Husband, father. Reporter, Pete Kramer Media.
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For 2nd night in a row ABC NY has a brite in the 6 pm telecast from @kemrichardson7. Last night, about a dog walker who lost $300 in cash at a bagel shop and social media folks raised cash $10 at a time to help her. Awwwww.
Tonight, it was about a woman who puts “duck libraries” in her neighborhood. People can open them and take out a rubber duck. Awwww.
Here’s the thing. It’s THE SAME WOMAN. In a city of 8.5 million, WABC can’t find other people to interview? #jeezaloo
In winter, the tourists abandoned the hibernating harbor for the ski slopes at Mt. Sunapee State Park. At the windswept summit, they could crane their necks from the chairlift and see the harbor, but it held nothing for them in winter. #standardtime open.substack.com/pub/petekr…
55 minutes on a chat with “ Victoria”at @verizon to get an itemized final bill, which I still don’t have. They can mail it to me or I can go to a corporate Verizon store to print it out. It is 2025. Verizon is a $163B company.
“Victoria” said she could see the itemized charges and that I can log in as a “disconnected” customer. My credentials— phone, last name, zip — were not recognized.
After 24 years, it took @Verizon exactly 3 weeks to forget about me entirely, to lock me out of their system. But “Victoria” was curious why I left Verizon.
On Monday, I posted about how miserable @Verizon is, how 24 years of my custom meant nothing to them, how they were shaking me down for another $1007.39. Within minutes, “bee” sent me this….
Peter, your 24-years with Verizon matters to us. I'm genuinely sorry to hear you've had a miserable experience. This isn't ever what we want. We are committed to turning this around for you! Please share what's been going on? *Bee
I sent “bee” a half dozen screenshots showing how little regard their “team” had for me, how it took three reps to handle a simple billing question that was still not resolved. Five days later, still crickets….. this is why I put @verizon on my rear horizon.
Ron Chernow, Mark Twain, Maxim Gorky … and how wild the universe can be at times. @AuthorRChernow2 open.substack.com/pub/petekr…
On 9/28/20, @united drew $520M of the $7.491B loan the Treasury approved under the CARES Act. So naturally, they denied my request to extend by one month a $647.68 travel credit. Because, you know, business.
On @lohud today: The high school musical season kick-off, with details on 61 musicals from now through May. (Plus: details on The Metros and Pedro's Open Mic.) Be sure to pick up 2/2/25 print editions, with nearly 7 full pages of musicals coverage. @DrJosephRicca @StepinacDrama
#MLKDay approaching, a story about how King's #Ihaveadream speech lacked one key ingredient on the page: The Dream. (With thanks to King scholar @jonathaneig and to @sethkaller, who showed @SethEHarrison and me the mimeographed copy of the speech. lohud.com/story/news/2025/01…
Westchester fans of @ThisAmerLife rejoice! @iraglass is coming to @TheMusicHall on Jan. 18. We talked yesterday about the show, how to turn a dry story into a compelling one (and win the @PulitzerPrizes) and American attention spans. lohud.com/story/news/local/w…
Who's that riding the rails with @GovKathyHochul ? My pal @TomZambito, pressing for details about Hochul's major plans for the MTA. lohud.com/story/news/ny-news…
