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January 24, 2010
Jennifer's New Cell Phone
After bouncing from Verizon to Sprint to AT&T last year, I ended up back at Verizon. It's a long story, but this is where we are. Jennifer was not quite as nimble and ended up stranded back on AT&T with an LG Neon. Finally, I bought her a cell phone on the Verizon network and we drove down to the Verizon store yesterday to get it activated. Only AT&T refused to port her old phone number over. They were basically holding it hostage since I had a balance on the account. Finally, I was able to pay the bill over the phone, the b@stards at AT&T released the hostage phone number, and it was ported over to Verizon.
Jennifer has a lot of technology. I can't deny that. Some would say she's spoiled, I'd put her up against any other kid on the planet when told she can't have something. She doesn't whine, cry, or complain. She doesn't raise her voice to me. She says "Yes sir," and that's the end of it.
She has a laptop, an ipod, a cell phone, and a desktop.
And, of course, you just hope that nothing gets lost or broken or stolen. This is where we are.
And then today, she leans over and drops her brand new Verizon phone. I didn't raise my voice. I didn't shout at her. I didn't come unglued. Because you can't hurt the phone. Nothing happened to it at all. It just bounced. Because it's not a Palm Pre or an iPhone. It's an old-school RAZR. These things are indestructible. And you thought I was an idiot. ;)
Posted by Rob Kiser on January 24, 2010 at 2:51 PM
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