56 hours and counting. Our phone and Internet have decided to completely stop working. After several tense cell-phone calls with our provider, which shall remain nameless, I am at my wit’s end. My sanity is in the hands of Time Warner (
oops!), and I don’t like it.
Wait a minute. Shouldn’t I be grateful for this? Am I not the one who is trying to simplify my life? Am I being tested?
Take a deep breath, Jennifer. The world will not come to an end if you can’t get online for a few days.
But it does make me wonder, when did we become so dependent on – and even addicted to – having this instant access to information? There are other ways… knowledgeable friends, daily newspapers, reference librarians… but they’re just not as convenient. (Reference librarians still exist, don’t they?)
Time Warner will be happy to know that I’m not remotely ready to give up the “blazing fast speed” of my cable modem. And if said modem acts up again, I’ll gladly take a short vacation from my need-information-now addiction. At least, I hope I will.
56 hours and counting. Our phone and Internet have decided to completely stop working. After several tense cell-phone calls with our provider, which shall remain nameless, I am at my wit’s end. My sanity is in the hands of Time Warner (oops!), and I don’t like it.
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