I’ll start with a confession, I’m electronically challenged.
I got a new cell phone a few months ago, and its a minor miracle that I’ve figured out how to call and text. The blasted thing is so much smarter than me. I can’t believe cell phone is foiling me, not for lack of trying mind you. I’ve read the ridiculous 79 page manual, put the cd in my computer, and tried pushing random buttons in complicated combinations. After a week of serious work, I gave up on the stupid thing. I haven’t managed to put my pride on the shelf long enough to go the the Sprint store and ask for help, but I predict that is coming soon. Its embarassing, really. Sprint’s commercials say to “come in and get a lesson in how to use a new phone.” Lessons? Really?
I could have sworn phones were invented in the late 1800s, how complicated should they really be? We have progressed a long way from the old rotary phones of childhood. I’ve gone through the stages, spinning dials to digital, speed dial and multiple lines, now Blackberry’s and iPhones. I guess I deserve this frustration, I wanted a phone that had bells and whistles. I like the idea that it can keep my schedule and my contacts, take photos, and make me the occasional blueberry waffle. Is that really too much to ask?
Second confession: I’m finally sending my old phone away, it was a crutch. Now I must figure out the new one, I can’t keep giving up because I have the old one on my desk at home. Time to move on.
