Catch-22 Phone.
Tech February 8th. 2010, 10:11pmI have a phone primarily at the moment to answer SMS about things I need to do, or have done, while outside the house. In class I have no opportunity to answer the phone, so it basically acts as a device where people send me notes of 140 characters or shorter and I reply, depending on urgency, when I receive them or at the time of shortest possible convenience. In situations where real time information is called for, or when text is insufficient, I will call people to attempt conversation, but I avoid this whenever possible. I probably text message 20 times more frequently than I call someone. It just works better for me.
My phone has served me well for the past few years, but I am upgrading this week. Luckily for me this is fortuitous, as my phone has begun to act strangely. I do not receive text messages when they are written and sent. I only get text messages when I attempt to call someone and have a dial tone. If I call someone on my phone, I’ll suddenly get about five SMS messages all at once. This will cause my phone to vibrate, me to get surprised, and the person on the other end of the conversation to get very confused as I attempt to read the messages while they are talking to me.
I’ve also been unable to get incoming calls from time to time, which means if I send a text message to tell people to call me, I might not know they have unless I call them myself. Thus, when I do get a batch of SMS on my phone, they mostly consist of, “CALL ME! I need to speak to you!”
I only call people when I get a message that needs clarification. I only receive messages when I call someone. I wouldn’t know to call someone unless I had a message from them telling me to call them.
I can’t wait to get my new phone.
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