Lucky and Indonesia

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My sister has the strangest luck of anyone I have ever known, so in reference to her from now on I will simply call her Lucky. Today I bring you a story from Lucky's life, to amuse and to remind us all that even the simplest task can take a very strange turn when we least expect it.
Enjoy...

Lucky's boyfriend forgot to send off the cable bill and as a result their cable was cut off. Funny term cut off, when it is said it conjures images of a blank screen or a lack of a dial tone, perhaps a inability to read a blog, but it rarely brings to mind a cut cable. Literally they came out to her house and cut her cable. Now if Lucky had failed to pay her cable before I might be a little more understanding of this behavior but as she had not I was just as amazed as she. By the way, when have any of you actually heard of the cable company cutting the line? Sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, right? Well, it gets stranger. Lucky does what I'm sure any of us would do and calls them. The woman who answers the customer service line not only speaks very little English, but she also has such a thick and strange accent that after a few minutes of pure confusion Lucky gives up determined to call back later. Eventually later arrives, her customer service representative on the line on this attempt also has a very thick accent but he at least speaks a little more English. Finally, Lucky asks very annoyed, "Where is it my call is going to exactly?" She glances down at the newspaper on her table while waiting for a reply. The headline on the front page 'Earthquake in Indonesia Kills Four'. The customer service reps response, "Indonesia."

Naturally.

Lucky realizing that these people are most likely more concerned with fresh drinking water, and housing, then her cable tries to contact someone else. This turned in to a strange little excursion all it's own which landed her on the phone with a commercial operator for the cable company, by this time Lucky had lost her patience, and when the gentleman suggested calling the customer representatives she lost her temper.

Lucky- "Do you know where the calls go when you call the customer help line?"
Guy- "Uh, no ma'am."
Lucky- "I thought they would go to some where at least in California, but no! You know where they go? They go to Indonesia!"
Guy- "Indonesia?"
Lucky- "Yeah, that's right, Indonesia! They just had an earthquake in Indonesia that killed four, I don't think they care about my cable right now!!! They're worried about their drinking water!"
Guy- "Ma'am I'm sorry but I can't help you."
Lucky- "Of course!"

After that happy conversation she takes the time to drive down to the cable companies office. Things would have probably gone a whole lot smoother if the woman in front of her had her cable cut off, considering she was months over due and Lucky had just forgotten to send in one payment. Well, by the time she actually reached a person she was ready to throttle him. He raised a eyebrow at her as she went through the whole story, cut cable, forgotten bill, Indonesia, earthquake, drinking water, etc. She paid her bill in full, as was her original intention, but when ever the guy tried to ask her a question she would just respond with, "INDONESIA!" Hehe, her cable gets reconnected tomorrow.

For the rest of us...I know I will not forget to pay a bill for a long time.