Hot Ghetto Mess Dept, How Can We Harass You?

So my DirectTV appointment was a complete bust. First of all, the guy was the definition of unprofessional. He kept asking me questions like was I married, did I have kids, what did I do for a living. He made a racial comment about having thought I was going to be a gringa before he met me. Now I'm at least half white but the term gringa is not at all flattering in my opinion. I asked him if he was in the habit of offering racial commentary to all his customers.

He was thoroughly confused but could see that he had offended me. He apologized and noted that he just wanted to be friends. What I wanted to say was that he's not my friend, he's there to hook up my DirectTV and that he should get on it and get the fuck out. I held my tongue as I've been trying to do of late, for what reason I'm not altogether certain.

He was there from 3:00 to 7:15 and was not successful at properly installing the satellite connection. He offered to come back on Monday, but at that point I just needed him out of my house and I told him I'd work out another appointment with DirectTV. I've since called to ensure that he would not be returning to my house. He might get fired, but, he kind of deserves it.

By the way, in the middle of his nonsense, he interrupted a phone conversation I was having to point out the fact that he was getting a ticket. He then excused himself for about ten to fifteen minutes to argue with the cop issuing the parking ticket.

Now I get to waste another weekend afternoon waiting for them to try again. Some good purchase this new flat screen TV was. I ought to have waited since it seems Circuit City will have to liquidate all of its inventory. This is not surprising to me at all since my one experience shopping there compelled me to write a letter to their corporate office suggesting that they change the name of their customer service department, which looks similar to the picture shown here, to harassment by hot ghetto messes.

In other news, the inauguration speech was kind of amazing, even if just because of the sheer numbers of people that turned out to watch. As much of a cynic as I am, I was slightly inspired that we may actually see some positive change.

I was also excited by the Obamicon.me and had to create my own poster - POZ VIZ - or positive visualisation. Send me yours!

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