From dirt track to super highway

Don't worry Rick. I still can't stand to spend much time in cyberworld. It's annoying to me. Maybe if I didn't have to use one for my job?? better yet when they are voice activated and eye piece flip screened, thus mobile, I'll be a fan.
The journey to FIOS has been rocky. The original date for install was at the start of the month. Verizon swore they'd be here despite the 6-8 inches of snow and all lines being underground. So, you know how that goes. Stay home from work, wait and try to believe. A phone call after the deadline revealed the date had to be changed. At this point all negotiations where handled by my roomie since he's footing the bill. So, a new date was set and a year long monthly discount was given along with "heartfelt" apologies.
  Fast forward to new date...then re-read prior paragraph..add new monthly discounts for the next year...apologies..yada, yada, yada. Great! Now we get a discount on a service we haven't recieved, and we've each missed 2 days of work. So, the next date was set for yesterday. And, the presence of Central Americans with shovels along my drive and across the front yard on Friday gave me hope!  Come on 8-10a.m.!!
  I should back up to Weds. p.m. when my roomie called to check the status of the install. The machine said Monday!!! He straightened that out! (It wasn't pretty)
  So, no show 8-10...new time set 1-2:30. Now they say it could take 6-8 hrs, so....when they finally came at 4pm, I knew what my night would be.
In the end it's a wonderful thing. I just think the irony that a huge communications company fails so badly in communicating. The good news, we have a double monthly discount, a second recorder free, and more options then I'll ever figure out.
  George..you'll get to play with it soon!            Cathy