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My Paul Harvey Moment

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If you haven’t already, read the item below about my decision to get rid of my traditional cell phone for a pre-paid phone in an attempt so save money. Go ahead, I’ll wait.

*whistles*

OK, now, as Paul Harvey used to say, here’s the “rest of the story.”

When I first got my new phone, I had little trouble transferring the number to my new phone. Of all the things associated with this decision, that worried me most since I use the phone for personal and work stuff. I didn’t need a hiccup with this to get me in trouble at work.

After that happened, I went to activate the new phone. I had a little trouble at first and needed to call customer service. They had me put in some codes, and the phone started working fine. I was slightly annoyed I couldn’t do it online, but it didn’t bother me that much.

The service came with 10 free minutes, but I had bought a card for 400 minutes. All the advertisements said adding minutes was a snap. You could do it either through thephone or online. Piece of cake, I thought. Until I tried.

Big Cell Phone Decision

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I remember when I bought my first cell phone. Maria was pregnant with Bridget, and I was working in downtown Baltimore.

Just in case the kid decided to come at an inopportune time, she needed a way to get in touch with me. So I headed off to the mall and picked out something cool, but affordable.

I remember looking at all the available calling plans. My instincts told me to pick the cheapest one, but I harbored odd fantasies of getting calls day and night from friends I hadn’t heard from in ages just dying to catch up now that I had a cool new phone.

Yeah, that never happened. In fact in the almost eight years I have had a cell phone, I have learned that I hate talking on the phone whether it’s in my house or can fit in my pocket.