FUCK THAT SHIT.

Dell can FUCK OFF.

The engineering department called to give me a quote on fixing that broken hinge peg. £325.00 Can you believe that? When I explained that there was just one small piece of metal to replace, the customer service rep told me, in broken English, that they never ship those parts alone, and that they would have to replace the whole thing.

THE WHOLE TOP HALF OF MY COMPUTER! For a fucking hinge peg! At £325.00! Plus service!

I said that was ridiculous. Indian man asked if he could call back in a few minutes. He did. "My manager says, as you have only two years [almost to the day] I give you discount: £311.00 thankyouplease*."

Rosie said: "That's ridiculous. I am not paying £300.00 for a hinge peg. I'm going to complain to your head office in Texas, as they have already contacted me directly. This is appalling. Please not to be fucking with me, thankyouplease*."

And thus I shall. Fuck this shit. I can buy a laptop from PC World for £500 which has a hard drive a whole third larger than my existing one, and with 1GB memory (I'm on 512Mb). I could buy it on HP at under £14.00 per month, and yes, I'd have to pay interest, but at least it wouldn’t be a Dell machine. Fuck. That. Shit.

Bitches. They can kiss my rosy behind if they think they're conning me out of the price of a computer (check their website! They'll sell you a whole laptop for that!)

SRSLY. You cannot electrocute me with an AC adaptor I only bought six months ago, then have my monitor replaced because some crappy hinge peg was badly made and then expect me to part with that much cash WITHIN A WEEK because I WILL FUCK YOUR SHIT UP.

*cracks knuckles, plans email to Dell International Head Office*


*Okay, maybe not that last bit.

WTF?!

The SJA website has this little gem on offer.

Spot the suspicious course content.

(I'm sure they're just trying to ensure they have enough people requiring Fire Marshals in future...)

Oh, please.

New news on the Mapie front.

Robert just told me that today she tried to arrange a house meeting and expressly excluded me. He told her where to go, and told me that he can see right through her and that he's seen her do things that were clearly just to annoy me - like tell prospective housemates it's okay to smoke in the house and turn off the TV when she knew I'd been watching it, and things like that.

I'm so relieved to have someone if not on my side, then at least not so neutral as to be on hers.

At the moment, we're looking for someone new, as Ben is moving out. Yesterday, Robert brought round his friend Rado, who will be made homeless on the day that we need someone to move in on. He seemed very sweet. Quiet, hard working (he does 12 hour shifts in a restaurant kitchen, six days a week) and Robert - who is a decent person himself - has known him for years and fully vouches for him.

I think he seemed sweet and not the sort of guy who would cause trouble. Exactly the sort that we could do with (much like Robert and Gabriel). Mapie, however, is insisting that we see more people because she doesn't want 'friends business' in the house (note: this from the woman who suggested that Claudine of The Drug Dealer Party move in) and she made this statement to Robert and said she didn't want to open the door for my friends moving in! The cheek!

She is literally and actively trying to turn the house against me. Fortunately, Robert isn't going to let that happen. We can both tell the sort of person she will get on with and are not prepared to let someone like that move in - we both feel that one is more than enough.

We just talked about it, and we think Mapie's problem is that she feels out of control of the house - which is where she's used to being - and it's freaking her out.

Considering I told Mr Malick I didn't want her evicted, she really is taking the piss.

I'm well and truly sick of this.