Ok so I still haven’t done ANY Christmas shopping yet. I am such a slacker. However, I did go buy myself another cell phone a few days ago. I decided to try out AT&T’s new GSM service. Cingular just doesn’t have very good reception in Whittier, and I don’t get anything inside my office. Also, AT&T’s plan is $5 cheaper per month and included 100 extra anytime minutes, free incoming text messages, and Mmode—should I choose to take advantage of it. So far I’ve been pleased. I like the phone, the phone number, and I get reception that exceeds Cingular’s—like FULL reception in the library! Now the test is if it’s better in my parents’ house. If it is, I’m definitely switching.

The WEIRD part of the new phone though is that I got a phone call before I even gave the number out. Some foreign sounding guy asked for a “Dennis Hughes”. Now, I figure that perhaps someone else had this number, so I was polite and stated that I didn’t know this person, and that it was a private cell phone that he called. So then he says “Hmm, I seeeee”, as if he didn’t quite believe me. He then proceeded to ask me how long I had the phone.

“Two days,” I say.

“So in that time, you have gotten a bunch of calls for Dennis?” he counters.

“On the contrary,” I state, “You are the first.”

He doesn’t seem like he quite buys that either. So he says, “I see. Well in that case, I need to verify your address.”

WTF?!? Verify my address?!?! At NO time did he state who he was or what he wanted, and all of a sudden he wants me to give out personal info?? Perhaps he thought I knew or even lived with Dennis, but this is less likely, being that it is a cell phone and not a land line. So as soon as he said that I snapped back “I DON’T THINK SO” and hung up. Since then I’ve gotten a call a night for the last 2 or 3 days, but no one is there when I answer. Perhaps he is waiting for this Dennis guy to answer. At any rate, I hope he stops calling soon. It’ll waste my minutes, waste my time, and make me have to change my number. I don’t need the hassle of changing the number—especially since it’s a pretty decent one.

Well, we shall see what happens with the number. I just wish this bastard didn’t have a blocked number so I could see where he is. Or at least he could speak when I answer so I can restate that I am not associated with this guy in ANY way. Grr.

Posted at 10:35 PM |