I'm only just going to bed (with a grateful purry cat) because at roughly half nine last night, my laptop crashed and burned big style with the mother of all viruses. Tried scanning but no go ... The laptop was a goner.
So, I had to format ... Which has taken way too long and now I have to find a load of drivers for the damn thing ...
Plus theres the thing of mum being far from happy that I've gone to bed so late ...
Better not make it any later, so ...
TNT
Roni xox
I have been an Orange contract customer for over three years, and an Orange customer for over four ... I have never, ever had a problem with them before ... until now.
As mentioned in my previous blog, my phone is broken - the keypad isn't working properly. I was told by a friendly techy guy yesterday that because I'm working and therefore wont be at home today to take delivery of a replacement, I could go into any store and they would exchange it there, no questions asked.
Easy peasy, thought I ... until lunchtime when I went to the Orange shop and they decided that no, because my contract was initiated online, and all of my dealings are through the Orange Direct, Orange Retail cannot replace my phone, it has to be done by the courier.
Cue one very very stroppy Roni, shouting at one guy because he was so unhelpful, then storming into the other Orange shop that Exeter has ... luckily there I found a young girl who was a little more helpful ... but still said no go on the replacement. However, she did call through to Orange Tech Dept, and put a complaint in about the nice techy bloke I spoke to, because he should not have given me that information.
But it means that I have my dodgy phone for at least another day ... because I cant rearrange replacement for tomorrow cos I'm at work ... so it will have to be Monday ...
And apparently, no changing of the phone - I entered into a contract with the handset also, so even though it is faulty, I cant change it until my contract is up ... next June =/ (2009)
Never mind ... at least it's a little bit quieter in work ... although I haven't eaten yet because I spent my lunch hour in Orange shops ...getting freaked out here - I've never ever been twitchy in Exeter, life is so quiet down here, there's never been any need to be anything less than relaxed ...
but after Thursday, things are definitely different ... I heard a police siren just now & froze up ... it completely freaked me out ... and again ...
I just want to go home ... I'm feeling so unsettled, it's awful =(
so stupid cos I was fine after the 7/7 bombings in London ... even went into Euston the day after on the tube ... I think possibly because it's a bit closer to home ... and cos I was stuck in the middle of it all with no way of getting out cos of stupid management!!
I'll get over it eventually ... but at the moment I'm scared ...
They are both huge scooter fans, and going to loads of rallies over the summer ... they both have dark blue Vespas, but I couldn't find any clear pics of a dark blue Vespa, so I found that old advert instead ... thought it fit =)
