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Memes on a mission: Woman's humor about downed cable wire leads to fix
Jocelyn Brumbaugh
Sr Digital Curator
Memes on a mission: Woman's humor about downed cable wire leads to fix
this is half of them tomorrow. Spink love spending time with her dogs in a backyard. The source of so much angst turned into joy. I'm tired of being mad at things. Spink says on March 28th, a storm knocked down her Comcast cable. It was the entire length of the backyard, so it's got to be over 100 ft. But weeks later the cable giant still hadn't fixed it. And they also kept insisting that in fact our cable was buried and that wasn't the case because I would send them pictures. It was a little bit insane since the conventional approach to solving her problem wasn't working. Spink went the funny route. It did blow up, it did blow up, Tony hawk was shredding it just like we were shredding it, getting attention on the matter she and friends created and posted on social media silly meme after silly meme. I did johnny Cash. That was funny, famous for the song. I walk the line. There were animals, friendly and ferocious, plenty of high wire acrobatics and who could forget Bernie Sanders. There was Bernie Bernie made it with his mittens in the chair. He was very concerned about the infrastructure it got our attention to. On Wednesday. I asked Comcast what was taking so long. They never answered that question, but a few hours later crews were repairing that down. Cable Comcast issued a statement saying we apologize for the inconvenience, we repaired the line and have been in touch with the customer. It got fixed by grassroots campaign of support and I think where it really hit the attention was when Corporate got contacted by seven on your side. Her latest memes celebrates the cables return skyward. It's an ode to the 1980 US gold medal hockey team. Do you believe in miracles? My goal was to just stay true to who I want to be. And I think the memes are a way to do that jake orf seven news
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Memes on a mission: Woman's humor about downed cable wire leads to fix
Jocelyn Brumbaugh
Sr Digital Curator
For weeks, Tamra Spink tried to get her cable company to address a downed wire in her Virginia backyard. With no success, Spink didn't get mad. Instead, she started making fun of the situation on social media. As her memes were shared, they got the attention of local media and now, the problem has been resolved.Spink told WJLA that a storm in late March knocked down her Comcast cable, which she estimated was more than 100 feet. Weeks went by without a fix. Plus, Spink said Comcast insisted the wire was buried. "That was not the case," she told the TV station. "I would send them pictures. It was a little bit insane."Eventually, Spink turned to humor in a frustrating situation. She started sharing memes using photos of the downed wire. One meme showed Tony Hawk "shredding" on the wire, while another had Johnny Cash "walking the line."And of course, there was a Bernie Sanders meme. "It was Bernie, made it with his mittens in the chair," Spink said. "He was very concerned about the infrastructure."WJLA reached out to Comcast about Spink's situation and, a few hours later, had crewss at her home repairing the wire. Comcast also issued a statement apologizing for the situation.Spink is glad the problem was fixed and shared a meme celebrating the "miracle" with tribute to the 1980 U.S. Gold Medal hockey team. "My goal was to just stay true to who I want to be," Spink said. "And I think the memes were a way to do that."
LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (Video: WJLA via CNN) —

For weeks, Tamra Spink tried to get her cable company to address a downed wire in her Virginia backyard.

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With no success, Spink didn't get mad. Instead, she started making fun of the situation on social media. As her memes were shared, they got the attention of local media and now, the problem has been resolved.

Spink told WJLA that a storm in late March knocked down her Comcast cable, which she estimated was more than 100 feet.

Weeks went by without a fix. Plus, Spink said Comcast insisted the wire was buried.

"That was not the case," she told the TV station. "I would send them pictures. It was a little bit insane."

Eventually, Spink turned to humor in a frustrating situation. She started sharing memes using photos of the downed wire.

One meme showed Tony Hawk "shredding" on the wire, while another had Johnny Cash "walking the line."

And of course, there was a Bernie Sanders meme.

"It was Bernie, made it with his mittens in the chair," Spink said. "He was very concerned about the infrastructure."

WJLA reached out to Comcast about Spink's situation and, a few hours later, had crewss at her home repairing the wire.

Comcast also issued a statement apologizing for the situation.

Spink is glad the problem was fixed and shared a meme celebrating the "miracle" with tribute to the 1980 U.S. Gold Medal hockey team.

"My goal was to just stay true to who I want to be," Spink said. "And I think the memes were a way to do that."