The Nine Circles of Verizon Wireless

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Choosing three favorite posts is akin to standing on the deck of a sinking ocean liner and being told that you can only save three of your children.  Of course, I'd always pick the three with the most income-producing potential.  Hey, a guy has to think about his retirement years!

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"Hell is other people."

 - Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre, the famous French philosopher, died in 1980.  Had he lived until 2010, I feel certain his famous quote would've been revised to say "Hell is going to the Verizon Wireless Store." 

Amen. 

In fact, a movie was made about people who had no choice but to go to the Verizon Wireless Store.  Here's the poster:

On Friday, I had to go to the Verizon Wireless Store because the trackball on my Blackberry was not working properly.  It wouldn't roll in the upwards direction.  It was more annoying than listening to Michael Bolten's bellyaching about being kicked off "Dancing With the Stars."

Upon entering the Verizon Wireless Store, which was befittingly hot, I typed my name into the Kiosk of Hades (not the technical name), in order to get onto Lucifer's Waiting List (also not the official designation, but you get the point.)  This act puts one in line to eventually be summoned out of the depths of limbo.  This is the First Circle of Verizon Wireless.  Don't worry, I won't go through all nine circles, but, if you visit the Verizon Wireless Store, you will.

After a couple of days, my name was called.  I folded up my tent, put away my Coleman stove, trimmed my foot-long beard and walked to the Service Counter to explain my problem to Louis.  I fully expected that he'd laugh in my face and tell me that a repair was impossible, or that the Blackberry would need to be shipped to the repair shop on the International Space Station for a month or more.  Or, at the very least, that he'd have to take it into the Verizon Wireless Store's back room, where things magical and unexplained routinely happened.  I'd love to sneak into that back room some day, but it's guarded like the royal vault.  I could swear that I caught a glimpse of Amelia Earhart's plane sitting in pieces back there once.  But let's return to the story.

This doesn't happen very often, however, a BONA FIDE USEFUL TIP is about to appear for readers of The LG Report, so pay careful attention.    

Louis turned my Blackberry face down on the counter, onto a piece of paper, and rolled it along on the trackball for about a minute while applying a bit of pressure.  This, apparently, dislodged the dirt from the trackball mechanism.  When he was done, a dark trail remaind on the paper -- caused by the dislodged dirt, he said.  The trackball was back to working like new!  It was a miracle!  No sending it away!  No costly replacement phone or new 2-year service agreement!  And no charge for the repair!  YES, I CAN YOU HEAR YOU NOW VERIZON WIRELESS! 

Sorry.  Didn't mean to scream.

I couldn't believe my good fortune as I walked out of the store with my phone completely repaired at no cost.  "Murphy's Law in reverse," I thought to myself while approaching my car.  I was on Cloud Nine. 

Until, that is, I noticed that my back passenger tire was completely flat. 

Honest, this is absolutely true.  I got my phone fixed for free, and a flat tire, in the same afternoon.  You can always count on Mr. Murphy and all the various manifestations of his Law to come through.  Now there's America's Most Reliable Network!

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