cell phone minutes
So I got my new BlackBerry last month. And of course, I’ve been using it a lot, since it’s new and why use a regular old land line phone when I’ve got this cool new phone to use, right?
Riiiight. Got the first bill. Let’s put it this way - if I were a teenager, I’d be grounded for at least a month and the phone would be taken away. And I’d be given a stern talking to. And trust me when I tell you that I’m not a big phone person to begin with, so I’m not sure how I used the extra bazillion minutes.
I mean, I get to blame it on the fact that I’m not living home and have to use the cell phone a lot more than I normally would, but still. Ridiculous. Everyone in the world just needs to start using email as a communication device. Unless you’re an editor, in which case, please feel free to call anytime, day or night, roaming charges be damned.
Steph T.
October 19th, 2005 at 5:41 pm
I love email!
Hate the phone.
Ditto to the editors though!
October 19th, 2005 at 5:58 pm
I had to get my mom on the same cell phone plan so I could bring my bills down.
But technology is fun. 
October 19th, 2005 at 6:23 pm
Steph, the best invention EVER was free evenings and weekends.
October 19th, 2005 at 7:10 pm
Sounds like you need to find a different plan.
October 19th, 2005 at 7:54 pm
:thumbsup:Count me in the “I love email” club
October 20th, 2005 at 11:41 am
If it weren’t for the glimmer of hope that an editor may call me, I probably wouldn’t even bother with a phone.
October 20th, 2005 at 12:29 pm
Email girl here too. Since I’m at my most alert and coherent after 9pm, not everyone appreciates my schedule.
October 20th, 2005 at 2:28 pm
There was a news story here last night about cell phone viruses being sent and downloaded. The reporter was interviewing some junior high girls in a very tony school district. One said her TEXT MESSAGING BILL was $1000, bwahahaha!
October 20th, 2005 at 3:01 pm
Add me to the list of those who would be happiest dealing with EVERYTHING via email. I hate talking to people on the phone. Except my friends, of course.
October 20th, 2005 at 5:06 pm
Hang in there; keep it
October 20th, 2005 at 8:00 pm
I’m not much of a phone person myself…but I do have my college kids and my mom with the same cell phone company…with free minutes in network. So…that’s takes care of most of my calls.
I adore email though. You can pick and chose when you want to talk…or not talk.
October 21st, 2005 at 1:25 am
LOL Sasha - we’ll keep the lines open.
Michelle - my mom’s way over her minutes too.:eek:
Danica - I seriously keep forgetting about that too. In fact, that’s the time I never even use the damned phone. *sighs*
Jean - yes - the, shut up Steph, plan, I think. I blame the new wireless bluetooth earpiece. I can walk up to 30 feet away from the phone and still talk.
Bonnie - duly notes
Emma - yeah, I’m so with you there. I think the majority of the time the last month was spent talking to Dell about my computer.
Amy - I appreciate it - I know I can always find you around after midnight or so. And since it’s 1:30 am here now and I just got an email from you, it’s comforting to know.:wink:
Alison - don’t curse me like that! I don’t think I’ve actually used the text messaging feature on the phone yet, but now I’ll be all virus paranoid…
Tori - the phone makes me shudder. It really does - it’s those damned friends (and Dell) running up my bills.
PJ - I know verizon has a great plan like that. Of course, my whole family uses Nextel and no one wants to give that up.
Kacey - I just think email is so efficient, you know? I respond to emails so much more quickly than phone messages.
October 21st, 2005 at 3:01 pm
My hubby is talking about getting a Blackberry to keep up with his email when he is out of the office. I hate the phone. Dh complains because of the wasted minutes on my cell phone because I never use. I’ve yelped out loud in stores when the darn thing has rung because I’m not used to it. In fact, right now, I’m not sure where it is right now.