Only in Alaska.....

[phrogg.livejournal.com]

I recieved a call today, that i believe qualifies as exclusive to those of us lucky enough to provide support in the "Land of the Midnight Sun."

"Hi, thanks for calling [ISP], how can we help you?"

"Umm, yeah, i need help. This [expletive deleted] MOOSE just came into my house, trampled all of my [stuff], and now my modem isn't working..."

You know, if a moose had just trampled my house, i'd be worried about a little more than the internet, i think.

Comments

[wxgeek.livejournal.com]

Y'know, now that I think about it, I haven't gotten a call from our Anchorage market in quite awhile. Moosestorm?

[the-reda.livejournal.com]

I am all with that customer! Internet is ESSENTIAL
addicted? Who? Me?

[azurelunatic]

Oh dear.

My family's personal problem was squirrels in our transformer.

[taleya.livejournal.com]

but but but did it bite his seeeeester?

[onyxrising.livejournal.com]

My office has started just turning all the Alaskan cases over to me. I feel your pain.
Then again, Alaskans do have the most amusing accidental damage protection claims.

[phrogg.livejournal.com]

Only if she was Karving her initials on the møøse
with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given
her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and
star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo
Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst
Nordfink".

[phrogg.livejournal.com]

Bwahahah...indeed, we do.

[taleya.livejournal.com]

We apologise for the fault in the comments. Those responsible have been sacked.

[jokergirl.livejournal.com]

Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...

[canray.livejournal.com]

On the other side, if the Moose Gun was available, hey, Free Meat!

[trixtah.livejournal.com]

Great for the kids as well: "the moose ate my homework!"

[nem0.livejournal.com]

And considering the size of most moose, that'd be a year's worth of free meat.

(I almost typed "moost"...)

[bitterfun.livejournal.com]

Hmmm.... Let's look at his choices:

Worry about damage to the living room in your house...

or

Worry about the only connection to civilization and the greater world to keep you sane while living in Alaska.



Ummmm... yeah, I'd be calling for support as well.

[melstav]

hey, in a lot of places, Home Depot and Wal-Mart are open 24/7.

Get the trouble ticket opened when you can -- it'll take a while to get a resolution, anyway. That way, by the time you've got the hole(s) boarded up from the moose's entrance and exit and the replacement furniture assembled and installed, maybe the new modem will have arrived.

[ptstech.livejournal.com]

Hey Rock - watch me trash this guy's internets!

[bitterfun.livejournal.com]

You haven't lived in Alaska have you?

Places like Home Depot and Wal-Mart aren't readily available (unless you live in Fairbanks or Anchorage) and mail in many places comes by plane infrequently. The only contact a person has to life, especially in wintertime, is via the internet. You know all 12 of your neighbors. You really don't want to get drunk again. Going for a walk is unheard of in negative tempatures. You're tired of working 12-16 hour days in one of three fishing related industries. The internet and cable, if you're lucky, is a sanity saver.

Besides, he never mentioned that the house had a hole. The houses are usually pretty sturdy and wildlife is usually pretty polite. They use doors and windows to get into a place.

[onyxrising.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I just keep waiting for my parents to call in with an accidental damage claim for a gold mining accident. My coworkers are watching for them.

[mouse-from-marz.livejournal.com]

"doors and windows" *sporfle*

[mouse-from-marz.livejournal.com]

thank you so much for this post. it and the subsequent comments have given me more and bigger laughs than I've had in months.

moose apparently equals = automatic funny

[spooforbrains.livejournal.com]

http://community.livejournal.com/metaquotes/6586997.html

[ebony14.livejournal.com]

So ... the moose stepped on his series of tubes?

[bookwyrm]

"But that trick never works!"

[usekh.livejournal.com]

I can just picture the doorbell ringing and a sleepy alaskan staggering out to open it only to find 2 wolverines and a moose

"Don't mind us, just here to trash your internet!"

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Well...LOOK at them. Seriously, that's a silly-looking creature.

[lady-moriel.livejournal.com]

I can totally see that. Well, actually I can more see the moose doing something outside the house than in, but then I guess in more remote areas anything can happen.

I've never had a moose wreck my intarwebs or eat my homework, but I did use it as a totally legitimate reason to skip class: there was a moose right on the path to the building I needed, and I couldn't find a parking place that wouldn't make me walk right by it.