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February 27th, 2005 at 01:25 pm

If there is anything in the world more annoying than a chipmunk-voiced telemarketer barking offers during dinner time, it would definitely constitute walking innocently into a " blah blah wireless" store and being approached by a cellphone Shopping Mall Snake.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I remember a time when people DIDN'T need to be called IMMEDIATELY- wherever I was- on the spot- even if I was in a line where 100 people stood patiently in front of me. Those folks don't want to hear about how my professor looks cute in a navy blue cardigan or how Bo and Hope shouldn't make any more excuses and just cut to the chase!

It wasn't that long ago. I remember whipping out crossword puzzle books happily.. or even carrying yarn and a crochet needle. Nothing better than crochetting to make people stare in amazement lol.

BUT... Mom wanted a cellphone.
AND... Mom wanted to buy one as soon as possible.

Defeated, I walk into the newly formed CINGULAR Wireless- ripe with old confused AT&T customers like myself. The slithering snake smelled interest and stealthily slid towards us (Say it aloud a few times... doesn't it tickle your alveolar ridge? ahhh the joys of alliteration heheh).

Mr. Culebra (snake in spanish) informed me that I had to buy a new phone for myself and I had to switch over to Cingular. To make a long story short, he wanted me to pay triple what I pay now for some impossible number of minutes and a phone with crappy ten second video capacity. (Again.. I remember a time when I DIDN'T find it necessary to carry video capability on my phone... I like my digital camera but come on now!).

I convinced mom NOT to get into it (minimum 2 year contract required) and since my current contract expires in July, I am going to drop the phone in order to adapt to simpler, more frugal methods of communication (Smoke signals, Yelling, and quite simply "I'll call when I get home darnit!!").

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