"Ring, Ring, Ring... Hi, this is Nate's phone, he'd really like to go to the playoff game with you but since he has AT&T and he's not in the middle of a major city he doesn't have service, have fun with some other friends at the game."
Oh yes, last October I missed out on Rockies playoff tickets! While driving back towards the city from a friends house around 7pm my phone started to blow up as I began getting cell service and new texts and voice mails came in. I had a text from my friend making fun of the Patriots, I had a text from my parents saying "go donkeys -dad" (yes my dad adds a signature to informal text messages) and I had a voice mail from a co-worker... big deal right? RIGHT, he had an extra ticket to the Rockies playoff game and wanted me to go with him. Knowing that I was one of the biggest Rockies fans in the office he thought of me first, and I missed the call and got the voice mail 2+ hours too late.
...kinda like this, only the exact opposite.
Why did I think of this today? Because last night a similar situation almost occured with my friend who was in town for one day on a business trip. He had a few hour window between work and a flight and thought we could catch up over beers, if only AT&T would send the signal to my phone. After getting straight to voice mail twice (which is weird since I work in west Denver) he decided to try and e-mail me. Luckily I was at my computer and got the e-mail. A few hours later while driving to the bar my phone went all buzzy and Oh my there it was, a voice mail from my friend... from 3 hours ago. This my rest day rant about AT&T. When my contract is up I'll surely be switching, likely to Verizon, they seem to have much better coverage in this area.
Soniferous Aether
2 days ago
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