The Hog of the Bandwidth

Karma can be a real stinker.  You remember about the ban right?  I brought the laptop with me to Chattanooga because I am addicted to you people.  When I arrived in my cozy hotel room I immediately plugged in and logged on.  No problem.  I checked my normal sites (Hi Rachel, Mrs. G, Hannah, Melanie, Mary Jo, Jason & Amanda!!!) then went to iTunes to see what's up.  I downloaded a tv show I missed last week and went to bed.

After work the next day I met an old friend for dinner and then went back to the hotel.  I tried to log on and couldn't so I called the front desk to help me.  Here was the diagnosis:  It's not us, it's you.  This is not the first time I've heard this.  I decided that I could live without you all for one day, so I read a bit, did some work and went to bed.  I felt confident that all would be well in the morning.  Because of magic computer stuff that happens in the night, you know.

Today, after work, I still had computer issues.  I had to get it fixed.  A day without Mrs. G is like a day without sunshine for goodness sake!  Finally, I found a number for tech support on the hotel modem.  After trying various fixes that computer dude talked me through to no avail, he suddenly said, "I think I see the problem, I must talk to my supervisor."  After quite some time he got back on the phone and asked if I had downloaded a "large, ummmm, movie perhaps?"  I said, yes, actually I did download something last night.  I was informed that the download was so large that I used 80% of the hotel's total bandwidth and because of this I was banned from the internet. My deep, dark secret was out.  I realized that computer dude thought I was downloading vast amounts of porn, but really, it was just a two hour episode of The Biggest Loser.  When I told him this, he laughed profusely at me and told me next time to watch it at home.  Then he lifted my ban.

Stupid karma.