Hi guys, it's not very often you'll read a piece of writing from me where I'm negative and venting my frustrations, but I think I'm justified in doing so this week. I've been in the area for almost two weeks now and for the entirety of my stay so far, my cell phone service, if we can even call it a service, has been horrific. And I'm sure I'm not alone.
Sure, to some it might not seem like that big of a deal. I mean, we have Internet, a home phone line and other ways to communicate right? Wrong. Dead wrong. Or at least it is for me.
I moved into my apartment two Mondays ago, and had to wait a while to get all my necessities up and running. Partly because I employed an incompetent moving company to drive my belongings up from Ontario, which I'd like to point out, took two weeks longer than they said it would, and partly because I just didn't have the time to sit at home and twiddle my thumbs while someone goes about setting up a cable, home phone and internet connection.
But anyway, in the meantime I was comforted by the thought that my new iPhone 5 was up and running so I could at least try to lead a normal life – wrong again.
I have a girlfriend back in Ontario that has a habit of texting me upwards of 100 times a day. Ninety-nine per cent of the time, when I went to reply, I would get the most annoying little beep and red exclamation mark popping up telling me the message had failed to deliver. Fantastic, that's Mike in the doghouse again.
But besides the social implications, there are several serious and potentially severe consequences of having what is essentially a broken cell phone.
I'm sure there are people that absolutely rely on their cell phone for their work. For example, how is a real estate agent supposed to get a hold of a client if they're running a little late for a showing? How is a pizza delivery guy supposed to contact the household he's delivering to for directions should he get lost?
The simple answer is they can't. And I'm sure the attitude of those upstairs at certain mobility companies is to simply sit in their comfy chairs and shrug their shoulders, admonishing themselves of any blame.
After all, we're the fools who will still pay the monthly fee, along with the added expense of anger management courses we've been recommended to attend over the last couple of weeks.
But honestly, the ball does not stop at simply being annoyed or inconvenienced by the shoddy service. Imagine you, or even worse a loved one, is driving in a secluded area and their car breaks down, or something happens and they need to make an emergency call right away. They pull their cell phone out and instead of hearing a dial tone you get a dumb recording telling you the call has failed.
At that point, it stops being a hindrance and starts becoming a serious problem that simply shouldn't be allowed to exist.
I appreciate I may be coming across as the stereotypical whiny, spoiled teenager and I do apologize for that, but I feel it's unacceptable for us to be paying for a service that isn't working. I guarantee said companies are the first on the phone, should it actually be functioning, when something they're paying for isn't working the way it should. Why should it be any different for us?
Ok, I feel a lot better now that I've got that out of my system. Now for the 1,756 further problems I have right now – you guys going to be free for a while?
