Comments on: How Things (do not) Work in France http://lacanadienne.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/how-things-do-not-work-in-france/ Two Vancouverites - one Canadian, one German refugee - are starting anew in Paris Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:29:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: How Things (do not) Work in France, continued « Pain au Chocolat http://lacanadienne.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/how-things-do-not-work-in-france/#comment-36 How Things (do not) Work in France, continued « Pain au Chocolat Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:36:47 +0000 http://lacanadienne.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-36 [...] Still without internet? Yes, and apparently c’est absolument typique. We have learned from first-hand experience, and the stories of others, to assume that anything involving French telecommunications or websites will cause pain and possible permanent damage to your soul. Read on to hear how my quest to contact my ISP’s customer support devolved (for the first part of the saga, click here). [...] [...] Still without internet? Yes, and apparently c’est absolument typique. We have learned from first-hand experience, and the stories of others, to assume that anything involving French telecommunications or websites will cause pain and possible permanent damage to your soul. Read on to hear how my quest to contact my ISP’s customer support devolved (for the first part of the saga, click here). [...]

]]> By: Donna http://lacanadienne.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/how-things-do-not-work-in-france/#comment-34 Donna Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:52:04 +0000 http://lacanadienne.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-34 First of all, Happy New 2009! Sounds like you had a fabo Christmas . I loved the pics, the candles on the tree and the incessant eating of glorious food. Yum. That is my kind of holiday! As for your description of the enormity of the bureaucracy involved in getting internet access.. I was rolling on the floor of my cube giggling. Your tale made me realize that I'm an amateur when it comes to those things. I would have been stumped at the requirement for internet access to obtain codes to enable internet access! Oh, and the phone thing was killer. You couldn't come up with comedy like that if you set out to do that. Have you thought of turning the france-ification process tale into a comedic play? Do chat about the appliances when you have a chance. Did you get the bells&whistles you desired? ta fer now. d First of all, Happy New 2009!
Sounds like you had a fabo Christmas . I loved the pics, the candles on the tree and the incessant eating of glorious food. Yum. That is my kind of holiday!

As for your description of the enormity of the bureaucracy involved in getting internet access.. I was rolling on the floor of my cube giggling. Your tale made me realize that I’m an amateur when it comes to those things. I would have been stumped at the requirement for internet access to obtain codes to enable internet access! Oh, and the phone thing was killer. You couldn’t come up with comedy like that if you set out to do that. Have you thought of turning the france-ification process tale into a comedic play?

Do chat about the appliances when you have a chance. Did you get the bells&whistles you desired?

ta fer now.
d

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