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Hell Hath No Fury Like a Broadband Provider Scorned
The most difficult breakup I’ve had to go through
Rejection. Such a fascinating concept. Simple and straightforward, on the one hand, complex, convoluted and long-winded on the other. “This is it then.” We’ve all been at this point before, not always the same words, the same circumstances, but I know this feeling too well. That point, where everything has been said and done and for a brief moment there is complete clarity. “This is it then”. A brief moment of clarity, before everything changes and the moment vanishes into the convolut of feelings and actions that follow. I have been there many times, on both sides. I have experienced rejection and maybe worse, rejecting, facing what followed. You can never know. Even people you have known for years may act in ways you would have never predicted. I’ve been there before. Even then, I had no way to be prepared for the aftermath that followed the breakup with my broadband provider of nearly 15 years.
Nearly 15 years, yes, I was faithful to this elusive companion. Have I had a wandering eye on the competition every now and again? Guilty. But then they couldn’t have known, I remained faithful, regardless. Faithfully taking them with me from the small room with creaky floorboards that contained my entire life as a student, across different neighbourhoods…
