I had one of those I-feel-like-a-donkey moments today.
Our cable and internet hasn't been working since Hurricane Frances came through. We tried resetting the cable box and unplugging it but it still wouldn't work. After arguing with Bright House (cable provider) to come out ASAP since it was
their problem, we got their first available appointment which was today.
Important part of this story right here:
After Frances tore a hole in our roof, roomie had to move a bunch of stuff out of her room. She had a TV in there that she had to move out. On with the story....
So, I went home at lunch to wait for Mr. Cable Guy. Mr. Cable Guy had to go up into our attic, play with our cable wirings, reset our cable, do all this technical stuff, etc. and still couldn't figure out what was going on. About 30 minutes later, he walked into the kitchen which is where I was sitting.
Mr. Cable Guy: (points to my roomie's TV that is sitting on the floor) What room did that use to be in?
ZTAngel: My roommate's room.
Mr. Cable Guy goes to the TV and removes a silver amplifier. He had a look of 'you have got to be kidding me' on his face. He walked in my roommate's room and plugged it in. All the sudden, our cable and internet started working again after two weeks of being without it.
ZTAngel: It was that easy?!
Mr. Cable Guy: (annoyed) Yeah, looks like your roommate removed the amplifier while moving her TV which provides cable for the whole house.
ZTAngel: (shocked and feeling like an idiot) I'm soooooo sorry.
I guess roomie thought the amplifier was part of her TV since the cable wire attached into it and then to her TV.
Poor guy wasted an hour of his day only to find out that the cable wasn't working because the residents are airheads. So, as he was leaving, I decided to throw in a joke to lighten the mood. "So, I guess this means Bright House isn't going to credit us for those two weeks we've been without cable? Tee-hee!" He had a look on his face that was somewhere between 'I want to strangle this girl' and 'Maybe I should just accidently cut their outside cable line as a payback'. He just mummbled something like, "No, we're not crediting you." Ehh, it was worth a try.
On a happy note, I have my cable and internet back!
In less then 15 minutes, I threw on some clothes and went to the concert. It was a lot of fun and it brought back a lot of HS memories since that is when Everclear was popular. We got back so late, though. I'm exhausted and I'm supposed to drive out to Tampa after work to visit a friend for the weekend. Dealing with the Tampa section of I-4 on only 6 hours of sleep.....this should be interesting. 
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