Technology is out to get me

The other day my internet went done late at nite. a call to my ISP informed me that it was "scheduled maintenance" and service would be back by [4 or 5 hours later]

So I crawled into bed and read on my Kindle. Which got annoying when I finished one book, but since the net was down I couldn't load the next in the series. But I had others to read (only a few hundred of which at least a dozen are actually *on* the kindle)

In the morning I get up to see that the modem is still trying to reconnect. So I do the prescribed rituial. Doesn't work.

Call the ISP. Automated system wants me to do the ritual again. I tell it *no* rarther forcefully and too many minutes later I get to talk to a human. And still have to repeat the ritual.

Get text asking me which of 2 timeslots I want the tech to show up. Both are that morning!!

I send reply selecting the earlier one.

Note. My cell phone has a sort of "quick reply" mode that apparently gives automated systems gas. I'd sent 1 to choose the first slot. At the end of the slot, I tried replyimng to the text again to choose the second slot. This time I got a reply saying it wasn't available. Would I like (2 slots early the next day)

I reply 1 again to get the first one. Hmm. No response. Being suspicious, I try again but in the "regular" reply mode. This time I get back a confirmation.
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