Cell Phone Caper I kept thinking about what to write about next, but I got to tell you, Brian, my roommate, just can't stop giving me material. The day he moves out or when I move out, I will be in need of another innocent Victim to exploit.
But until then...
Last weekend, Brian, Fawn, his girlfriend, and I, were leaving a party at our friends house. Can I digress for a moment, whats up with naming your kid after a deer, I can just picture her parents looking at her with loving eyes and saying “by God, she looks like a freaking deer, are these antlers coming out of her head?”. Probably more like horns. Oh, her brothers name is Lucifer, you do the math.....
Nah, I'm only kidding! I like Fawn, unlike his last girlfriend, which I can write blog after blog on that nut case. So know hes dating fawn, the deer.
Now where was I? Oh Yea, leaving the party. Brian has this habit of losing his cell phone. I can't even tell you how many times he yells “STOP!!!!!!!!! I LOST MY CELL PHONE” Its actually gotten to the point where its almost comical, at least I think it is.
So, driving home from the party, Brian is in the passenger seat, Fawn in the backseat, (I can't write that name without laughing) and I'm driving, and that's when he yells “MY CELL PHONE IS MISSING!” .
"relax" I told him.
I handed Brian my phone and told him to call the number and maybe someone will answer. But the phone just rang and rang until the message picked up. Just to give you an idea on how many times Brian has lost his cell phone, this is his message. “Hello, I'm home right now but cannot find the phone. Please leave a message and I will call you back as soon as I find it.” Pretty sad, huh?
Fawn, the deer, chimes in from the back seat “Maybe you left it at the office?”
Brian just looks at her and gives her the evil eye look. You know the look, the one that says "you're are such an asshole" You would think Fawn is the one that lost his cell phone.
“OK, go back to the party so I can get my phone” He said.
“You know, I didn't even see you with a phone all day. Are you positive you had it? Maybe you just left it at home again”
“yea, I'm sure, I don't go anywhere without my phone”.
WOOOO, hold on....that's not true.
"well, you don't have it now." Now I got the evil eye look.
Fawn, the deer, and I, just looked at each other, he hardly ever has his cell phone because hes always losing it. How can he 'always' have his phone when a big chunk of his day is looking for the darn thing.
We drove back to the party and he ran in. Fawn, the deer, and I sat in the car.
“Did you notice if Brian had his cell?” I asked
“I don't think he did, the last time I saw him with it, we were in the office.”
Brian returned -- phoneless.
“It wasn’t there. Help me look, I might of dropped it outside”
So we all got out of the car, looked in the driveway, looked up and down the street to back track our steps. But we couldn't find it and we all finally gave up.
“When is the last time you used it? Are you sure you didn't leave it at home? ” I asked.
"I would know if I left my phone at home, I know I had it at the party." he said in an angry tone.
When we pulled in the driveway, he says “lets look around here, it might of fell out of my pocket”.
I don't want to mention the fact that he just said he was positive that he had at the party, because if he was so positive, then why would be looking for it over here. But I kept my mouth shut on that logic.
So we just looked some more for his cell phone.
Nope, gone.
We walked in the front door, and there, in the middle of the table was his cell phone. “There it is, it was here the whole time”....ha ha ha, Brian laughs.
Fawn, the deer, and I just looked at each other. We really didn't find it that funny.
I remember when he lost it the last time, he swore up and down that it was in the office. We searched the whole office building for hours. We ended up finding the phone under his bed. Battery dead of course. But it was too late, it was disconnected and replaced already with a new phone.
Another time I found it when I was walking the dog, just lying there on the wet grass. Of course it was over 2 weeks missing and Brian already bought a new phone..
Brian always gets insurance on his phones in case he loses it. The problem, even with insurance, you can only get a phone replaced a certain amount of times until they look at you and decide they no longer want your business. AT&T told him..."Hey, sprint is paying you to get out of your contract, why don't you check them out."
But lets be real, this is not a Brian problem, this is an everybody problem. People lose these things all the time.
And that is why they now have these GPS trackers built into the phone so you can locate your phone whenever you lose it, and trust me, at some point, you will lose it.
This GPS actually seemed like a good idea, but it only tells you where it is in the 'general area', not really the spot where your phone is. I suppose that's okay, but the area it covers is a 5x5 mile ratio. So Good luck with that. Plus, you have to pay extra for this thing to be activated each month. I personally don't think its worth it, when you could save that money and then just buy a new one when you lose your old one .
I wish I could give Brain some ideas on how not to lose his phone, but I don't have any, other then just be careful.
“JAY, WE GOT TO GO!!! COME ON...........” Brian is yelling from the next room.
“OK, BE RIGHT THERE! YOU GOT YOUR PHONE?”
“YEA ASSHOLE, I AM ALL SET, LETS GO!!!!!!!!!”
Well, I guess this leads me too yet another ending 'of life with Brian'. (hey, wasn't that a monty python movie? It wasn't planned, really, it just came out that way. I can be so clever sometimes, I cant stand myself.)
So I grab my keys and wallet form the table.....
“HEY BRIAN, DID YOU SEE MY CELL PHONE?”
But until then...
Last weekend, Brian, Fawn, his girlfriend, and I, were leaving a party at our friends house. Can I digress for a moment, whats up with naming your kid after a deer, I can just picture her parents looking at her with loving eyes and saying “by God, she looks like a freaking deer, are these antlers coming out of her head?”. Probably more like horns. Oh, her brothers name is Lucifer, you do the math.....
Nah, I'm only kidding! I like Fawn, unlike his last girlfriend, which I can write blog after blog on that nut case. So know hes dating fawn, the deer.
Now where was I? Oh Yea, leaving the party. Brian has this habit of losing his cell phone. I can't even tell you how many times he yells “STOP!!!!!!!!! I LOST MY CELL PHONE” Its actually gotten to the point where its almost comical, at least I think it is.
So, driving home from the party, Brian is in the passenger seat, Fawn in the backseat, (I can't write that name without laughing) and I'm driving, and that's when he yells “MY CELL PHONE IS MISSING!” .
"relax" I told him.
I handed Brian my phone and told him to call the number and maybe someone will answer. But the phone just rang and rang until the message picked up. Just to give you an idea on how many times Brian has lost his cell phone, this is his message. “Hello, I'm home right now but cannot find the phone. Please leave a message and I will call you back as soon as I find it.” Pretty sad, huh?
Fawn, the deer, chimes in from the back seat “Maybe you left it at the office?”
Brian just looks at her and gives her the evil eye look. You know the look, the one that says "you're are such an asshole" You would think Fawn is the one that lost his cell phone.
“OK, go back to the party so I can get my phone” He said.
“You know, I didn't even see you with a phone all day. Are you positive you had it? Maybe you just left it at home again”
“yea, I'm sure, I don't go anywhere without my phone”.
WOOOO, hold on....that's not true.
"well, you don't have it now." Now I got the evil eye look.
Fawn, the deer, and I, just looked at each other, he hardly ever has his cell phone because hes always losing it. How can he 'always' have his phone when a big chunk of his day is looking for the darn thing.
We drove back to the party and he ran in. Fawn, the deer, and I sat in the car.
“Did you notice if Brian had his cell?” I asked
“I don't think he did, the last time I saw him with it, we were in the office.”
Brian returned -- phoneless.
“It wasn’t there. Help me look, I might of dropped it outside”
So we all got out of the car, looked in the driveway, looked up and down the street to back track our steps. But we couldn't find it and we all finally gave up.
“When is the last time you used it? Are you sure you didn't leave it at home? ” I asked.
"I would know if I left my phone at home, I know I had it at the party." he said in an angry tone.
When we pulled in the driveway, he says “lets look around here, it might of fell out of my pocket”.
I don't want to mention the fact that he just said he was positive that he had at the party, because if he was so positive, then why would be looking for it over here. But I kept my mouth shut on that logic.
So we just looked some more for his cell phone.
Nope, gone.
We walked in the front door, and there, in the middle of the table was his cell phone. “There it is, it was here the whole time”....ha ha ha, Brian laughs.
Fawn, the deer, and I just looked at each other. We really didn't find it that funny.
I remember when he lost it the last time, he swore up and down that it was in the office. We searched the whole office building for hours. We ended up finding the phone under his bed. Battery dead of course. But it was too late, it was disconnected and replaced already with a new phone.
Another time I found it when I was walking the dog, just lying there on the wet grass. Of course it was over 2 weeks missing and Brian already bought a new phone..
Brian always gets insurance on his phones in case he loses it. The problem, even with insurance, you can only get a phone replaced a certain amount of times until they look at you and decide they no longer want your business. AT&T told him..."Hey, sprint is paying you to get out of your contract, why don't you check them out."
But lets be real, this is not a Brian problem, this is an everybody problem. People lose these things all the time.
And that is why they now have these GPS trackers built into the phone so you can locate your phone whenever you lose it, and trust me, at some point, you will lose it.
This GPS actually seemed like a good idea, but it only tells you where it is in the 'general area', not really the spot where your phone is. I suppose that's okay, but the area it covers is a 5x5 mile ratio. So Good luck with that. Plus, you have to pay extra for this thing to be activated each month. I personally don't think its worth it, when you could save that money and then just buy a new one when you lose your old one .
I wish I could give Brain some ideas on how not to lose his phone, but I don't have any, other then just be careful.
“JAY, WE GOT TO GO!!! COME ON...........” Brian is yelling from the next room.
“OK, BE RIGHT THERE! YOU GOT YOUR PHONE?”
“YEA ASSHOLE, I AM ALL SET, LETS GO!!!!!!!!!”
Well, I guess this leads me too yet another ending 'of life with Brian'. (hey, wasn't that a monty python movie? It wasn't planned, really, it just came out that way. I can be so clever sometimes, I cant stand myself.)
So I grab my keys and wallet form the table.....
“HEY BRIAN, DID YOU SEE MY CELL PHONE?”