After 18 days, phone & Internet access!

I now have a working phone and Internet access in my apartment! Finally, after much prodding, the phone company Verizon sent someone over yesterday to see why my phone was ringing when people call the number but not working inside the apartment. I set my appointment to be from 1-5 PM because I had class at 6:20 PM in Manhattan and usually leave home around 5:30 PM to go to class. Well, at 5:25 the Verizon phone man still had not arrived yet! I wrote a note to tape onto the outside of my door as I left for class. As I opened the door to walk outside, a man walked up and said, "I'm Verizon. Are you the one with phone problems?" I grumbled, "Yes." I didn't want to show my anger because this was the guy that was going to help, and, I have to admit, I have been late a few times in my life. :) He then asked, "How do I know that you are?" This really made me angry. I just sort of glared at him and then he went out behind my building to "check on things." After about 20 minutes, he told me that he couldn't fix it but would have someone come soon. Thankfully, I was able to leave at 5:45 and still get to class right as it was starting.

Today, nobody contacted me, but I looked outside at 10 AM and saw a Verizon truck outside. I looked and saw a man outside working, and about an hour later he left and my phone worked! So 18 days after ordering phone service I finally get it. That is just pathetic. At least now I don't have to make calls from pay phones and get Internet access from NYU or Internet cafes.