SERVICE UNAVAILABLE!!!!
I have just about had it with those words! In the olden days when a line was busy, meaning somebody else was already talking, a potential caller heard a reassuring buzz. You knew immediately what it meant. "Try again later, but all is well." Before everyone and his grandfather had cell phones if a line was busy a recorded human voice might explain. "The number you have reached is temporarily out of service." But today, no reassurance. No pseudo-human voice. Just those damn words flashed on the cell phone screen. Oh, and sometimes an exclamation point and a repulsive belching sound.
I can't be the only person who hates this! This is America! My phone bill is paid! I am not trying to contact outer Mongolia or Public Enemy Number Two! I am not calling from the middle of a black hole or a clanking, banging factory! I am calling my daughter who lives less than two miles away! How can service be unavailable???!!!! Somebody can answer that question. Please, please clue me in.
Maybe if the message said: SERVICE UNAVAILABLE AND WE ARE SO SORRY! I wouldn't be so miffed. But, come on! Alex Bell is shaking his finger at somebody I bet. And wasn't he the Hottie?
Perhaps we DO need to return to a simpler, more colorful time. Techno Reversoh! If I recall, this model was very reliable! Service ALWAYS Available and with a Smile to boot!
I have just about had it with those words! In the olden days when a line was busy, meaning somebody else was already talking, a potential caller heard a reassuring buzz. You knew immediately what it meant. "Try again later, but all is well." Before everyone and his grandfather had cell phones if a line was busy a recorded human voice might explain. "The number you have reached is temporarily out of service." But today, no reassurance. No pseudo-human voice. Just those damn words flashed on the cell phone screen. Oh, and sometimes an exclamation point and a repulsive belching sound.
I can't be the only person who hates this! This is America! My phone bill is paid! I am not trying to contact outer Mongolia or Public Enemy Number Two! I am not calling from the middle of a black hole or a clanking, banging factory! I am calling my daughter who lives less than two miles away! How can service be unavailable???!!!! Somebody can answer that question. Please, please clue me in.
Maybe if the message said: SERVICE UNAVAILABLE AND WE ARE SO SORRY! I wouldn't be so miffed. But, come on! Alex Bell is shaking his finger at somebody I bet. And wasn't he the Hottie?
Perhaps we DO need to return to a simpler, more colorful time. Techno Reversoh! If I recall, this model was very reliable! Service ALWAYS Available and with a Smile to boot!
Now to address invitations. Hopefully the USPS has available service.
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