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2002-11-20 - 12:06 p.m.

And when I awoke�I realized that I hurt. But it was a good hurt. One that I haven�t felt in a very very long time.




I have come to the conclusion that the PCS in Sprint PCS stands for Poor Customer Service.

I got thrown out of the Sprint store yesterday. It was my fault, I freely admit it. I lost my cool, not my temper, but my cool. I was so surprised and offended by the complete lack of customer service at this store that I said Bullshit to the �nice� (as if) lady behind the counter, and that got me thrown out of the store. I dunno, I still have a hard time believing that I was THROWN OUT for saying, �This is Bullshit ya know. I have been a Sprint customer for almost 4 years now, I have brought 5 new customers to you, and have a perfect payment record with you, and you feed me this? What�s wrong with you people?� All I wanted was a new phone, and they insisted that I was ineligible for the rebate because I had only been a sprint customer for 2 months. All Genie and I did was switch the phone over to my name. It is still the same number, it is the same account�WTF? And then they proceed with telling me that if I sign a 3 year contract they could give me a new account, new phone (with a $50 rebate�not the $100 one that they are advertising), and leave me with the same number�well after I pay the $35 connection fee, and the $150 fee for breaking my previous contract (I am not even under a contract with them!). A THREE YEAR CONTRACT! They were treating me like crap because they thought I had only been a Sprint Customer for 2 months! And that is when I lost it. I pulled my Asshole card out and threw it right down on the table. I became belligerent, rude, and caustic. I even went so far as to look the security guard in the eye when he approached to �escort� me out and told him �You need to step back cause I�m gonna finish what I have to say, and you aren�t big enough to remove me by yourself�. I know, I can�t believe that I was such an ass either. I am actually rather disappointed with myself. I was outright confrontational with the guy, and he was just trying to his job. It wasn�t even his fault I was pissed. But I said my piece anyhow�I never raised my voice and even managed to get the last word in. Granted it took me actually having to tell the �nice� lady behind the counter to �Shush�enh�eh�no your done talking and jerking me around. Ahhh I said be quiet. Christ lady shut up! The sooner you let me say my piece�uninterrupted the sooner I will leave your store. And that is what we ALL want now isn�t it.� Ugh�so I finished saying what I had to say and left. End of story.

Sigh�while I was waiting in line, five people left the store furious with the shitty customer service. The Store Mgr. was worthless as tits on a boar hog when it came to dealing with these folks�I mean it was as he just didn�t care that he had angry people in his store. He would just direct the Security guard to remove them. I have his number�and I plan to get his boss�s number. Someone needs to know what is going on at that store. Someone needs to know that the folks there were the rudest must unhelpful people that I have EVER had the pleasure of dealing with. I mean come on�it took 45 minutes to get through a line that had SIX people in it. And why? Cause they couldn�t keep employee�s at the desk. Their lame excuse was��Well we ARE entitled to a 15 minute break you know!� Christ on a cracker�not when it takes 45 MINUTES to help 6 Freaking people your not! I swear this place was worse than the DMV. Sigh�and what really pisses me off is I wasted a lot of energy getting upset with them�I lost 45 minutes of my life in that store�and I can waste more time complaining to Mgrs. and what not�and it won�t make a fuckin bit of difference. At the end of the day, they will still be treating their customers like shit�I will still have Sprint phone�and nothing will change. This all sucks�




So why do I hurt today? Well I know that this will come as a shock to many of you�but I went to fight practice last night. It was the first time that I had been to a practice in�5 years.

Now that you have gotten over that little shock�I now suggest that you sit yourself down and get ready, cause this next statement is gonna really knock ya off your feet. Well, at least some of ya.

I have put down my mace in favor of a short sword�and I LIKE it. Yeah you heard me. I REALLY liked fighting with my new short sword�a lot. Yeah I know, I can hardly believe it myself. So, at least for now, I am hanging up my mace. Yall don�t have to worry about feeling it�s whomp for a good long time.

So what did I think of practice? Well�I am excited that my armor fits MUCH better than it did the last time I wore it. I am excited that I may be getting a �new� helmet within the next handful of months. I am all jazzed by the idea of making armor that is not as restrictive as my current stuff. I am concerned about making sure that my shield is hung �just right�. Shrug�nope I have no idea what happened to Liam or where he has gone either�

So on to the fights. What did I think?

Well, I relied entirely on a quick arm and thuggery. I have forgotten ALL the technique that I had ever known. Perhaps that is a good thing though, cause everything I used to know was geared for mace fighting. I am convinced that I looked like crap out there, but then again what did I expect? To be in top form? Yeah right�In my own defense though, I did get a few kills last night. All ugly and amazingly violent�but right now a kill is a kill, and I will take whatever I can get.

First bout of the night I fought with the mace�I went one LONG round with a fellah (I have no idea what his name was though) before he legged me, and then took my arm. He was a good solid fighter. He also had a very effective d against me. He managed to shut down EVERY funny angled shot that I threw at his upper body, while locking down my shield so that I couldn�t open up and get my inside shot to the offside ribs. I guess what I am trying to say is�this fellah has no problems with an extremely close A range fight. At least not with me. Hehe�it was cool though.

After that fight I said goodbye to my mace. I put it down and never looked back.

The next fellah that I fought did a really good job at reminding me just how much I was hanging my arm out. I still have retained that BAD habit from mace it seems. That fight was pretty cool as well. He had several shots that I just never saw coming, and they of course rang my bell. Shrug�In my defense though I did get him with (at least I thought so, I never really saw how it looked) a really nice flat snap flat snap head wrap combo. It was all arm that was throwing the shot and I just don�t think that he expected I could turn my minimal recovery into an effective wrap. Blacksmithing has certainly provided me with the arm strength to do a few funky things.

My last fight of the night I think had to have been the one I had the most fun with. I fought Bryce�and I am pretty sure he was going easier on me than he would have against many of yall�but he managed to do it in such a way as to make me feel like he hadn�t taken things down several notches. That takes a lot of talent to pull something like that off, and like I said he did it really well. So anyhow, what do I remember from my fights with him? Well I remember at one point laughing like an idiot when he TOTALLY faked me out. I could have sworn he was heading to my sword side�and I thought I knew EXACTALY where his shot would be coming in. And I tell ya I pivoted perfectly, brought my shield into the right place, and was ready to throw a return blow that I knew would land�and then SOMETHING bit me on my left leg. I swear to God I thought it was bout the funniest thing at the time. It was as if suddenly Bryce was in two places at once. Man what a great leg shot. I never saw it coming�and better yet, I never even though that that leg shot was a possibility.

Now I gotta tell ya, this next bit I find a little embarrassing�but it is a real good look at how my mind is working at the moment. There I was, in close, blocking blocking looking for a shot, trying to make a shot when suddenly my brain says to me�Liam�is Bryce�s shield up a bit high? (I swear this is the dialogue that went on in my head). Block, throw, block, block, lean over to take a better look at Bryce�s shield. Hmmm�yeah it sure does seem to be REAL high�oh and hey look there is his leg all unprotected and stuff�block, block, block, crap�I should really throw a shot at that leg�block, block, I should do it now before it goes away, block�and FINALLY I threw the leg shot. GEEEZZZUUUS Liam�Bryce of course smiled at me and said �I was wondering when you would get around to throwing at that leg�. Hehehe�Guess it really has been a long time.

So all in all practice was good�if for nothing else than I got in armor and swung a stick for a bit. Perhaps I can stick with it this time�

Now the last thing I have to say on this�I did have every heavy fighter I fought tell me that I had REALLY good aggression. I am not really sure how to take that though, or what that really means. I am assuming it was meant as a compliment, but part of me is wondering if that is a nice way of saying�man your fighting like a big ole thug at the moment, but we�re glad to see ya in armor�keep working. I dunno�Like I said I am going to take it as a compliment�even though I�m pretty sure I looked like crap and was fighting like a big ole thug.




Today I learned that My beloved Bruins got their butts handed to them by the Leaf�s�sigh. Ok Genie�go ahead, Gloat away. In their defense though�the Bruins do have 5 of their main players on the injured list�so really it is pretty amazing that they are doing as well as they have been.

So what have you learned today?

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