All's well that ends well -

1) When I was scheduled to have Comcast come out and hook up teh interweb, I was dreading getting up at 8 a.m. to be ready for them. Happy to have them here, of course, but didn't want to get up that early. The day before their arrival, I get a phone call from the installer - he's at my house wondering where I am. Fuck. They fucked up my appointment day! I called the office. Initially the CSR told me it would take several more days. I played the part of the squeaky wheel to get some grease (let it be known that I played it in a very civil, sociable, respectful and just plain nice manner). Lo and behold, I was able to get the appointment for a mere two hours after the original time. So I got to have it that day, but at a more convenient time after all. Score one for me!

2) Yesterday I bought some blank CDRs from Radio Shack. Found a 50-stack for $15. Not a bad deal. I paid for them and got home, only to notice they'd charged me $20. Dammit. I went back today with receipt in hand to get my $5. Lo and behold, today they started a new rebate program offering an addition $10 off of the CDRs. If they hadn't screwed up the first time, I never would've got that extra $10.

Sometimes life's fuck-ups are a good thing. Whodathunkit?