It isn't.

So I moved to this old new place (closer to work - now I am one of those rare animals in Bengaluru that commute on foot), on April 1 (note the date), alone (but not lonely, though I miss my friends very much), but the Internet moved in about a month late. No one else's fault, actually - I just wasn't around when the technician showed up, and he didn't know my cell phone number. I would be busy on weekdays, and travelling or just plain lethargic on weekends. Besides, I really didn't expect them to act so fast. Finally, I called up a BSNL customer service center to check the status of my application, got redirected to and by several people several times, and eventually found the right officer in charge of such business. And I had the good fortune to be addressed "saar" by our comrades in ghorment, several times, in an otherwise regular day.

Well, what can I say. This humble citizen is extremely honoured. Someone calling me saar!

( ... )

In which the protagonist is home alone and greps source codes for pr0n. And the computer plays moral police. Hahahaha.

(Actually, I was merely looking at gaim source code. You don't to believe me? You don't have to believe me. I grep and I grope the internets for pr0n. Just like everybody else.)

In other news, both my bank accounts do not allow me to login to their online services. When I try to call customer support on the number given in the debit card, phone company announces that the number has been changed. But they would not tell me rightaway, they will only respond to text message. So I send message, and their reply message says that they don't know the new number. So I grep the internets, find the phone banking number, punch through an labyrinthine IVR system that ultimately leads to nowhere, and finally give up in a state of heightened frustration. There is a form in the bank's website to request login reenabling. It requires me to enter my customer id. Customer id is eight digits, but the form will take only seven.

And so on, ad infinitum. I don't have the lifetime enough to put down it all.

Turns out that software is only adding to the brokenness of the universe. Damn.