Tuesday, July 31, 2007

eRDeeSh





Mai tineti minte clipuletele alea foarte amuzante de la niste baieti intreprinzatori din Baia Mare? Sigur ca da! Doar au deja aparitii regulate pe la Carcotasi in emisiunea lor desi umorul este mult diluat si si-au cam pierdut tot farmecul (ma refer si la Carcotasi si la baietii cu Reclamele erdeesh).


Ei bine, cred ca am ajuns sa cunosc si eu sensul acelor reclame pe pielea mea. Desi acolo era vorba de telefonie cu vecinii nostri…dragutii…si “defavorizatii” unguri-bulani, eu am ceva de adaugat ceva in ceea ce priveste perioada de asteptare intre momentul semnarii contractului de internet si sosirea echipei de cablare.

Pai ce as putea spune? In primul rand, asa cum ati mai vazut pe la televizor oameni care isi inscriu copiii la gradinitia inainte sa se fi nascut sau, eventual, inainte sa ii fi conceput, trebuie sa va luati niste masuri de precautie si in acest caz, si anume:
  1. sa fiti foarte tineri (18 ani – ideal) – asta pentru a fi siguri ca apucati sa va tineti nepotelul in brate in timp ce tataia ii arata cum a uitat de unde se deschide calculatorul;

  2. sa aveti foaaaaaaarte multa rabdare – cam atata rabdare cat iti trebuie sa infigi un bold in ochiul unei furnici care fuge cu 10 km/h in directia opusa vantului;

  3. sa aveti multe minute pe mobil – ca sa puteti da de agentul care v-a incheiat contractul sa il puteti injura indiferent ca e vorba de eRDeeSh sau ca v-ati lovit cu ciocanul peste degete (oricum, el va fi prevazator si va avea telefonul inchis sau nu va raspunde dupa aproximativ al 3-lea apel);

  4. sa aveti o memorie foarte buna – asta va ajuta sa tineti minte toate numerele de plangeri pe care vi le inregistreaza domnisoarele de la relatii cu clientii care stiu un pic mai mult despre ceea ce se intampla cu contractele astea decat stie copilul de pe strada care iti sparge geamul cu mingea;

  5. in final, trebuie sa aveti multa vointa si determinare – ca sa fiti siguri ca veti reusi multe in viata, dar care nu va vor ajuta prea mult in ceea ce priveste internetul de la mult-iubita si stimata (ca sa nu mentionam laudata) firma eRDeeSh.

Poate va intrebati ce mi-a venit asa, dintr-odata pe saracii oameni? Pai, probabil v-ati dat seama ca am cazut in plasa si am pus botul la superoferta pe care o au in desfasurare crezand ca o sa fac afacerea vietii mele. Credeti ca asa a fost?

Bineinteles ca nu! Contractul…l-am semnat acum vreo luna si ceva, iar de atunci, in loc sa navighez linistit pe net, dau telefoane in disperare si incerc sa gasesc orice urma de inteligenta la capatul celalalt al firului. Pana acum nu am gasit decat Luminita de la capatul tunelului sau al telefonului, ca parca pe una asa o chema.

Per total, presupun ca tot am rezolvat ceva. Adica am ceva de facut cand ma plictisesc: sun, vorbesc, memorez, ma enervez, inchid, ma linistesc, ma plictisesc si repet tot procedeul.

Pana una-alta, incep sa ma gandesc in spiritul romanesc si crestin, ca poate ar fi o idee sa angajez vreun hacker sa le crash-uiasca toata reteaua, macar sa moara si capra vecinului. Oricum ar fi un gest mult mai pacifist decat sa intru cu masina in sediul lor si sa incep sa strig “Da’ halatul? Cat e halatul? Halatul! Cat e halatul?...”, nu credeti?

Bine ca s-au inventat calmantele…Mai prost pentru ei este ca tocmai deschid un punct de lucru la mine in cartier…sa vezi atunci bataie cu oua ce le administrez de fiecare data cand imi aduc aminte de ce nu am eu acces la internet.

Vorba aceea: “De ma voi scula, pre multi am sa popesc si eu”.

Sa speram, totusi, ca nu va fi nevoie. Dar daca da…cunoasteti pe cineva care vinde oua ieftin? In afara de Bombonel. Ca de doi ani tot il astept si pe neseriosul ala sa mi le numere. Poate lucreaza mana-n mana. Bine macar ca nu am contract si cu el. Ca ieseau si pui din ele pana acum. Mai ales la ce calduri au fost…

Nu-i nimic! Eu nu ma las! Iar in spiritul revolutionar, ma ridic cu pieptul gol si strig:



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No future for true politics...




How many of you people know who or what or where you’re going? How many of you can say for sure where you will find yourselves in…I don’t know…1-2 years? Many of you don’t even take a minute to think about it. Others won’t even live to answer that and some of you just don’t care.

Well, I do! The problem is that when you think about the future, the future keeps changing as you go through life and live it. This is, perhaps, why we can’t seem to achieve what we planned or we are sometimes surprised by the outcome of our actions.

I try not to be too pesimistic about my future or this country’s future, but it is hard to do that when you see what type of leaders we have: a sailor that doesn’t know much about politics, diplomacy or…intelligence for that matter, actually, a sailor that doesn’t know much about anything but his lust for power; a minister that cares more about his financial well-being than about the people dying in the streets; some very well known politicians that wouldn’t give up their big, fat paychecks to save a new born baby or to think for one second that it is not they that should be the focus of their activity, but we, the people. We, who work hard and earn little or nothing, while they become millionaires and insure their offsprings a life without a single care in the world.

I so hate the politicians of this country! Their goals are petty and with clear disregard of what the 20 million inhabitants wish or want. The only things they do to please us are the very things that they hope to later become reasons to vote them. So they can sit in their luxurious leather chairs and push buttons to pass laws without even knowing what they stand for.

There are no “bright heads”, no politician that can make a difference or that can change my mind about who or what they are. They are nothing but selfish bastards trying to live well and to take profit from our hard work while they stand back and watch us die.

Maybe this is a scenario for countries all around the Globe, but at least it is not those politicians I see on the TV smiling and lying through their teeth about how they care and what they plan to do to make their country a better place to live and work.

The level of corruption is almost defying any logics and I am surprised that Romanians have nothing to say about it. And even if we would, it will take a lot more than one or two “insurgents” to stand up for our rights because the roots of this political Mafia go very deep and it is very powerfull.

Make no mistakes! I’m not saying anything new! This is something that many people thought and said something about for some years now, but the results are obvious: nothing changed. And nothing will change as long as we so foolishly take sides in this political struggle for power and we take pride of the fact that this party did this for us and that party didn’t do anything for the people.
All of you that think you know something about politics…WAKE THE FUCK UP! There is no political party that has ever done something for us because it was in OUR best interest, but because it served THEIR purpose! And if you don’t understand that, you are either dellusional or too stupid to be alive and I wonder how you surived this long!

Anyway, this is something that won’t change and it will stay like this for many years to come. I wish I had something to say about that, but saying is not enough and that’s all I can try right now. Maybe one day…people will wake up…and then we will have a REAL revolution. By the people, for the people. Let’s hope we don’t have to wait too long!

One more thing: Romania is one of the most beautiful countries in the world, but it's a shame that it has the leaders it has and that it doesn't have the power to change that!



PS: how can you tell the difference between a dog that was run over on the highway and a politician? - There are brake marks near the dog!