by Andy Oram
August 3, 2000
rawcrude: |
signon |
frac-tiled: |
Just u-n-i |
rawcrude: |
Wheres Westy? |
frac-tiled: |
Wherever |
rawcrude: |
not here yet huh |
frac-tiled: |
Offline like *Forever* |
rawcrude: |
I want to hear her on the Verizon strike |
frac-tiled: |
Think theyll strike? |
rawcrude: |
dunno. where u today? |
frac-tiled: |
days dun thangdog |
Lord the enterprise was dull today |
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served the same drink 46 times |
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a bookstore cafe they callit |
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but folks would pay 4 bucks for frothin latte |
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not 1 hour on something that makes a mind |
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one real book we saw go out |
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and that some Oprah choice, and not bad either |
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but the buyer was just to read the parts her friends had told her to |
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no curiosity, no initiative, no reason but inertia to keep on going |
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I feel I won’t last long there |
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deafnull: |
nooz doodz? |
frac-tiled: |
i’m not repeating. go ahead rawcrude |
rawcrude: |
thought i’d get a clue today |
found i got no chance instead |
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tried and couldn’t find anyone who knew where Westafrican rock got its chords |
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so i asked if i could make it a semester project |
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teacher chilled me right away |
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said to stick to standard tested topics |
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so now i’m down twice |
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can’t see much future, and that not worth waitn for |
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deafnull: |
speakn of west |
rawcrude: |
no Westy on yet |
frac-tiled: |
havent heard of her since *thurs* |
rawcrude: |
couldnt be she got a LIFE |
frac-tiled: |
if so its not like ours thangdog |
rawcrude: |
and shes so hep on telephones |
deafnull: |
think the bellheads will walk? |
frac-tiled: |
no can say. what you gotto say. |
deafnull: |
spent all day tryn to get my benefits |
clerks treat u worse than a child predator who says no to treatment |
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at least the social worker friendly, tho did nothing |
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had to go home twice to get more papers and the papers all backed me up |
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but they said come back and do it all again |
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2 months from now |
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2 months without the doh to fix the chicks car |
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so its 2 hrs to work and 2 hrs back |
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frac-tiled: |
like that everywhere. I feel your payin |
rawcrude: |
snzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz |
cliPP: |
hay |
rawcrude: |
if you got something new to say come on in |
cliPP: |
wont believe this drove out to Westys pad today wont believe this |
rawcrude: |
shes there? why not here? |
cliPP: |
DSL fucked since Thurs night |
frac-tiled: |
knew it! knew it! |
cliPP: |
three uswest techs in a row couldnt do nothing for her |
they know their stuff but keep asking for an upgrade and getting nowhere |
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used to have more staff per customer but usw grew customer base while shrinking staff |
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really sold her a line |
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now the isp loads so high she cant get out by modem eether |
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isp cant get new lines from usw in a timely manner thats why |
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isp yells at usw all the time they dont care |
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westy wants to switch phone companies |
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but the one she chose couldnt get colocation, so no go |
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rawcrude: |
whats she about rite now? |
cliPP: |
out at some consumer group, helping push the verizon workers case |
deafnull: |
whats heatn them? |
cliPP: |
like forced overtime, up to 4 hrs a day |
meanwhile u got to offer new services but u get no training |
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company trying to contract out wireless and internet |
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less pay, less benefits, less job security |
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traditional services are shrinking so wireless is the wave of the future |
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a stinking wave you ask me |
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rawcrude: |
and that companys gonna get into long distance too? |
frac-tiled: |
man their lives sound like ours |
cliPP: |
their pains our poor service dont you see |
frac-tiled: |
then lets give them all the support we can |
rawcrude: |
STRIKE! |
deafnull: |
STRIKE! |
cliPP: |
STRIKE! |
frac-tiled: |
STRIKE! |
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Andy Oram is an editor at O’Reilly & Associates. This article represents his views only. It was originally published in the online magazine Web Review.