Another quiet day here at the Riggledome. I haven’t even left the house today, which is nice.
You’ll recall that I had my appointment today to get my new DirecTV installed so I didn’t go to work today. My appointment was between 8 and noon this morning. I got up around 7:15 so I could make sure I was showered and dressed before the possibility of the installer’s arrival. However, with so much on my plate this week-end, I didn’t get the cleaning done I wanted to before I went to bed last night, so I was counting on The Rule of Installation Windows coming into play. What’s that you say? You don’t know what The Rule of Installation Windows is? Well, silly! The Rule of Installation Windows says that if your appointment will be between 8 and noon, the installer will show up at 11:50. That would give me plenty of time to get my TV stand and dresser dusted, pull the TV stand out and sweep behind it, and clear a path to my dresser so the installer could get to the second TV with minimal risk to life and limb.
My installer showed up at 8:10.
At 8:40, I received a phone call from the installation company. Since I don’t answer the phone when I don’t know who’s calling, I waited for the voice mail. I was informed, at 8:40, that my appointment was today and that my installer would arrive between 8 and noon, and that he would call me 30 minutes before he arrived. The installer was outside getting something from his truck when I listened to the voice mail, but I was sure to let him know I’d been reminded that my service would be installed sometime between 8 and noon. We both had a good laugh and he said the dispatch guys at his company are good for that kind of reminder call.
When I had DirecTV installed at this house almost four and a half years ago, the installer that came out was on his first day out of training. I was his first job without supervision. It took him nearly five hours to install my service. When the installer came today, he arrived at 8:10 and was gone by 10:00. I have to say, it may be the rose-colored glasses, but I think the picture is clearer. I know the DVR is more user-friendly. I was a little dismayed to realize that I can’t record as many shows at once as I could with AT&T, but so far I haven’t found any conflicts that can’t be resolved with DirecTV’s ONE THOUSAND TIMES BETTER On Demand features.
Otherwise, it’s been a pretty quiet day. I watched a little TV. I watched a Doctor Who original series DVD from Netflix. I read a bunch of blogs (and I still have 39 unread posts in my reader right now. When I hit publish on this, I’m going to go make some dinner and then eat while I watch the pilot episode of Smash On Demand (one of those programming conflicts that prevents me from recording it when it’s on the air.) And then I’ll do some of that dreaded ironing I always want to put off as long as I can.
Yep. Nothing but fun and excitement around here!
Riggledo 
The ‘rule of installations’ seems to be faltering. When my wife moved into our house we bought last summer, I expected our cable guy to arrive five minutes before the deadline. Instead, he arrived at 8:00 on the dot. I was actually awakened by his call, and I had to scramble to get dressed before he rang the doorbell.
Glad you’re enjoying your new form of entertainment.
Don’t they know we’re relying on those “rules” to get a full nights sleep!?! 🙂
Nothing wrong with a quiet day now and then!
We recently switched internet providers and our service is now through the cable company. Our installer was on time and did a very thorough job. What are these companies doing? They’re messing with our heads! We don’t expect a job well done from them!
Right!? It’s messin’ with my head! 😉