Monday, December 28, 2020

Trouble, My Friends, Right Here in Kansas City

 

Had a problem with Gas Company billing.


Didn’t receive my bill for November.


Kept checking my e-mail. It showed no


amount due.



Had a problem with an online order I made


several days ago. Never received a confir-


mation even though they had withdrawn


the money from my bank account.



A light keeps blinking on my computer,


and I haven’t a clue as to what it portends,


but I expect trouble is looming.



I’m going on 74-years old and have some


physical disabilities. I sure don’t need all this


mental anguish adding to the issues I already


have.



I made several calls, and sent out e-mails to


address my mounting difficulties. The Gas


Company located the problem with my account


and promised to correct it. (Ha! That remains to


be seen.)



I received an e-mail back from the company


about my order assuring me that it had been


received and would be shipped shortly. I


requested that it be sent FedEx instead of the


US Postal Service due to their unreliable and


incompetent service.



All of this added to my intense anxiety of yester-


day when my Kansas City Chiefs played a back


and forth lousy game with the Atlanta Falcons.


Fortunately, due to a missed field goal by the


Falcons in the closing seconds of the game, the


Chiefs lucked out and won 17 to 14. I chain


smoked cigarettes and wound up with frayed


nerves anyway.



I suppose I should be grateful that I haven’t lost


a job or contracted the Corona virus yet. I should


be jumping for joy that our current President was


voted out of office and only has 20-some days


before a new administration takes the reigns.



I sometime wish I was in my twenties again when


I’d blow it all off, and could give a good shit


about anything. But in my old age and waning


days, I need a big glass of prune juice every


morning to take care of that.



                      -30-


Chris Hanch 12-28-2020





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