Lies

If there is one thing I detest, it is people that feel the need to lie.  Why? Isn’t telling the truth much better?  I am not talking about little white lies, like telling a person they do not look fat in those jeans or that their new hair color is very becoming when in actuality it makes them look like a clown.

I have a cousin who is only four days older than I am and the tales she weaves are worthy of a storyline in a soap opera.  I take everything she tells me with a grain of salt but my mother whole-heartedly believes her.  Saturday evening she called to tell us that she was coming to Del Rio via Greyhound and would arrive on Sunday but she would call us to let us know what time so we could pick her up.

I got online and checked the schedule.  I told my mother that she probably thought it cost $30.00 for a ticket from Houston to Del Rio but a round trip fare is $189.00 and doubted she was going to fork that out for a two day stay.  She never called back.  I called her at home as well as to her cell and left several messages…we have yet to hear back from her.

My mother stayed up till midnight last night because the last bus arrives at 10:55 p.m. and she did not want me to drive into town by myself.  Just to calm her I personally went to the bus station today but they said they do not keep passengers list.  Went to the taxi service across the street but they did not pick a fare that matched her description.

I know nothing happened to her but I can hardly wait to see what tall tale she comes up with.  I think this is so inconsiderate knowing that my mom is in her 80’s and not in the best of health.

Ran several errands while I was in town that included a trip to Cricket.  Remember last month I had to replace the broadband modem? At the time the sales lady told me she was going to upgrade me to a faster speed for free…but that I had to come back in July because she could not do it in June. After waiting for 40 minutes the girl told me that she could not find where the sales rep had made a notation to that effect. Told me to come back tomorrow when that sales rep will be back at work.  As busy as this storefront is, I do not know if I want to waste my time.  With my luck it was a lie as well!

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

First Blogger, now Cricket…HELP!!!

Just when I thought all my blogging issues had been resolved my ISP decides to throw a wrench in it.  I have been trying to answer comments on my blog since 8:30 p.m. it is now a little past 2:00 a.m. and after multiple conversations with Cricket customer service, I am finally able to respond.

I had the same thing happen last week.  Could read my blog as well as other blogs but as soon as I tried to respond to a comment or leave a comment the page was re-directed to a Cricket page with a banner that read “It appears that you may be using your phone as a modem” your plan does not allow Tethering…WTF (excuse my French)…I don’t even own a cell phone!!! Only plan I have with Cricket is a broadband connection that is no better than my former dial-up and just as slow!!!

According to one of the customer service guys (out of three that I spoke to tonight) Cricket is promoting a new service for an additional $10.00 a month to use your Cricket cell phone for tethering and it is affecting a lot of customers even those that do not have a cell phone plan like myself.

Sure hope they get their act together.  Last week I was able to get a live operator.  Today I had to cheat, if you have the same problem choose the option START NEW SERVICE and you will instantly get a flesh and blood person.

I wanted to welcome Abby to my blog, thank you for signing on.

Would also like to thank all the people that read me whether you follow me or not.  I try to answer all comments whether on my blog or my e-mail.  I think I owe all my readers the courtesy of a reply.  Sometimes it may take me a while since I do not go online every day but please bear with me.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.