Interaction required

This place thrives on stress.  I had an exciting time in DREAMWORLD as usual last night.  I wake up to check emails, etc.  I have no internet.  I reset each of the modems in my house 3 times.  Still no internet.  I get the saved number to call my internet provider ....no phone service.   

Fortunately, I keep a flip phone in my car.  I call the internet provider and they need 10 different forms of ID in order to even talk with me.  I am running up and down 3 flights of stairs, short of breath, wheezing. 

They finally tell me that there is a service outage in my area and will be up in several hours.

Frankly, if I didn't have to work through the computer, I would be happy to not have internet.  This civilization despises it when you don't interact with it.  It thrives on attention and it will do whatever is necessary to get it, regardless of how you fight it.