So we go into our local SFR office and try to explain what plan we want and that we already have a phone. The guy then tells us we need to buy a SIM card from a convenience store and come back. Meanwhile, they're closing in 30 minutes. Yikes. So we rush to find a convenience store, buy a card for a wince-worthy 15€, and scuttle back on over to SFR. We get a different sales person so we have to repeat everything all over with her. Well what do you know, turns out we didn't need to buy the absurdly expensive SIM card after all, since she gave us one for free.
I had forgotten my passport, stupidly thinking I could use my driver's licence, so we ended up having to put it down in Jeremy's name. Then came trying to spell out my name and e-mail address in French. Then Jeremy and I had different ideas of how to spell our street address. Isn't it sad when you don't even know how to say the street you live on properly? Finally, everything was all said and done and the only thing left was to put the SIM card in the phone. Uh-oh, the tray for the card is missing, and it is inoperable without it. So we take the card home with us, hoping to find the tray in the apartment from when Jeremy was playing around with it to make sure he could unlock it from Verizon.
We decided to try and go back to the convenient store to return the SIM card. Hey, 15€ is 15€. We couldn't get our point across and Jeremy finally said something along the lines of "I give you card, you give me money" and upon proving it was unopened, he eventually gave us our 15€ back.
I have caught a cold which isn't surprising at all considering every 5 minutes someone would sneeze or cough in the dang plane. I just got over a very severe sinus infection. Hopefully this cold will stay small because I won't have health coverage until my visa goes completely through which will be another 2 or 3 months in the making.
We finally got news that our washing machine will arrive January 29th. It's over a month late and do you think we got an apology or compensation? Of course not! So we're trying to find another one we like from a different company. Even though it might take a little longer to get the washing machine if we do that, at this point we would rather the original company not get our money and wait a few extra days.
Also, still no news on whether all our things from the US have shipped yet. Jeremy has emailed them two times and his HR manager has called them, to no avail. I can't decide if all these events are just coincidentally poorly run companies, or if this is just how France operates. Only time will tell, I suppose, but so far it seems if I want anything slightly major done, I should expect it to take months.
Tonight's adventure is going out with a couple friends that Jeremy has made. Along the way, we need to scout for some restaurants to eat at, because it seems we won't be having our cookware for a long, long time.