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Aug. 16th, 2014
Phone Drama
Aug. 16th, 2014 05:49 pmMy phone died while I was at my sister's birthday party. It was terrible! I couldn't check twitter or facebook! I felt desperately like I had to read something current or I would die. Yes, it was a first-world problem. Plus, of course, I had things that I just had to do, and I had to have my phone to do them.
When I got back to Mpls, I went in to the store and handed it over. Now I know what every mother knows on the first day of kindergarten! "Fix it," I said. "I can't live without it tomorrow."
"Oh, it's usually the battery or the buttons." the nice man said. "It should be fine." He lied!
It's dead Jim!
Later that same day, after an eternity with no phone, I called, using the office phone, which I do about once a year. (Usually when I call our service desk to have them reset the 84-digit password.) "It's dead." they said.
"How soon," I said, "can you get me a replacement? I need a phone tomorrow for the election."
"Do you have another Sprint phone?"
"Well," I said. "Maybe." But my ancient Palm phone was dead too! Dead! Dead! Dead!
"What's the cheapest phone you have?" I asked. They're always talking about burner phones on TV, I mean, how much could one cost?
"$100." they said.
That's not cheap!
"But, you can bring it back and we'll only charge $35." they said.
"Well, in that case...." I walked out with $700 LG Flex phone.
When I got back to Mpls, I went in to the store and handed it over. Now I know what every mother knows on the first day of kindergarten! "Fix it," I said. "I can't live without it tomorrow."
"Oh, it's usually the battery or the buttons." the nice man said. "It should be fine." He lied!
It's dead Jim!
Later that same day, after an eternity with no phone, I called, using the office phone, which I do about once a year. (Usually when I call our service desk to have them reset the 84-digit password.) "It's dead." they said.
"How soon," I said, "can you get me a replacement? I need a phone tomorrow for the election."
"Do you have another Sprint phone?"
"Well," I said. "Maybe." But my ancient Palm phone was dead too! Dead! Dead! Dead!
"What's the cheapest phone you have?" I asked. They're always talking about burner phones on TV, I mean, how much could one cost?
"$100." they said.
That's not cheap!
"But, you can bring it back and we'll only charge $35." they said.
"Well, in that case...." I walked out with $700 LG Flex phone.