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Faulty Phones
Dec. 26th, 2016 09:42 pm Yesterday, during the ice storm, our phone went out. We couldn't get a dial tone, only eerie silence. We waited for weather to settle down, and when the phone did not fix itself, I called the phone company (using my cellphone, which, of course, I first had to buy minutes for, BECAUSE NOTHING IS EVER EASY.) It was kind of weird being on the line with a robot who then checked our phone to see if it was working. Like, the phone rang while we were on the phone with them, and then the robotic voice said, "Yes, you have a problem on your line. Would you like to schedule a technician?"
I have no idea who says "No" at this point, but the robot then made me an appointment for today between 2 and 6 PM.
Sometime around 3 pm, there was a knock on the door and the technician wanted to make sure things were working. And they were. It was kind of like magic. I'm sure he was expecting 100 year old people to answer the door, because what self-respecting 21st century person still has a landline. But, we have phone service again, so hooray.
But as I was doing all this, I was trying to remember what the heck we did when the phone went out back before we all carried cell phones. It's not like the internet was around, either (although it was an option at one point). Did we go over to our neighbor's house and borrow their phone? What if their phone was out too?
What's weird to me is that I really no longer remember. To be fair to me, this would never have been *my* problem. My parents would have dealt with this. But, still. Why do I have no memory of what we used to do? I swear once a certain technology exists, it's very difficult to even remember how we used to function.
I have no idea who says "No" at this point, but the robot then made me an appointment for today between 2 and 6 PM.
Sometime around 3 pm, there was a knock on the door and the technician wanted to make sure things were working. And they were. It was kind of like magic. I'm sure he was expecting 100 year old people to answer the door, because what self-respecting 21st century person still has a landline. But, we have phone service again, so hooray.
But as I was doing all this, I was trying to remember what the heck we did when the phone went out back before we all carried cell phones. It's not like the internet was around, either (although it was an option at one point). Did we go over to our neighbor's house and borrow their phone? What if their phone was out too?
What's weird to me is that I really no longer remember. To be fair to me, this would never have been *my* problem. My parents would have dealt with this. But, still. Why do I have no memory of what we used to do? I swear once a certain technology exists, it's very difficult to even remember how we used to function.