I'm not usually a conspiracy theorist, but I have to say that I am convinced there's one among cell phone plan providers. Seriously. Maybe it's not one of those "aliens taking over the world" type of conspiracies, but I swear, it's a conspiracy nonetheless. Or at least something that really bugs me.
So- how many of you own cell phones? And how many of you have grown up knowing how to leave a message on an answering machine? OK, so here's my beef-- why the HECK do they put that annoying lady on everybody's cell phone to tell you how to leave a message? It's not like you didn't just leave your own, personalized message on your own phone, and how many of us can receive faxes through our cell phones anyway? A simple beep is no longer sufficient, we now need to hear how to end our call, what button to push if we want to page somebody, how to let them know it's important, and all that garbage. You would think our technologically-savvy generation would find such promptings unnecessary. How stupid do they think we are? And now to the conspiracy part--they just want us to use more minutes. Think how many minutes those stupid announcements add up to in a year!
And now you know why I tend not to be a conspiracy theorist. My theories are usually pretty lame. But I do think they should end the tyranny and let us all leave messages the way we have for years and years: after a simple beep.
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Couldn't agree more. This blog entry kind of reminds me of the scene from Father of the Bride (Steve Martin version) where he goes off on a rant about the guys at the hot dog company conspiring with the guys at the hot dog bun company. Very funny stuff.
But, yes, they should just let us leave our messages in peace. I wonder how many nasty names that lady has been called?
I don't recall that scene well, but I remember something about it.
As for calling the lady nasty names, #$%^&@ usually suffices for me.
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