I'll give you three "P"s for that "O"

I just want to say how lucky I feel that I got to wait all day for the plumber to come to my home to fix what the plumber before him should have repaired but didn't and on top of that, as if my day could not get any better, and trust me I didn't think it could, I got to spend an hour in the Verizon store today waiting to return a headset that I was mistakenly told would work with my brand new Blackberry, that being the Curve and not the Storm, which it turns out is beyond the capabilities of a 43 year old, far-sighted woman, who did not graduate with honors from MIT.  

I should have known when I was talking to the probably 24 year old male customer service agent that "storm" and I were not going to go long term because when I asked the agent why he thought it was a good idea to hook up with this particular blackberry, he told me it was because it was:

Customer Service Rep: "Awesome" and "The Best one ever."

Now, this is not to say that the "Storm" is not a wonderful device for some.  If you are one of those people who love spend your time doing things like pressing the letter P over and over and over again even though you really want the letter "O" or like to draft an email only to lose it because you tilted the f**er thing eeevvver soooo slightly to the left, well then don't walk, run, my friend as I know for sure at this moment that in L.A. proper there is at least one "storm" waiting around with your name on it, well IF your name has a lot of "P"'s in it that is.....

Comments

[Inna]

That sux! Is it bad that I'm laughing? You write everything to make it sound so funny.
So did you toss storm out? Are you getting an iphone? Cause that's what I would do!

[Akilah Sakai]

I've seen my friend's Blackberry Storm. Me likey.

But then again, I'd bang an Apple MacBook, Kindle, BMW 3-Series, Iphone, etc. Clearly, I have a gadget fetish.

[MissM]

Where were you a month ago to enlighten me? Mine freezes up all the time. Blah! Awesome!!

[Poker Chick]

Husband has a storm and I hate it. So friggin hard to use. My curve is AWESOME and, like, the best ever.

[Kirsten]

I want to make out with my iPhone on a daily basis.

[Kristina]

I have a Sidekick. It's awesome and the best one ever.

[Anastasia]

great post...fast and funny. :)

[Jen W]

Love my Curve. I used to have an iPhone and I couldn't for the life of me get the typing right on the fake keyboard!!!

[empress bee (of the high sea)]

don't those 24 year old (male) salespeople just have a load of krap to hand you EVERY time??? yeesh... you should hear what they try to sell ME!

smiles, bee
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

[Casey]

I've still got a crappy flip phone so I'm absolutely no help here. My husband had the Q and it's nice enough. I wouldn't say it was "awesome" or "the best one ever" since those terms are reserved for baked goods.

[Sophie, Inzaburbs]

I don't know anything about curves and storms but what I do know is that seconds after I started waxing lyrical about the software update which spectacularly cleared up my iphone typing problem, my husband ordered himself a *new model* iphone. And normally when we upgrade cellphones I get the good one and he inherits my old one, but in this case he is refusing to give it up. Which is no good, no good at all.
Wait, this isn't Secret Spineless Whine? Whoops, sorry.

[the mama bird diaries]

oh. i have the curve. sorry.

[tattooedminivanmom]

Those little know it all sales kids irk me.

[Char]

I start getting nervous every time I know it's about time to upgrade my phone. Seems like it happens around the same time I have finally learned to use the damn thing.

Techi, I'm not!

[michel]

Shit! Obviously EVERYONE has some sort of Iphone or Blackberry. Me? I gots the Nokia that comes with service - you know that one that they made in like 1989?? That's what I got. I have to push the 3 button three times to get to the "f" key.

I'm going to go bitch at my hubby. Thank you for giving me concrete evidence (and a recommendation to buy the curve!)

[Amy]

Rushing over now!
PPPPPPPPPlease! Hold one for me!

Love,
PPPPPPPPPPPPam

[Mama Zen]

Did the sales clerk call you "dude?" That's always my cue to run.

[Stesha]

This is why I continue to have my iLove affair with my iPhone.

Hugs and Mocha,
Stesha

[Andrea's Sweet Life]

The Verizon guys totally tried to talk me into the Blackberry Storm, and their tactics included telling me that I'd have to wait 2 weeks for a Curve to come in to the store.

My answer: I'll wait, because I'd end up smashing that Storm against a wall in no time flat. I must have large thumbs or something, but Good Lord the typos I created on that thing!

[Jennifer Mims]

I've never even gotten into texting!! Actually I'm properly cell phoned and wouldn't even think of getting another one!!--just like that guy in the commercial--no, no, NO! I'd never even use one of those things!! (That example of 'No' actually this time means 'Yes'!--just nothing big and fancy that confuses ps with os. At least--was the guy cute??

[Kate]

Penelope Pitstop or Patty Playpal could use that blackberry :o)

[The Lawyer Mom]

I've got the curve, too. Heard the storm was a hurricane so I steered away from it. But now the new iphone beckons . . . except I'd feel too foolish working such a hip and cool gadget in my reading glasses.

[Laura]

I am so old school, I only use my cellphone to make calls and am scared of those touch screens. My daughter touches with finesse, I stare at it and wonder when the telepathic pods are coming out.

[Lori Perlman]

I never had a blackberry until last year, and now I can't live without it. But I have a dinosaur. It even has a scroll wheel (egad!). My husband has the storm, and I hate the thing. Every time I touch it it does something it wasn't supposed to do!

[Keli]

You mentioned two monumental stupers (short as you know, for remarkably stupid persons) that I loathe dealing with - plumbers (that goes for all repair people) and customer freaking service agents. Total idiots all of them!