The plan called for some
public hearings to elicit comments – this is the People’s Republic of Massachusetts
So it came as a huge surprise
a couple days ago when I was invited to attend two of these meetings next
week. The ambush yesterday was the
overall boss informing me that I would be making the actual presentation at the
meeting!! My immediate boss just shook
his head in wonder when I told him I had been elevated from attendee to presenter.
This smacks of politics at
play because there will be some people upset and the politicians are trying to
distance themselves from the act. I
decided to scare the boss and I told him if someone asked me why we were doing
certain things I would tell them – “because I was told to.” That seemed to get
his attention. I would never do
something like that, but he would, so it scared him.
He’s now playing very nice
with me. He’s even roped me into an
interview he has today with the local newspaper. No
good deed goes unpunished.
I was extremely excited
yesterday because I was getting my new television calibrated. My son, my television advice guru, encouraged
me to have this done and promised I would be amazed at the difference. Since I was already pleased with the quality
of the picture – I was, like I said – excited.
Since I patronize Best Buy religiously
– I do own a few (nearing a thousand) movies, the Geek Squad was performing the
calibration for free. The guy showed up
on time and quickly set up his stuff – none of which I understood. He had a device sitting on front of the TV
and connected it all to his computer.
He tried to explain what he
was doing and said it would be much more life like. After 45 minutes he was finished and I was
less than impressed. Since it was free I
was not going to bitch about it but based on my expectations (inflamed by my
filial guru) I was severely disappointed.
It could just be that disappointment talking but I swear it looked
better before the calibration.
Yesterday kind of sucked –
but today is Friday and the daughter arrives tomorrow for the weekend so the
worm is turning.
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| Geek Squad on Site |
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| Calibration Underway |
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