Day 4 : SCAM

I have experimented quite a lot in life. I've gone 3 days without food, a day without water and spent approximately 22 hours on the road without a shelter. None of them have affected me as much (primarily because none of that is true) as the loss of Internet connectivity.

I usually wake up in the morning to the sound of the notification of someone attacking my base on Clash of Clans. At breakfast, I have toast/cereal with some Facebook on the side. My lunch is often heavy on my data plan due to YouTube streaming. My dinner is basically TV with Facebook and some food on the side occasionally. My day ends with a final glance at my Facebook profile search history which I seem to have to delete every single day (Oh PuhLeeZ...like you haven't FB-stalked someone). Every waking moment of my life requires Internet. Its still a mystery why I wasn't born with WiFi connectivity. I definitely do seem to have the battery backup of an Android phone, and anyone who has had a squabble with me, would be aware of my Silent Mode. I would've said something about Flight Mode too if my parents hadn't returned on exit from Saudi.

For the last 3 weeks I've been struggling to find some sustainable Internet (by sustainable I mean at least 3G...'cause 2G ain't really internet. Its like what soy milk is to regular milk). In the last post I said something about "BSNL spreading its wings". Yeah....that was just an expression. BSNL isn't even a bird in real life. Its a single-celled Amoeba trying to figure out a way to convince you that it's pseudo-pod is an Aircraft carrier. Over two weeks I struggled and toiled away till I finally managed to get a broadband connection during the course of which my dad ended up paying a technician a reasonably unfair amount of money despite the fact that he didn't even touch the modem while I fixed it myself using my dad's idea.

BSNL "Faster than your thoughts"...Sense the Irony???

After setting-up the so called broadband (that works only from 11am - 1pm and 4pm - 6pm) it turned out they'd cheated us off on the speed. So I decided to cancel the broadband once and for all. I was ready to face the struggle of slow browsing and late Whatsapp notifications. But I had forgotten to take one major thing into account.

I was moving to my mom's place for a few days. And there is no 2G there. 'Cause no network. NO FRIGGIN' NETWORK. The Stupid Pug had stopped following the Kid!!

Well, I'm always prepared for such kind of events. Using my trusted Idea Netsetter I went bravely to my moms place only to find out that the Rs 1346 plan I'd done cannot be utilized one bit. Cause....Yup You guessed it. No 3G.

Now Broke and Netless I had nothing else to do. I kept glancing at my notification-less phone imagining all the Poor jokes and memes that'd be shared on all the useless groups on Whatsapp that I usually ignore and wondered if I kinda did miss them.

Nope.

 I was made to get out of the house for whining too much about not having internet ("There are children on the streets who don't have food. Do you see them complaining?"..."They probably cant because they don't have social media to do so." .OUT.)
Using my new-found freedom and time, I wandered around my neighborhood to "see the real world" as my parents put it. I didn't "Like" it. It was more social than Social media. Plus, the real world's Newsfeed is just too violent.


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PS : How did I post this you ask?? My thoughts seem to have crossed the BSNL speed barrier.