Can You Hear Me NOW!?

I’ve been working hard on my New Year’s Resolutions (from here on out, they will be referred to as NYRs) so I will update you guys on that. But before I do that, I’m going to stick to the points I listed in last week’s Sneak Peek! Which I misspelled as “Peak!” I hope no one noticed.

PHONE REPRESENTATIVES. Sorry, but I love/hate you guys. I love you because I hate robots. I hate calling Verizon and having to repeat myself over and over saying “WHY DOES MY DSL SUCK” to some automated agent.

“Did you mean, ‘Payment’?”
”NO, WHY DOES MY DSL SUCK”
”Did you mean, ‘Cancel Subscription?’”

“What? NO. Representative. I want to speak to a representative!”
”Sorry, we do not have that option available at this time. Please call back later.”

*click*

But once I finally get a human representative on the line, one of two things happen. Option 1: They pick up right away and talk as if they are stuck on 10x Fast Forward. Today, my Fios just stopped working (finally upgraded, what up!) so I called Verizon. After about 8 minutes of getting transferred around, I had a conversation that went something like this.

“Hi, my Fios just stopped working and its saying that my subscription has been put on a temporary halt. I was wondering what that was about?”

“Doyoueverfeellikeaplasticbagdriftingthroughtthewind?”
“Excuse me?”

Okay, so she obviously didn’t sing “Firework”, but she might as well have. Never has understanding English been so difficult. It turned out that I needed to call Verizon back and inform them that I was keeping my service. LOL, what?

“Hello, Verizon? Yeah, remember that thing I signed a 2-year contract for? Yeah…just wanted to let you know that we’re still on and things are going great. Okay, have a nice day.”

http://tinyurl.com/4gjvo7r
Verizon – Insecure significant other.

So the other option of what happens. You get put on hold for about “Five minutes” which if you do the math…equals about 30 in real time. But it’s okay because your call is very important to them.

A few weeks ago, I had to call PayPal about a mix up. I was informed that my call would be answered in the order that they received it. After about 10 minutes, I started to feel the rumble in my belly. I put my phone on speaker and went ahead with taking care of business. Of course, just then the representative came on the line and asked how he could help me.

Awkward. There was a lot of rushing and me saying “Hold on, one sec”, but in the end everything worked out. I hate calling customer service.

So moving on. My NYRs. The 90-Day Bible thing has been going swell. In fact, I’ve been writing some notes as I read and I’m considering starting up Blog #2 just so I could expand on that. Honestly, it’d be nice to have a journal where I can just write my thoughts down and share it. We’ll see.

As for my weight loss one, so far so good! Since I started roughly 1.5-2 weeks ago, I’ve lost about 7-8 pounds. I know most of this is probably water weight, so this figure is not 100% accurate. No celebrations yet, although it’s good to see some results! Seriously though, trying to cut down your caloric intake is painful. I get more cravings than a pregnant woman and sometimes I feel drained for no reason. This is a picture of me on Day 1.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/57611108@N02/5350596776/
PIZZA!!!

However, something I read recently was encouraging. Newark NJ Mayor Cory Booker is also trying to lose weight for his NYR! His goal of 40 pounds over four months is similar to mine, and I wish him the best of luck. Here’s a link to the article where you can find more information about it.

http://www.eurweb.com/?p=75437
Hahahaha, look at that amazing lead.

“Newark New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker had a lot on his plate in 2010 – both figuratively and literally.” -Journalism.

I also promised last week that I would showcase a friend’s blog. My good friend Satchell is an amazing graphic/web designer as well as a gifted writer. Although his love for tech far exceeds mine, his writing is still easy to read and very noob-friendly (as I can attest). Feel free to check out his blog at:

http://polygrafik.com/ (should have been pauleegrafik lololol. Joking.)

You can also visit his website below. Seriously, amazing work. Check it out!
http://www.satchelldrakes.com/home/

No Sneak Peeks this week but here’s a question of the week!

A few friends and I saw a sign the other day at a pharmacy that said, “Free Pick-Ups!”. I’m not really sure how that’s nothing more than stating the obvious – how many pharmacies CHARGE people to come pick up their medication?

So what are some other completely obvious signs that stores could advertise?

The list of what we came up with in the car:
”Free self-parking!”
”Free napkins”

Leave any comments and answers below!

I leave you with a funny picture that I took at the new H-Mart in Edison(?)!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/57611108@N02/5349984537/