An Exercise in Frustration

Continuing my list of excuses why I don't blog often, I bring you Excuse #2: My Sodding Internet Connection SUCKS!

Eloquent I know.

I can't connect to anything. Not true, if I couldn't I wouldn't be able to type in this blog. I can connect to myyahoo.com but not to yahoo mail. I can connect to this site and type in a blog but for some reason I can't connect to my blog itself. The list goes on and on. The thing is, dsl ain't cheap here so everytime I can't connect, I feel like I'm being cheated. The whole point about getting dsl is so I can connect anytime I want to, well I want to now and I can't!

I wish there was a way to throw a tantrum online. I can't even fuck around with the customer service operators because they wouldn't know how to fix my problem and if I piss them off, they might not even let the techs know that I have a problem! What really sets me off is that no one seems to understand why this happens. This isn't the first time, and no one has ever given me an explanation why this happens and why they can't seem to fix it. "That's the way it is" and "Everything looks fine at our end" just doesn't cut it anymore and it's getting old really fast.

While I'm ranting, let's throw in the power problems we've been having. The way I understand it, we supply power to Cebu and Iloilo. So if we have a surplus of power, enough to sell it to other provinces, why are we getting blackouts? Why do we keep getting power surges? And why can't we charge the power company the repair fees that we have to pay everytime an appliance blows because the power company can't seem to control itself? And is it true that Iloilo and Cebu pay lower than we do, and the power comes from us?

I understand that most people skim off the top because life is hard and everyone needs to live. I can live with that. But skimming so much from the top that you screw everyone else, fucking around now and giving no thought about whether or not you can even fuck around in the future is not only illegal it's stupid. People are so caught up with the short term, getting what they want today, they don't realize that they'll starve tomorrow.

My ethics and principles are flexible. You can say that I subscribe to moral relativity. I can understand, and sometimes even secretly applaud, someone who manages to beat the system or manage to jump through a loophole to get ahead. What I can't condone is stupidity. Stealing an extra golden egg from the golden goose without getting caught is okay, if you were bright/talented enough to do it then you probably maybe even deserve it. But cutting the goose open so you can get five golden eggs now ought to blast you and your children's souls to the darkest, deepest, coldest pit in hell. It's one thing to get ahead of the game, it's another to screw everyone else in the process.

I don't know how ranting about my lousy internet connection led to a discussion about my morality but there you go. I may not always agree with everyone else, I may not always do things that are for the greater good but at least I won't let you starve so I can buy a lousy comic book.