Cell phones are dumb
I love to talk; it’s one of my favorite things to do.
Growing up, my parents always had to deal with teachers telling them that I have trouble paying attention in class and that I spent too much time talking and not enough time listening. (So that’s why I’m bad at math.)
Talking is something that I am very good at and I never get sick of.
Which is why I have 1,000 anytime minutes and unlimited night and weekend minutes on my cell phone.
I have certain people that I talk to everyday — my parents and four of my best friends, Ashley, Callie, Tara and Tonya.
However, something has come between my precious talk time and me.
It’s not laryngitis and it’s not because I’m too busy; it’s because of my stupid, good-for-nothing cell phone.
Currently, I have three cell phones sitting in my room and none of them work.
The first one had a battery that only stayed charged up for a couple hours at a time, and to replace the battery would cost almost as much as a new phone.
The second one I got when I renewed my plan. The very nice salesman told me that the phone I was looking at was very popular and dependable.
First off, I have seen five people with the same phone that I have. Secondly, this phone is probably the most unreliable phone I have ever seen.
I would have more reception with my old phone out in the middle of nowhere (also known as my hometown) than I do with my current phone driving down University Drive.
I don’t get any reception in buildings and I can’t make any calls once I get five miles out of Fargo.
It’s absolutely ridiculous and I’m tired of it. My cell phone needs to be in working condition at all times.
I have a talking quota that I must meet on a daily basis and this cell phone is hindering it greatly.
Seriously, how difficult is it to make a quality product?
Alltel makes millions of dollars and they still can’t manage to make a cell phone that can have reception in the middle of a city.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I think this is pathetic.
So, I thought I would be witty and go to eBay.com and purchase a “gently used” cell phone that was supposed to be in good working condition.
This might come as a shock to some people, but it stopped working after about two weeks. Just in time for the return warranty to be up.
The worst part is, I can’t just throw in the towel and give up.
Unfortunately, this is my only way of communication unless of course there’s still a telegram service somewhere that I should know about.
So, until I can either afford to buy a brand new phone (which is unlikely) or find a discount one that works, I’m just going to have to deal with this pathetic excuse for a communication device for a little longer.