“Please fix this.” I handed my broken flip phone to the young guy behind the counter. It broke because I accidentally ran over it with my riding lawn mower. It was in hundreds of pieces. I was devastated. That phone was 16 years old. I did not want a new one. I’m old fashioned.
The young guy stared down at the mangled phone, then looked up at me and said. “Your kidding aren’t’ you?”
“Nope.”
“But this phone needs massive surgery.” He had a sense of humor.
“You don’t understand. I need this phone. Bring in your best surgeon. All of my business contacts and friends numbers are in it. Besides, I‘m cheap, and I don‘t want a new phone.”
“Well no problem. See this little chip. It’s called a Sims card.”
“A what?”
“A Sims card. I can get you a new phone and transfer the data from this chip into that phone.”
I looked at my broken phone and the hundreds of tiny pieces and realized I needed to bite the bullet, and buy a new phone.
“Ok, But I don’t wanna spend more than $50.00.”
The young guy looked at me like I had a third eye positioned in the middle of my forehead.”
“Ugh. You can’t get one for $50.”
“Look. All I wanna do is make calls. I don’t text. I don’t take pictures. I don’t wanna surf the web with it. Just get me a cheap, call only phone. I don‘t wanna phone that has a computer, and HD TV built into it.”
Anyway, I had to break down and buy a phone that cost more than $50. And it performs all of those functions that I did not want to do, because that is what all new phones do.
Buying a cell phone is like buying a new car. You pay for options you don’t need or want.
The young guy stared down at the mangled phone, then looked up at me and said. “Your kidding aren’t’ you?”
“Nope.”
“But this phone needs massive surgery.” He had a sense of humor.
“You don’t understand. I need this phone. Bring in your best surgeon. All of my business contacts and friends numbers are in it. Besides, I‘m cheap, and I don‘t want a new phone.”
“Well no problem. See this little chip. It’s called a Sims card.”
“A what?”
“A Sims card. I can get you a new phone and transfer the data from this chip into that phone.”
I looked at my broken phone and the hundreds of tiny pieces and realized I needed to bite the bullet, and buy a new phone.
“Ok, But I don’t wanna spend more than $50.00.”
The young guy looked at me like I had a third eye positioned in the middle of my forehead.”
“Ugh. You can’t get one for $50.”
“Look. All I wanna do is make calls. I don’t text. I don’t take pictures. I don’t wanna surf the web with it. Just get me a cheap, call only phone. I don‘t wanna phone that has a computer, and HD TV built into it.”
Anyway, I had to break down and buy a phone that cost more than $50. And it performs all of those functions that I did not want to do, because that is what all new phones do.
Buying a cell phone is like buying a new car. You pay for options you don’t need or want.
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