Razing the bar

[muckefuck]

Why can't I be wrong about the right things? I think I've written a flawless paragraph of polished German prose and then I find out I've forgetten something minor--like, you know, to conjugate any of the verbs or something. But when I put off exchanging my obsolete cell phone for a shiny new one, doing the deal turns out to be every bit as torturous as I feared. And then some. I'm just praying that their in-store customer service is in no way indicative of their telephone customer service or I'm going to have more to regret.

Since the first trade-in they gave me didn't work, the first thing I did with the one I have was call my sister in STL to make sure I'd have no problems reaching anyone there during my trip. As long as I had her on the line, I thought I'd confirm that plans for tomorrow night had reverted from "dinner at pizza restaurant with the entire crew" to "quiet time with Mom chez elle". It went something like this:

Doofus Brother: So I guess we're getting together with Mom Friday night and we'll see you all on Saturday.
Third-Time New Mother: Yeah, that's the plan.
DB: Thank goodness we're not going with Mom's idea to have a big elabourate dinner out with everybody.
TTNM: That wasn't Mom's idea, that was mine.

D'OH!

So I promised her I'd call on Friday night with suggestions for when we could get together over the weekend after reminding her that I'm such a good sibling, I'm planning to make a special trip down for the christening, whenever that happens. Hopefully that means that she'll think twice before taking her gifts for me back to Lord & Taylor and swapping them for catepillar baby outfits and a new blouse.

Comments

[hkitsune.livejournal.com]

I feel it would be linguistically beneficial to add you, and while my own journal is full of trivial college drama, I would simply like you to know that I'll be following your journal.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I do hope the linguistical posting here outweighs the trivial post-college drama by enough to make that move worth your while. Wilkommen, bienvenue, bienvenidos.

[innerdoggie.livejournal.com]

What phone company and plan do you have? My ATT pre-pay (taken over by Cingular) is going to die in March, and if I want to be part of this cell phone universe, I will need a new plan.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

We, my friend, are in the very same boat. I upgraded the plan because they made me an offer I couldn't refuse ("Free with mail-in rebate!"), which I figure will tide me over while I look for a more permanent solution.

BTW, if you're looking to donate your old phone, e. knows of a charity she can pass it on to.

[innerdoggie.livejournal.com]

I am considering going with Verizon since they have better coverage of the parts of the country I tend to travel in than Cingular does. I hope I can find a plan with no roaming and no long distance, but it doesn't look like they have a prepay plan with these options. grumble.

Say, what's the deal with Cingular when you dial a number and then you get a voice ordering you to dial it again? Is that roaming or something? I found it highly irritating in Virginia and it did that somewhere else recently too. double grrr.

Maybe I should drop out of the cell phone universe, but they are useful for traveling.

[snowy-owlet.livejournal.com]

That was a totally understandable goof: what person would voluntarily take a two-month-old plus two other shorties to a loud pizza restaurant? Only a crazy sister person.