And the Fob-Off of the Year Award goes to....

[drumroll]

For initially telling me that my new SIM would be active in "two to twenty-four hours", and then when, 26 hours later it wasn't working I was told "...then it will work at 6pm this evening".

Yes, and your shop closes at 6pm.

And guess what...it's now 7:10pm and STILL no signal.

Below is some light reading to entertain you while I wait patiently for my SIM to be active. Names have been changed to protect the innocent (and also the guilty).

Welcome to O2. Someone will be with you soon.

You're through to Dwayne.

Dwayne: Hi I'm Dwayne. How can I help?

Zezi: Hi Dwayne...my sim was replaced yesterday and it is still not active.

Dwayne: No worries I'll check this for you.

Zezi: thanks

Dwayne: Can I have full answer to your security question?

Zezi: you can have a part answer

Dwayne: Yes please?

Zezi: B and S are the first and last digits

Dwayne: Can I have the full answer for security reasons?

Zezi: The other bloke I spoke to only asked me for some of the digits, not all.

Zezi: We all know the internet isn't very secure.

Zezi: Who cares anyway "Bollocks".

Dwayne: Thanks.

Dwayne: I'm sorry but it just to confirm for the security reasons.

Zezi: Yeah well everyone in my family could hazard a guess since everyone always asks people for the same security question.

Zezi: But I don't care, I just want my sim to work.

Dwayne: No worries I'll help you to get your sim active.

Dwayne: Can I have your new sim number?\

Zezi: hold on

Dwayne: *?

Dwayne: Okay.

Zezi: 89441100***********

Dwayne: Thanks for the information. Please give me a few minutes while I check this for you.

Dwayne: Thanks for waiting.

Dwayne: I've activated your sim and you can use your services within 1-2 hours.

Zezi: Well I hope so, it really should have been activated yesterday when they gave it to me. Thank you kindly.

Dwayne: You're most welcome.

Dwayne: Please take care.

The Girl Effect

Ok, so this is my first serious blog post. For some people it may still be a bit random, so at least I wont disappoint any of my (three) followers.

This post is about The Girl Effect. And The Girl Effect is about girls. And boys. And moms and dads and villages and towns and countries. But mostly The Girl Effect is about YOU. Because, you see, YOU can spread the word about TGE. When the time is right, YOU can campaign against child marriages and advocate for the education of girls in developing countries.

And the thing is, the message here is not a new one... 100 odd years ago the situation was not so different right here in the UK, and look where we are now. So it can be done. But she needs your help.

If you want to support The Girl Effect, please take a look at the facebook page, 'like' it and share the link with others.

Blog The Girl Effect 4 - 11 October http://www.taramohr.com/girleffectposts/
For more information and ways to help visit: http://www.girleffect.org/question

Thanks.

Z