october 6th used to be a day i remembered fondly, one that i looked forward to all year, my birthday. now, it will be remembered as the day that i made a terrible mistake. i'd rank the mistake somewhere between the time i died my hair "soft black" and was surprised it turned out black (duh) and the time i let someone who worked at my college dining hall pierce my ears. on october 6, 2011, i got a new blackberry.
i am now on a first name basis with 4 verizon workers from 2 different store locations. now, i'm all for making new friends, but when the basis of our friendship is "buy this phone, i promise it'll be much better than your old at&t one", "oh it should work with this new battery" and "nothing is wrong with your phone, verizon is having a service outage," i think i'll cut my losses. i will admit that my new phone is very nice. it's shiny, the internet is super fast, it has fun games, but all of those features (aside from the shiny) are completely lost on me because of one crucial flaw. IT DOESN'T TURN ON. now rather than going into the verizon store dripping with sarcasm and contempt, i decided instead to make my unfortunate life experience into an illustrative lesson to the phrase "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." my old blackberry, which has lost all of it's shine since its debut back in 2009, still made calls, texted, and most importantly, TURNED ON. i'd trade shine for function any day of the week. so grab your working cell phones and call a friend you haven't spoken to in a while. just don't call me. i won't answer.... because i can't.
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