What is pissing you off this time?

[monster]

Do you live in a shoebox at t bottom of t yard?

[footfootfoot]

Luxury. We used to dream of living in a shoebox.

[Griff]

Well played, sir.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Luxury. We used to dream of living in a shoebox.

Paraphrasing:

Pfft. You had it eeeeaaaasy...For us it was up before dawn to be at our first job licking the street clean every morning. Then it was home for a breakfast of cold gravel.

[infinite monkey]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Luxury. We used to dream of living in a shoebox.

Is living in a shoebox a step up or down from living in a shoe?

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Is living in a shoebox a step up or down from living in a shoe?

Twould depend on the shoe, I suppose.

[monster]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Twould depend on the shoe, I suppose.

stop being a heel, you need to learn to toe the line. You have no sole.

[lumberjim]

Everything

[infinite monkey]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

Everything

[glatt]

Sorry, Jim.

[lumberjim]

thx.

sometimes it's like the whole dealership wants something from me at the same time. And when it's first thing in the morning, and it's 5 emergencies that could have been managed if the asshole salesmen and sales managers had done their jobs properly... I was boiling.

I'm better now.

[BigV]

complaints from anyone not actually living in a shoe is just meta-carping, no matter how archly spoken.

[Gravdigr]

I shoulda just held my tongue. I guess I should tread more lightly, and find a new balance.

[DanaC]

BT (British Telecom) the robbing twats.


*grrrrrrrrr*

I've had the same email for 15+years. I got it when I was still living with J and BT were our phone and internet provider. Up until about 18 months ago, it was still a free email (part of the BTYahoo family of emails, though the btinternet.com emails predated their partnership). Then about 18 months ago (maybe a little longer) they decided to stop free emails for non-customers. Okay - fair enough - they offered instead a 'premium' email service for £1.60 p/mth which allowed existing users to keep their bt email. So - rather than change every login I have with every service, site and whatever, not to mention i'm quite attached the old email and don't like change, I went with that.

I got an email a month or so ago, saying that prices for BT services would be rising in line with their increased service costs and inflation. This happens from time to time. I get the same emails once or twice a year from my ISP as well, and usually it translates to a few extra pounds on a phone and internet package. The amil I got from BT didn't specify what the changes would be, and to find out you have log into my Account and that's a bastard to do on my computer, because it doesn't like their site. I figured it would maybe go up from £1.60 p/mth to £1.99 or something.

Checked my bank today and the bastards have taken £5.60, which apparently is £5 per four week.

£5 for four weeks of email access???!!!! Jesus what are they doing, storing the data in gold plated vaults?

I phoned and complained - because there is no way that tripling the price reflects their increase in costs for a fucking email service.

So - I've opened a free gmail account and am porting across contacts and emails now. I'll be closing my 15+ year old email account down before the next billing cycle.

When I asked the guy what the justification was for such a sharp increase in price, he said, well you are paying for a premium service. I asked what exactly was premium about it? he told me that some services online require you to have a premium email for you to sign up and use their sites. That still does not explain why they tripled the price. It was already sold to me as a 'premium' service.

Well, fuck 'em. I'm not paying £5 p/mth for emails. Robbing bastards.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Don't forget to send me the Gmail address so I can send you naked pictures.