On Thu, 22 May 2008 14:37:20 -0400, George >
wrote:

>blake murphy wrote:
>> On Wed, 21 May 2008 11:03:53 -0400, "Felice" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> "George" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> I think this is accurate:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michi...t=newsmichigan
>>> A must-read for Comcast survivors. And this excerpt is a must-read for Andy:
>>>
>>> "Comcast, whose service so infuriated a Virginia grandmother she took a
>>> hammer to a local Comcast office ,,,"
>>>
>>> Felice
>>>
>>
>> the saga was fully covered in the *washington post*:
>>
>> Sometimes truly American virtues arise in outlaws who -- by dint of
>> heroic but questionable endeavors -- display the mettle of the
>> national character.
>>
>> For instance: The Dillinger Gang, robbing banks (and destroying
>> mortgages) when banks were foreclosing on the poor. Stephanie St.
>> Clair, matron of the numbers racket during the Harlem Renaissance,
>> striking a (dubious) blow for both gender and racial equality. Junior
>> Johnson bootlegging liquor during Prohibition (the benefits of which
>> were self-evident).
>>
>> Fear not, fellow Americans! In these dark days of war, pestilence and
>> Paris Hilton, a new hero has arisen. She is none other than
>> 75-year-old Mona "The Hammer" Shaw, who took the aforementioned
>> implement to her local Comcast office in Manassas to settle a score,
>> and boy, did she!
>>
>> (more at:
>>
>> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/17/AR2007101702359.html>
>> )
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
>Comcast is actually prepared for attacks. This was previously an
>adelphia area. After that family looted the company they declared
>bankruptcy and Comcast bought part of it. When adelphia operated it the
>local office was a normal office with service counters just like any
>other office. You could bring stuff back or pick stuff up by going to
>the counter and the person there would either hand you the item or take
>the one you brought back.
>
>A few months after Comcast took over they remodeled the office. You now
>walk into a small brightly lit hallway that has a think, bulletproof
>glass wall. There are cameras all over. They have large steel sliding
>drawers with flaps. You put the item in the drawer and the person on the
>other side of the bulletproof wall pulls the drawer into their side to
>retrieve the item and vice versa if they give you something.
>
>You actually wonder what image this company is trying to project. I
>asked about it and the customer service person said a lot of people ask
>that but it is their standard office setup.

sounds like a ghetto liquor store.

your pal,
blake