Yes if only Sparky, if only indeed.
Well for those who don't know it, the Wallster has given me full blogging permission to his site. Although I had the feeling this was some kind of crazy scheme that Sparticus was cooking up, it would actually seem that I can now blog. However Markus has spies on the interweb with figure?s on the ready to cut me off the first blog I produce on Porn / Anti-Christianity / how wonderful Starbucks is / etc. In fact a time ago, I remember my own blog filled with some of the finer things in life - Harsh language, Starbucks E-Coffee, Naked Chicks as far as the mouse could click .... Il try keep you entertained but compared to all those things, I just don't know. Onto this evenings blog. All blogs are pretty much what's going on. I have no gimmicks, just an interesting life (zzzz)
Today had been a good and bad day in work. Being the only level 2 on the team I had to go through the team Q where bounced engineer requests and mistakes made by the team members were placed for some poor sod to call the customer back and explain why they haven't heard from an engineer for over a week. Usually they are bounced back for missing info such as the cable modem light sequence, I emailed Steve for that very reason to which he stood up and threatening to kill me. I didn't believe him, however I did feel slightly intimidated. The crazy people are always the ones most likely to enjoy watching you bleed, then maybe even drink your blood. He seemed that type, the ones with a blood pressure so high you can see the veins on the forehead pumping away. I figured if I could just keep my distance and yell abuse he might keel over from a heart attack. Luckily after some harsh language he sat down.
I talked it over with him during the lunch our period to which he admitted he was going to kill me. I made a mental note not to come into work on his last day, as he would probably stab me with his head set then beat me to death using the phone.
After that the day went swiftly, managed to convince the Q desk to put me on call backs for the last 2 hours and sat there making the most of it.
That evening I was due in the Potter's Wheel, one of Swansea's many Public Houses. Still sat at my PC scrambling away at the keyboard, in a odd attempt to create a blog, I decided the new early was to be late. A phone call later and I was to find out the evenings company, due to a booking misunderstanding, were unable to be seated and needed to dine at another one of Swansea's high class restaurants, meaning my services would not be needed.
Deciding I was already partied out after 'The Picture Incident' of Wednesday, I flicked on the TV only to miss who was being evicted from Big Brother, although since there were mainly shots of Ahmed I guessed it was him, or the camera man was being silly. A quick flick around the movie channels came to very little, as did flicking around the music channels. To my despair there was no spongebob on at that time of night, however the Jetsons were driving around in a flying car. Where is my flying car ?
Typical of TV, it always lies to me
How was that a naked chick theme ?
If you dont have anything nice to say....... (blah blah)
Yay for Seb!
O_o
who are you, and what are you doing in my house?!?!?
Abu Sparky blatently has a grudge against ntl.
Dear seb,
sorry you took my comments seriously. Keep up the blogging for Mark!
As for NTL, well I do find them a pain. At the moment the email sucks. 1) Frequently it takes five mins to download anything (that's with a 512 broadband)and often it fails to send/receive at all.
2) The help system often doesnt work; for example "http://www.ntl.com/home/contact/generic/customer.asp " has only just been fixed. But contacting help on the phone is very hard.
3)Why oh why, doesn't NTL hit spam at the server level? I get a 100 spam a day. Outlook 2003 sorts them out but why cant NTL do some of it.
So that's why I have a grudge!
I didnt really take them seriously :P
However NTL email completely sucks, I am now telling people I speak to that if they want a reliable email service NOT to use NTL. The real con is, if you want compensation you dont get it because email is 'an added bonus' and you pay just for BB, they throw email in for free (and it never works)
They treat their employees just as well as they treat their mail servers (yes i have a grudge against ntl also)
I am now free of the perils of NTL and will be back connected to my shared 655MBit connection in 2 and a half months time :D
remind me seb, where do you work now?
Its kind of complex. I work for IBM, employed by Manpower on the behalf of NTL, providing Broadband technical support.
NTL outsorced the call centre to IBM, and Sacked us all so now were employed by Manpower. (contractors) They took away our benefits and pension.
They treat employee's like sheep! (not amused)
hahahahaha best blog ever :D
and it didnt even have naked chicks!
how did that work?
ps - i still love you mark
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abu sparky
Just to let you know I am watching. I have the power to pull the plug but I'll spare you so far. Just go easy on the Naked Chicks theme, okay? Mister Sparky, he don't like that sort of stuff. And any real problems beware. Swansea is a mean town and the police don't investigate accidents with NTL people. Too many people with motives. About a milion actually. Hey, you say, that's the number of our customers. Yup; they're the people with motives.