1. why do they keep asking to verify your information after they transfer you to “someone who can help you.” 4 times!
2. why do they ask for a convenient “call-back number” when they intend on hanging up and not calling back anyway?
3. you would think that a majority of their calls are from angry customers, so why do they think it’s a good idea to play that shitty kenny-g crap while you’re on hold. it only further fuels my rage.
4. why would they ask “is there anything else i can do for you” if they didn’t even help you to begin with?!
5. why do they bother making up names for themselves? they should just refer to themselves according to their level of aptitude. the highest possible level of course would be “inept.” “hello. my name is stupid idiot. how may i help you today?”
6. how does anyone not rage quit when on the phone with them.
7. everytime i call, they notify me that my phone call may be recorded for training purposes. training for what!? assmonkey school?!
8. is it too much to ask for one phone call with at&t that doesn’t end with me dropping f-bombs for half an hour afterwards.
9. $&%#!!!
10. is dickhead cheney their main supervisor?

just kidding. i used a stencil. banksy would be proud. if you can’t tell, it’s supposed to be a howling wolf…or maybe it’s snarling. carving pumpkins is hard as hell. this one took me like 3 hours. my fingers were raw for a few days from pushing and pulling that stupid little mini-saw around the pumpkin. pulling out the guts of pumpkin is pretty gross also.

i gotta say, the whole fall pumpkin halloween thing is a bit of a culture shock for me. white folks sure do love their pumpkins though, specially the ones by where i teach in the north chicago suburbs– there was one house that had at least 30 pumpkins on the front porch.

i guess the chinese equivalent would be a chinese winter squash which i can’t really imagine carving out. oh well. what can i say…i’m not from this country.

peace.