September 22, 2003
Pepco sucks ass
At 5:15 last Wednesday our community lost electricity. As of 10am Monday we're still in the dark. We lost power well before anything storm related caused it. It was just another case of, as Adam puts it, 'a squirrel sneezed'.
What's galling here is there are no other reasons for power to be out in our neighborhood. No trees on lines or other wiring related problems. So instead of the usual 1 hour fix that it typically requires we're lumped into the overall hurricane-caused work.
That and Pepco's pulling their usual 'tell them it'll take a week so they'll think we're heroes for doing it in five days'. They're fucked come their October rate increase request.
What is has done is galvanize the community to fight. We're damn sick and tired of living in near 3rd world conditions on a monthly basis. We lose power, on average, at least once a month if not more. Seven times so far this year!
Meanwhile I'm stuck offline until power returns.
ODE TO WILLIAM J. SIM,
PRESIDENT OF PEPCO
If William Sim
Were not so dim,
I would not tear him limb from limb.
If Sim had class,
He would not pass,
Such lame excuses out his ass.
If Sim weren’t dense,
He’d have good sense,
And we’d not be in such suspense.
If Sim could think,
We need not drink,
And all our fridges would not stink.
For Sim complains,
He has no brains,
The lights go out each time it rains.
PEPCO ignores,
Its many chores,
Sim wonders why, each time it pours,
Beyond a doubt,
The power’s out,
It does no good to scream and shout.
If you lose juice,
Sim won’t produce,
More action than a vague excuse.
You’ll wait for hours, days and weeks
While water from your freezer leaks,
And you would kick Sim’s lower cheeks.
But with Sim’s perks,
And idle clerks,
It’s not a marvel, nothing works.
Our situation’s all too grim,
For William Sim
Is too damn dim.
... 2003 lynxtales
