The Loner VS. SBC

My lengthy battle with the stupid assholes at SBC has finally come to an end. Well, technically, they aren't SBC anymore. They started off as Ameritech, then became SBC Ameritech, then became SBC Michigan (or the other way around)... I think now they're SBC/AT&T or some shit. It seems like I every time I get a bill from these fuckers, they've changed identities yet again. Why don't they just be truthful and call themselves "Company That Loves To Dry Fuck Your Virgin Ass?"

This company hates me. I hate them. It all started years back, when they liked to randomly shut off my service even when my account was paid in full. Since I refuse to get a cell phone, I'd have to go to a payphone just to call the morons. "Look," I'd cry into the receiver, "Can you please just turn my fucking phone on? I paid you guys two weeks ago." After several minutes of them denying that I'd paid them, I produced a confirmation number--and my phone was back on that same day. I was really, really pissed though, especially after the ordeal was over and the operator had the nerve to say, "Thank you for choosing SBC!" The last thing I said to her before I hung up was, "Aw, go and lick the sack." If this story sounds somewhat familiar to you, I'm not surprised. Tanz has stories just like it. So do several other less-than-satisfied customers that I know. The last time I closed an account with them, I received a $30 refund check in the mail--and then, two months later, I got a letter from a collection agency, claming I owed them money. Hmmm... they gave me a refund, yet I owe them money. Does that make any sense to you? Of course it doesn't; anyone smart enough to read this blog knows the company fucking blows.

It all came to a head last week, when the phone woke me up at 8:00am. Even though I was barely awake through most of the conversation, one sentence stood out in my mind; "We have a disconnect order scheduled for today on this account." Again, I was half awake, so I was like, "Huh?" It turns out that my account was "past due," even though the statement I had said my bill wasn't due until March. And if I didn't pay them $29 that very day, they were turning off my service. That's right... over 29 fucking bucks. Well, I paid them their money; then, I hung up, called Talk America and switched my service over to them.

I feel so much after having removed the giant corporate dick from my ass. Maybe Talk America won't be any better--but at least I can say with absolute certainty that they won't be any worse.

Fuck you, SBC, AT&T, or whatever the fuck you're calling yourselves this week. I've had it with you pricks.