so both g and i lost our phones last night. i left mine in the cab. got ahold of the cabbie this morning, gave him my address. he said he’d drop the phone off around 4. he hasn’t. i forgot to ask him for a) the cab company; b) his name; and c) the cab number. i’m the stupidity.

so i called the cell phone provider, which for the moment shall remain nameless. turns out they can suspend the accounts, which prevents anyone from using the phones. yay! great! however, it also means that when you call our numbers, you get a “the number you have dialed has been disconnected, changed, or is no longer in service” message.

anyone see where i’m going with this?

there’s no way of disconnecting your account from your handset so that the phone is useless but the account is still usable. you know, so that you could change your voicemail message giving callers an alternate number. or allowing incoming calls, so that people could leave you messages which you could periodically check. useful feature, wouldn’t it be? that’s the annoyance.

ugh. neither phone has lost phone insurance; the account is what… six months old, maybe? so new phones are going to be full price, which sucks, because i’m at a job where my only internet access is through the phone, and web-ready phones are Not Cheap. both stupid and annoying.

gah. gah. gah.¹

well, at least i passed the bar. and new phones can be acquired tomorrow, i suppose.
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¹ in the midst of all this, i’m realizing how used to having a cell phone i’ve become. i practically feel crippled without the damn thing, even though i’ve got all the numbers backed up online. what if i’m out and about and need to call someone? or someone needs to call me? to think i survived 28 years of my life without a cell phone, no problem.

hmmm. i’ve got skype on my laptop. maybe i’ll just carry that around with me and dart into free wifi cafes should the need arise. no? no, you’re right. that’s just silly… right?