I'm either the most lucky or the least lucky person I know. All these crazy things will happen, some bad and some good. The result is always positive, or at least wacky.
For instance, Saturday night. I was at a pizza shop with my neighbors at around last call. There's a lot more to the story then this, but to sum up... Someone decided to express their opinion of us, and we ended up rolling around on the ground like some pubescent boys on the playground. For all that (not to mention the last altercation I found myself in, I ended up in the hospital for a few days and gained a case of monocular vision), I came out unscathed.
I was getting an insurance quote on Sunday afternoon, the lady at Allstate gave me a sweet quote, ran my info, and as it turns out, my license was suspended since March. I called the DMV in Virginia on Monday, and it turns out it was a mistake so they gave it back to me.
When I signed up for cable TV and Internet last February, I did so with a couple of promotions from Comcast. I felt like I was paying too much and I downgraded my cable package three times. It turns out there was a mistake in billing and I had been paying full price the whole time. So no I get a credit on my cable bill of $128... Sweet, I would rather have gotten a check, but check this out. They fucked up again when I switched my service to my new apartment, it took a week to sort out. They had some issues with billing and my credit didn't transfer over... so now I get a check.
Ok, so maybe the results aren't so wacky, and maybe the stories are a little boring. However small victories, they are victories none the less. It is situations like this that confirm to me that things can never go too wrong. Things have a tendency of getting really fucked up sometimes, but if you get all bent out of shape about it you might miss the irony of the solution (and that irony is what makes a cool story for your friends later). For instance:
When I found myself Lying in the Brigham & Women's Hospital ER at three in the morning, the ER doctor told me I was going to loose my eye completely that morning. Four hours of waiting around, and four hours of surgery, and four days in the hospital, and seven surgeries later I still have my own eye. Of course it doesn't work very well, but at least it's my own. I was even a case study and the doctors wrote me up in journals, presented my case at a conference, and brought Harvard Medical students into my checkups to teach them about the surgery they did. Although the hospital bills were astronomical, the doctors waved their fees because I didn't have any insurance at the time.
And what of the one who did it?
I couldn't sue because no Boston lawyer wanted to risk not getting paid (I was broke as hell). The guy who did it ended up starting a fight at a bar called the Middle East. He stabbed a few people and went to jail for multiple attempted murder charges.
Irony, baby.
In other news, my company is in the newspaper yesterday.
http://denverpost.com/business/ci_3039483
For instance, Saturday night. I was at a pizza shop with my neighbors at around last call. There's a lot more to the story then this, but to sum up... Someone decided to express their opinion of us, and we ended up rolling around on the ground like some pubescent boys on the playground. For all that (not to mention the last altercation I found myself in, I ended up in the hospital for a few days and gained a case of monocular vision), I came out unscathed.
I was getting an insurance quote on Sunday afternoon, the lady at Allstate gave me a sweet quote, ran my info, and as it turns out, my license was suspended since March. I called the DMV in Virginia on Monday, and it turns out it was a mistake so they gave it back to me.
When I signed up for cable TV and Internet last February, I did so with a couple of promotions from Comcast. I felt like I was paying too much and I downgraded my cable package three times. It turns out there was a mistake in billing and I had been paying full price the whole time. So no I get a credit on my cable bill of $128... Sweet, I would rather have gotten a check, but check this out. They fucked up again when I switched my service to my new apartment, it took a week to sort out. They had some issues with billing and my credit didn't transfer over... so now I get a check.
Ok, so maybe the results aren't so wacky, and maybe the stories are a little boring. However small victories, they are victories none the less. It is situations like this that confirm to me that things can never go too wrong. Things have a tendency of getting really fucked up sometimes, but if you get all bent out of shape about it you might miss the irony of the solution (and that irony is what makes a cool story for your friends later). For instance:
When I found myself Lying in the Brigham & Women's Hospital ER at three in the morning, the ER doctor told me I was going to loose my eye completely that morning. Four hours of waiting around, and four hours of surgery, and four days in the hospital, and seven surgeries later I still have my own eye. Of course it doesn't work very well, but at least it's my own. I was even a case study and the doctors wrote me up in journals, presented my case at a conference, and brought Harvard Medical students into my checkups to teach them about the surgery they did. Although the hospital bills were astronomical, the doctors waved their fees because I didn't have any insurance at the time.
And what of the one who did it?
I couldn't sue because no Boston lawyer wanted to risk not getting paid (I was broke as hell). The guy who did it ended up starting a fight at a bar called the Middle East. He stabbed a few people and went to jail for multiple attempted murder charges.
Irony, baby.
In other news, my company is in the newspaper yesterday.
http://denverpost.com/business/ci_3039483
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angeluca:
well i can't wait to hear about the wackiness that ensues!
jonnyjonnyh:
Wow, crazy. I enjoyed your stories.