Dorks

I get home from Hannover on Friday to find that my DSL & Telephone have been switched off. I knew I hadn't been getting the bills - they were supposed to be handled & paid by the accountants for the firm. Nope. They've been going to the firm's office in Stuttgart, and have been put in file 13 there. Nice, eh?

First call to T-Com to figure out what to do. They hang up on me. Second call: I get through to an agent, but can't do anything without my customer number. My customer number is fortunately in an email from a coworker - on the server, not on my machine. Next step - head to KraftAkt for a capuccino & some online time to get the customer number. Success! Third call, with customer number: yup, bill's not been paid, 225 Euros & change. Fastest way to pay them? Creditcard? No, that would be too easy. Pay cash into their account at the post office.

Think that will get it turned on today? Guaranteed not to happen. The accounting peoople aren't in till Monday. Turn it on for the weekend maybe? Not going to happen. :-(

So I guess I'll write some postcards this weekend and get out to EasyEverything a few times to check mail. I'm blaming the dorks at my firm.

Its nice and mild now in Munich - I landed yesterday to 72 degrees and today its in the 60s. Now all my clothes, and especially my bomber jacket, are a bit too warm. This is a much nicer problem to have than being too cold.