Insight Cable continues to make me feel like I’m living in Terry Gilliam’s Brazil. Now they want a $170 bribe. They freely admit this is not for a bill. The $170 isn’t for a service or product. Nope. There’s an accouting error on their part that messed up something in their computer system. No, they can’t fix it. Sucks to be me. I can either cough up the $170 bribe or have my credit report wrecked by their bill collectors and remain without broadband.

I can’t begin to express how much I hate this company. They won’t let me pay my actual bill unless I pay the bribe, too, so late fees are being added. It’s crazy. Insight employees have told me to my face that it’s all totally bogus, but, in their words, “the only thing you can do is pay it.” When I have some free time again, there are letters to the BBB and Attorney General’s office in my future. Bribery is bullshit.

I can’t beleive how many hours of my life this company has sucked up in the last few months. It’s appalling.

I’m trying to focus on the positive, though. I had a very encouraging phone interview this week. When the recruiter says, “You’d be awesome for this job,” I think odds are good. I’m not holding my breath on anything. I’ve been on a gazillion interviews in the last few months. Hopefully, they’ll call back to set up an in-person interview next week.

I’m also enjoying the heck out of my forensics class. I can’t believe a local high school offers an entire semester of forensics as a senior level science class. That’s so cool. Four weeks is nifty. A whole year of it would be amazing. It’s a great way to get kids (and the senior citizens who mostly populate my class) deeply interested in multiple branches of science.