Orange broadband: doubleplusungood

Don't annoy me, I'm going to blog about it.  If it's out there, Google will find it.

Last night I was poised to strike on a particularly lovely bass guitar, the type of which I have had my eye on for some time now when my broadband decided to throw one of its all too regular wobblies.  I got to the bid confirmation page, then I was frantically clicking on the confirm button but to no avail.  Some might say this is my fault for being an auction sniping git but one's broadband connection ought to be reliable enough to perform this simple web browsing task.

I was incandescent with rage.  This is the final straw in a large bale.  It's never worked properly since it went live.  It's been flaky for days, I contacted them last week and so far no-one's been in touch.  I refuse to call their "support line" and be dragged through troubleshooting my own equipment, on which there is no fault, at my expense.  The last time I finally managed to get to talk to someone who actually has an idea of how broadband works, I was promised a call back to see how it was behaving and it never happened.

Meanwhile, I'm left with a connection which I can't count on working properly any day of the week. I am going to issue a formal complaint, I have never encountered such incompetence in all my life. Ideally, I'd like to be released from my contract with them so I can go find someone who knows what the hell they're talking about.


NEVER EVER THINK OF GOING TO ORANGE FOR BROADBAND.  IF IT WORKS, GREAT.  IF IT DOESN'T, YOU'LL GET NOWHERE LOOKING FOR SUPPORT.

Gig tipoff: Hijak Oscar, Thee Zu, Panda Eyes, Evil Neill

When: Saturday 29th May 2010
Where: The Moorings, Virginia Street, Aberdeen, AB11 5AA
Doors: 8pm
Tax: £3

We're back on stage and we've got some new songs to try out on you.  You should come down anyway, the Moorings is an awesome place, great range of quality beverages to sample!

http://www.myspace.com/hijakoscar
http://www.myspace.com/kalamazoomusic
http://www.myspace.com/pandaeyesaberdeen

last.fm event: http://www.last.fm/event/1532439

My life is currently unbalanced in a good way

I am both pleased and worried by the amount of good fortune I have experienced lately, pleased obviously for all the good stuff and worried about what's in the post to balance things out :)

• Won the Euromillons (well £5.50 of them)
• My vegetable garden is coming along in leaps and bounds
• Got a bunch of debt collectors who have been chasing me since October to admit they made a mistake
• Car passed its MOT first time
• Got a lift to the garage from work by a passing colleague

I'm sure there's other stuff but that's enough to illustrate my point.  What worries me is that things will come around and we'll get hit with a run of bad luck, life has a tendency to even out over the long term.

However, I'm currently sunbathing in a sunbeam :)