Blamblog - Brett Lamb's Blog

Thursday, June 01, 2006

I Quit

But I'm not quitting my blog.

I've seen lots of people announce that they're quitting their blogs recently, so I figured I should make a big toot about NOT quitting mine. Things are slow here at the moment because I've been pouring my creative energy into my istock portfolio; you can view new stuff on an almost daily basis in my gallery; it's a lot like a blog. I'm poor and finally the internet is paying a few bills ...

But quit my blog?

I'm not sure anyone really quits their blog, deep down. Look at Eva, she "quit" but sent us to four places she maintains; 1, 2, 3, 4. Or Sugarmama who quit and then appeared again a few months later under a different name. A few months ago people were writing about 'the death of blogs' but what's really happened is that there are so many forms of communication available online, "blogs" no longer stand out (depending how you define 'blog' ... a Flickr account is pretty much a blog, eh?).

As the Eagles sang, You can check out anytime you like, but then Kenny Rogers will cover your song. Or something like that. That Don Henly, he was quite a guy!

So instead of quitting my blog, I quit Bell. Bell has been leaching off me for years and the other day they called up to see if there was "anything they could do for me". I asked them if they could save me a few bucks and they said 'sure, let's look at your account'. Then they said, 'er, no, turns out there's nothing we can do for you'. That was the last straw and I switched. Idiots.

In fact, Bell screwed up my service a long time ago. When I moved to this apartment, they installed the wrong line so I only had phone access in a jack at the rear of my place. I called and asked to have it switched and they said that it would cost me $100 ... even though it was their screw-up to begin with. Now that I've switched, I have phone jacks working through the whole pad.

I've been a Bell customer for nearly twenty years (since I had my first phone service in university) and all they've done is load up on my $$$. These days I've been paying more for my phone than my internet and the internet is connected and working 24/7. Most of the phone calls I receive are from telemarketers ... so I'm paying more just to be annoyed.

How did it feel dumping Bell? It felt great! You should do it, if you can. I will probably never be a Bell customer again, I was just so sick of their feeling of entitlement to my cash. They had their chance and they blew it.

So long, suckers!

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