REACH OUT AND TOUCH AT&T
Today's Zen question: Is it possible to use the telephone to communicate with the telephone company? In my experience, which I shall relate to you, the answer is: No!
I noticed, from milwaukeeworld's lofty aerie high above downtown, that the heavy winds Monday and Tuesday were causing the rubber membrane roof at 826 W. Michigan St. to blow in violent ripples. The roof, in large part, had become unattached from the building, which is not a good thing. I determined that the owner of 826 W. Michigan St. was AT&T. I found a telephone number for the company here in Milwaukee, at the address given on the property records of the city of Milwaukee. (By the way, because it is a telecommunications facility, the four story building is tax-exempt. Score one for the consumer!) The telephone rang fifteen times before I hung up, with my dire message unheard. Apparently, AT&T offices are not equipped with answering machines.
I must therefore resort to the power of the internet to hope my message to AT&T's building maintenance people is somehow received. Of course, they'll find out soon enough once the snow melts, but the problem could have been inspected and remedied days ago, before the snow started falling. If you're heading up there, the damage is most severe on the southwest corner of the roof. I'll be watching.
--Michael Horne

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