Verizon FioS for our cable and internet service. At that time, I called Charter to cancel our cable service. They were supposed to pick up the cable box. They never did.

Yesterday, we got a notice from Charter saying that we haven't been paying our bill, and that our service was about to be disconnected. WTF??

I called Charter customer (dis)service. They had no record of our cancellation request. they had a record that I called, but no request. :rolleyes:

They magnanimously agreed to cancel our service as of today, but we would still have to pay the bill. "I don't think so", I said, and asked to speak to a supervisor. Spoke to the supervisor and got the same old song and dance. So I hung up. After a few minutes on the internet I had the number for Charter Communications corporate office in St Louis.

I couldn't get connected to the CEO's office, but I did get the voicemail of the CFO. His voicemail gave me an option to connect to someone who could help me with an unresolved customer service issue. "why, thank you!"

Within seconds, I was talking to Francie. Francie was nice. Francie was helpful. Francie was apologetic. Francie canceled my account effective 1/18/08. Francie told me that someone would be out tomorrow to pick up the box, and that i didn't owe them a dime. I think Francie is my new (platonic) girlfriend.

So, if anyone is having problems with Charter, call (314)965-0555, ask to be connected to Mr Fisher's office, pick the unresolved customer service issue choice, And maybe Francie will make you all happy and tingly too!

ETA: And now Bill and I are going to go have lunch at Arby's to celebrate my triumph over the corporate world!

Great - now I'm craving Arby's and Ryan took the car to work today. ;)




Okay - I've been keeping this pretty mum, but I had a really good interview Wednesday (by phone, of course). It was a total surprise interview from an unexpected source. (I mean, yes I intentionally applied there, but I didn't think for a second I'd get considered - I just wanted an excuse to send out my new cover letter.)

I don't know that I'll get the job, but I did seem to have a good rapport with potential boss and the staff. In fact, when I called the assistant back yesterday to ask a follow-up question, she sounded thrilled to hear from me and then said "oh! so-and-so is here and they want to talk to you, too!" and handed the phone to the other staff member, who wanted to make sure I had her direct phone line in case I had questions. I mean, she didn't have to do that, right? If they knew they didn't want me, they wouldn't both have talked to me, right?

Anyhow, now it's a waiting game. I know I was the second of three planned interviews, but the third isn't scheduled until mid-March. I'm going to call in a week when the bar exam is over, though, and see if I can interest them in an in-person interview. (I have another excuse to call, too, since there's a particular project they were telling me about that's fascinating that will be wrapped up by then and they've already invited me to call back and find out how it all went.)

It's a total surprise and in an area of law I'd never considered focusing on - but now that I'm thinking about it, it sounds like something I really might enjoy.

Anyhow, I know this is all vague and all, but crossed fingers and all that....

oooh, do you see that weird little neon Arby's sign over your head?

*sigh* Horny and my sex toy has the flu.