I’ve been living in ‘cell phone hell’. My
phone did not work at my home (imagine that – I’m looking at you Sprint) but
because they are ‘on island’ they would not let me out of my contract. It turns
out that AT&T (the other national provider – on island) has better service.
~ Are you kidding me? This island is 26 miles long by 7 miles wide (at the widest
point), how could you not have service at my house?
Anyway…today my sentence was up. The
contract with Sprint ended and I was in the AT&T store signing up. The lady
there, Kiesha, is my new best friend. I thought I was heading into ‘phone store
hell’ and instead she walked me through the process with an incredible flare
for customer service. She told me about her son who is in remission of cancer
in his eyes and about the seven years she spent living in Omaha, Nebraska. When
we were finished, she walked me to the door and gave me a hug. (It’s a Cruzan
thing.)
I wanted to keep my old number, because
it’s an area code from the States. This allows people there to call me for free
~ well, not for free, ain’t nothing free, but it’s within your normal
nationwide or western calling plans. I’ve been operating (sometimes) off an old
Balckberry, which BTW I just recently figured out, now I have an iPhone. It’s
pretty, slick, and sexy, as phones go, but I’m back to square one. I have no
idea how to work this thing. Kiesha assured me it was simple and that anyone
could figure it out in a matter of minutes. Apparently, there are not a lot of ‘dumb
blonds in her neck of the woods. I’ve been at it for over an hour and still can’t
get my gmail account loaded onto this slippery little thing.
It’s a sad state of affairs when your ‘smart
phone’ is smarter than you.
I have a dumb phone especially for a dumb phone guy. I don't even know why I have it. Hardly anybody ever calls me and I rarely use my cell phone. Maybe I'll need it someday.
ReplyDeleteLee
An A to Z Co-Host
Tossing It Out
Evolution of "Old Dude With Phone."
ReplyDelete1. "Really, it's the coolest thing. You can make a phone call. FROM YOUR CAR."
2. "So what if it weighs ten pounds and gives me sciatica? I can even talk in line at the supermarket and in the movies. As long as the antenna is up."
3. "Butt dial? What the frik do you mean, butt-dial? Mom."
4. "All I need is a phone that I can call and receive calls. And not butt-dial my mother."
5. "Well, a camera WOULD be neat to have if I want to take a picture of a couple of dogs humping."
6. "Of COURSE your ring tone identity isn't Darth Vader's theme from Star Wars. Mom."
7. "Text? QWERTY keyboard? Why the hell would I send someone a text when I can just call them?"
8. "IDK. CU L8R BCUZ UR MY BFF. LOL. Mom."
9. "11,000 text messages?? What's my data plan? 1,000 texts a month? Oops."
10. "Can ANYone show me how to get rid of these two dogs humping? And how did it become my wallpaper."
I just figured out the problem with my OLD phone. All along I'm thinking it's a new modern Blackberry and here it's some slavic version a Balcberry. Good to know, it wasn't me, after all.
ReplyDeleteI recently downgraded from a smartphone to a regular one - it has a touch screen and a fancy-pants keyboard. All I can do is text my kids and husband on it. That's really all I need.
ReplyDeleteI don't even own a cell phone, but I do have an iTouch (iPhone without the phone) and an iPad. They aren't too difficult to figure out.
ReplyDeleteDownload an app called Magic Jack. It allows you to call anywhere in the world for free. Yes, FREE. Another good app is Facetime - you can video call anyone in the world with Facetime for free. Yes, another FREE.
There are always ways around those pesky phone charges!
Had to give my smart phone back - too smart for me. I didn't have enough time to let it teach me to be as smart as it was. Never would have succeeded anyway. So now I'm phoneless and - mostly - OK with that.
ReplyDeleteI have a Blackberry that wouldn't work in France when I was there, even with an int'l card. I was told it was because the systems didn't recognize each other.
ReplyDeleteThanks to Fate that the apt. rental place offered free calling to most countries and within the city.
What is needed, is a straightforward, intelligent how-to card written by another user, not by a techie geek who says, anyone can learn it in 5 mins.
My sympathies.
yeah i have one of those smart phones---but how smart can it be---i thought true genius was making things understandable for everyone!
ReplyDelete*hugs* and ROFL
ReplyDeleteYou know I'm laughing with you and not at you, right? I feel your pain!