Esoteric Drifter

I thought I was going to go insane the other day when I plugged the RV into an electrical outlet at the RV Park. Everything worked well, except the electrical outlets. I had no way to charge any of my power devices! I was stupiffied, this is a major upset, even before my trip has begun. Fortunately, before taking a pickaxe to the tires, I realized I had to flip a switch at the source… and everything was ‘A-ok’.

Water management is the most important part of RV life, with no more than 45 gallons of water to use (not for drinking, or cooking) I try to conserve as much as possible. Living on a ship has been very helpful, we are constantly watching our water levels while underway and there are a couple of tricks Ive carried on to living in the RV.

The first is called the ‘Navy Shower,’ whenever your not ussing the water to rise, turn it off. This incudes while lathering your hair and body. This concept is simple but it saves alot of water.
The rest is just taking the same principle and applying it to all of your activities that include water; washing hands, dishes, brushing teeth, shaving, ext.

Ussing these techniques I can streatch that 40 gallons for over a week. (how much water does your toilet drain each time you flush?)

I finally recieved the lowered bill this Wednesday. from 3400 to 270 ?
There was still a problem, I hadnt noticed it before but the text messaging plan had also been removed from my monthly service, and there were more charges, added. Once again the Customer service center will be sending me a notice when they fix this problem. What a hassle, but at least I get to keep my Iphone.

The Magic Word.
I took my plight to the AT&T store where I purchased the Iphone, the service there was impecable (with the exception of the fact that my plan wasn’t updated.)
At this point Im well over the frustration and shock of the bill. So I walked into the store calm and collected, but after more than an hour and still no progress, I dropped the magic word: Cancel.

AT&T has given me a month while on my new contract in which I can cancel all services and return my phone. I dont want to do this, but in the buisness world the consumer lambs have few tools at their disposal to fend off evil wolf corporations. I will not hesitate to use all of my resources, even if that means ‘taking my business elsewhere.’

At the mention of the magic word the sales associate, and assistant manager, quickly reasured me that there would be a manager in the store the next day. And that this mythical being of vast power had the pull to grant me my wish (My Wish: give me a decent bill by Monday) So with a name and some numbers I promised to hold off my assault for a couple more days, and consult with the all powerful manager before I make such a drastic move.
Im actually starting to look forward to having a basic cellphone, and paying by use, as opposed to the monthly charges.

I received my first cellphone bill since Ive had my iPhone…
It totaled: over $3000!!!
I was actually expecting that.
Three days after I received the phone, I noticed the ‘unlimited data plan’ had not been added to my account, and I had tallied up over 300MB (or 3million bits) of Internet use with my new phone. The going rate with AT&T’s pay per use data is $.01/KB (that’s 1000 bits). of course as soon as I noticed this my jaw dropped to the floor to say hello to the contents of my bowels, which are apperantly much faster than gravity.

I immediately went to bed, which was the only sensible thing to do.

The next morning after practicing a few sentances to make sure I could complete one without yelling like a Tourette’s patient on krack withdraw.
It actually took a couple of hours until I stopped interupting myself with out bursts like; ‘I’ll tell you where you can stick your data plan!’ or ‘your mother owes me $3000 for the earth quake she caused!’ and ‘your death at my hands will nausiate the Taliban!’

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At this time I would like to take a little break to remind everyone that, though funny at times, violence is never the answer to life’s problems… Let’s read more and find out what happens.

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The first phone call I made was polite, by more of my effort than the unfortunate operator who took my call. Apperantly there was nothing they could do but add the missing portion of my plan, and assure me that the rest of the charges would be cleared once my bill was totaled and posted to my account. It was according to them, not my fault for these overages as their policy is that all iPhone users must have the ‘unlimited data plan’. So I wasn’t to worried.
I still called back a couple of hours later and threatened to cancel my service, just to see if the story would change. It didn’t, there was apperantly nothing they could do to stop these charges from showing up on my bill.
So today I was ready for the sight of a $3000+ phone bill, but I still crapped my pants when I saw it. And imediately called up att to resolve the issue once and for all! I should have waited a couple minutes because I inadvertantly started the conversation with, ‘I’ll kill you!’ which was promply followed by a dial tone.
After a calm and relaxing recall, highlighted by some chit chat on the wonders of the iPhone, I still have a $3000+ phone bill, but they have reasured me, once again, that the charges would be removed.

I sure hope so because of I have to pay that much money… I won’t be able to afford any more krack!

I cant stress how much I love my Iphone, it has unlimited potential. Yet there is so much it can do, that it doesnt.
Of course Im the type of person who gets things done myself, so I decided to start creating my own iphone applications. It doesnt take long for me to pick up on a new programing language and I am sure I could put togeather an iApp in no time. There is a catch, I need a Mac Comp (w/OS X leopard) to run the SDK (app development program) for the Iphone Apps. This is not a small catch either.