Oh my poor pretty head. Everything today has had to be confusing. The CC that was cancelled came with no untoward activity. A different CC came just because to replace something that had no problems. My insurance company — well, not only don’t they seem to know their assholes from a hole in the ground, the left asshole doesn’t know what the right hole in the ground is doing, I am covered though and the insurance works fine.
So, seeing how this is the sort of day where I trip over my own feet and the mail is full of confusing shit (as aforementioned) I thought it might be a great day to see if my phone was eligible for an upgrade. Turns out it wasn’t which turned out to be fortuitous, and though my poor pretty head was ‘sploding it can still do simple math and my bill is going to be sixty bucks less and I have a brand spanking new Galaxy 6. They also wanted to give me a free tablet.
I think most cell companies have gone this way; the promo isn’t a free phone with contract; it’s more like a rental. Still, sixty bucks less a month and no loss of services. Well, ok, two gigs less data, but I really mostly use data on wifi so it only looks like I’m using 77 mbs a month anyhow. It’s way more, but not on the cell tower, so, you know, except during the power outage I don’t really use cell data for data.
The galaxy 6 is really cool and I might do stuff — oh, yeah, free tablet — no, rental, at ten bucks a month that’s a 240 dollar free tablet. I already have tablets. I’d have a bitching tablet if I laid out 240 for one. Again, I use them at wi fi spots so 10 bucks a month for a free tablet limited to 1gb outside a hotspot is useless to me.
So, yeah, I might do stuff with galaxy 6. I’m not a big phone guy, I mean I’m not glued to my phone the way so many people of all ages seem to be these days. I honestly don’t need a phone for much other than phone calls. Even the burner phones these days are fancier than just portable phones.
Voice recognition is great on the galaxy. Siri was good for laughs, not so good for, say, texting. Siri makes damn you auto-correct seem prim and proper.
The sales guy spent ten minutes without giving me a chance to say anything, so when he finally finished selling me an iphone I asked for the galaxy. If I were his sales manager I’d probably find myself greasing his ego a lot and the frequent correction I’d make would be “Just take yes for an answer”. If I had been out shopping for cell plans I probably would have left there with his card and not a phone.
In general I think when selling to my age group it’s probably a good idea to pause often enough to get a feel for the customer. In general if the sales guy is talking more than the customer something is going to go sideways. I was a sure thing, I was going to go with my current provider no matter what, the guy could have saved himself a lot time by just answering how much with an otterbox and car charger.
Hmmm, I promised myself to start writing daily, so I am. My poor pretty head hurts and this entry is putting me to sleep.
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