“All I wanted to do was set up a new account with [Time Warner Cable] but 36hrs later I’ve lost the will to live,” Sir Patrick Stewart tweeted under the handle @SirPatStew Thursday.
Stewart became frustrated while trying to get cable service installed in his new $2 million home in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood.
Over a thousand people retweeted his complaint, rousing @TWCableHelp to offer its aid. Stewart brushed off the company, replying, “If that question had been asked at any time in the last 36 hours it would have been of value. But now…”
[Thanks to Francis Hamit fr the tory.]
My own TWC box reboots by itself, or it’s so screwed up I have to do it several times a week. I live about 15 blocks from Stewart, so I feel his pain…
This comes to mind … http://youtu.be/-ZxHAZChcYU
Verizon tore up the length of road to install a quarter mile of cable, and told me I wasn’t in the area to receive cable or wireless. RFD blues.
Here’s an article about Patrick Stewart’s new digs in Brooklyn where he was trying to get cable service… Via Andrew Porter.