An Honest-to-goodness actual phone interaction
Call centre person: “Hello, this is Stephanie. How can I help you?” Me: “I’d like to cancel my online Toronto Star subscription.” CCP: “Oh. I’m sorry you want to do that. Why do you want to cancel?” Me: “Because it’s too expensive.” CCP: “Let me look up your account. You paid $141 on November 5.” Me: “Yes, apparently I did. …
My Internet Twins
Last week, I received the following email, which I have copied and pasted verbatim: Hey Marilyn – you’re the person responsible for fiscal decisions related to Marilyn M Carr The ...
Cottage Status Report 20241020
It’s almost time to say goodbye to the drowned annuals that desperately tried to recover from the early summer monsoons and failed miserably (it had nothing to do with the ...
Cottage Status Report 20240929
I know you’ve been anxiously awaiting an update on the health of my cottage appliances (probably as anxiously as you’ve been anticipating a sequel to Beetlejuice, which may be arriving ...
The next instalment of my memoir, If It’s Shreveport, It Must Be Tuesday, will be published later in 2024.
