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Cable Rage Pushes Granny Over the Edge

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3750705&page=1

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Call her tactics old-fashioned. Call it a frustrated woman on a mission. Call it just plain wild.
A 75-year-old Virginia woman was fed up with her cable company, so she took matters into her own hands and brought a hammer with her.
Mona Shaw was trying to switch to Comcast for cable, Internet and phone, but the cable guy didn't show up when he was supposed to.
Shaw says the Comcast cable guy didn't show up the day she had put on her calendar. Then, when he did come, she says he changed her phone number of 34 years without her knowledge.
She said she took her husband's hammer and marched into the Comcast offices.
"I hit the keyboard," she said. "And I knocked over the computer monitor."
"The next thing I know a police officer comes roaring in," Shaw said. "When he said put down that hammer, well I did, right on the telephone!"

Here's one for you rhertz, grannies get the job done:laugh::laugh:See other point speak up, don't take their bull.:laugh::laugh:

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Originally Posted by piemaker720 (Post 23127)

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3750705&page=1

Here's one for you rhertz, grannies get the job done:laugh::laugh:See other point speak up, don't take their bull.:laugh::laugh:

Hey, this granny use to be a retired air force nurse.DON'T MESS WITH GRANNIES. We can be dangerous! :laugh::laugh::peace:

I can relate to her frustration. But when I "rage" it never works. Just gets me into trouble...

This reminds me of an incident about 20 years ago when UPS lost a package of mine. I waited 6 months for their "insurance" and never got a check after many repeat calls. So I grabbed some cable cutters and went to UPS and told them if they are going to take my package, then I'm going to take their electronic scale! The manager told me if I cut the cable he would call the police. Fair enough. I left empty handed but finally got a check a couple of weeks later. LOL, I think I made an impression on them.

But UPS is a good company and that was before bar codes. The cableops just plain suck. And Dish Network too IMHO..