- Feb 18, 2001
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Part #1: God damn Verison! I hate their guts! I got a phone for a Christmas present from my mother, who wanted be to be able to call and keep her aprised of my wearabouts. It is a StarTac from Motorolla. Within a month of me getting it, it started having problems. It would only dial out if you turned it off, then back on. Same for recieveing voice mail. The stinking batetry would only last about 2 hours on stand-by. I figured that Motorolla just overestimated on their ratings, so I ordered the biggest battery I could find for the phone ( 1800 mah ) and got about 6 hours of stand by. Concidering with the regular battery I should have gotten about 36 hours, I was not happy.
So I go to verison, and say phone broke. They say they have to update the software, as it could be that. Fine, whatever. They update it. Dial in and out works for about a month. Then starts doing the same damn thing. ( the battery still sucked. ) so I go back again. They say they only downloaded new tower codes, and not a firmware update. They have to do it again. Fine I say, just make it work. And it does. for about a month. ARRGH! I get pissed, and go back in. I say I want a new phone, because it is broken. no updating. gimme phone. they say I have to call motorolla who will send out another. ARRGH! I call them, they say go to verison store. ARRGH! I go back, tell them waht motorolla said, and they say, sure we will swap out. but they don't have the phone! ARRGH!
So they send me to another store, almost across the street. Ok, fine. I go there, they don't have it either. They send me to another store in Geneva. About 30 minutes away. they have stock, they checked. I get there, and no phone. They call another place in naperville, about 10 minutes away. they have 1 left. They save it for me. I got here, that phone is broken. Arrgh! They send me to another store, this one in schaumburg. They check to make sure it works. Cool. I drive over there, and they gave the damn thing to someone else in the 30 minutes it took me to get there!! I am fricking pissed! Time to shoot some kneecaps.
I cool down for a minute and think. I remember that verison has a insurance thingy, where if you break your phone, you get a new one. If it is not available, you get free upgrade. So I go to another store, this one their main one in schaumburg. right next to their headquarters in the state. I go in and buy insurance till the end of the year.
I walk back in 30 minutes later with a handful of parts. I accidently dropeed it out of my truck on the street. Opps. Can I have new phone?
<--- has the new 4 color motorolla phone. Cool. Problem solved.
part #2 I call my home, top make sure the phone works. Cool. Then I start on my way home. I go down roselle, which they are working on, and pouring concreete. 2 cars ahead of me, a suburban stops because a guy switched the sign from "slow" to "stop" The mercades behind him is bild, and runs righht in to the back of the sub at about 20-25 mph. Mercades is now 3 feet shorter. Suburpan had a scratch on the 2" reciever. Fricking moron. How do you miss a huge white vehicle taking up your entire vield of view? So my second call on my new cell was to 911. Everyone ok, some old guy driving the mercades ( like 70 ) and a kid ( 20-25 yr old ) in the sub.
Then, on the way home, I am coming up on a red light. a silver Cavileer is in front of me. I am way back, because she is swearving all over the palce ( still staying in her lane though ) talking on a cell phone. Dumb lady. The light in front of us turns red. We have a good 1/8 mile to the light. I start to slow down. She is oblivios, and goes right through the light at 40-45 or so, and nails a minivan turning left who has a green arrow. I jump out, and run to help. I toss my cell to the guy who was in the car behind the minivan, and tell him to call 911. I then notice he is one of my best friends. He also has EMT training. ( I am ski patrol, he is training to be a fireman ) I attend to the woman in the cavileer who is hurt badly, he attends to the minivan driver who is just shaken up. the girl in the cavaleer was NOT WEARING HER SEATBELT and the airbag smashed her head into the rear view mirror. I tear off the bottom of my shrit and try to stop the bleeding, while I try and hold her head steady. I tie my shirt off on her head, and hold her head. Within 2 minutes the ambulance crew was there, and we put on her neck brace, then loaded her up. She just kept saying "i'm sorry, i'm sorry" over and over, while trying to get out of the car. No no! You stay there. Listen to me. Don't move. Cops took my name addy and phone, along with my buddys.
Then my buddy and I went to my buddy's house and cleaned up, then went to get some lunch, and talked about how stupid people are.
Morals:
#1 Verison gives you the run around. for 7 months.
#2 When is someone going to introduce a "no cell while driving" bill damnit! I have seen them cause way too many accidents, or atleast be involved in some way. I know a few states have them, but I want them nationwide.
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So I go to verison, and say phone broke. They say they have to update the software, as it could be that. Fine, whatever. They update it. Dial in and out works for about a month. Then starts doing the same damn thing. ( the battery still sucked. ) so I go back again. They say they only downloaded new tower codes, and not a firmware update. They have to do it again. Fine I say, just make it work. And it does. for about a month. ARRGH! I get pissed, and go back in. I say I want a new phone, because it is broken. no updating. gimme phone. they say I have to call motorolla who will send out another. ARRGH! I call them, they say go to verison store. ARRGH! I go back, tell them waht motorolla said, and they say, sure we will swap out. but they don't have the phone! ARRGH!
So they send me to another store, almost across the street. Ok, fine. I go there, they don't have it either. They send me to another store in Geneva. About 30 minutes away. they have stock, they checked. I get there, and no phone. They call another place in naperville, about 10 minutes away. they have 1 left. They save it for me. I got here, that phone is broken. Arrgh! They send me to another store, this one in schaumburg. They check to make sure it works. Cool. I drive over there, and they gave the damn thing to someone else in the 30 minutes it took me to get there!! I am fricking pissed! Time to shoot some kneecaps.
I cool down for a minute and think. I remember that verison has a insurance thingy, where if you break your phone, you get a new one. If it is not available, you get free upgrade. So I go to another store, this one their main one in schaumburg. right next to their headquarters in the state. I go in and buy insurance till the end of the year.
I walk back in 30 minutes later with a handful of parts. I accidently dropeed it out of my truck on the street. Opps. Can I have new phone?
<--- has the new 4 color motorolla phone. Cool. Problem solved.
part #2 I call my home, top make sure the phone works. Cool. Then I start on my way home. I go down roselle, which they are working on, and pouring concreete. 2 cars ahead of me, a suburban stops because a guy switched the sign from "slow" to "stop" The mercades behind him is bild, and runs righht in to the back of the sub at about 20-25 mph. Mercades is now 3 feet shorter. Suburpan had a scratch on the 2" reciever. Fricking moron. How do you miss a huge white vehicle taking up your entire vield of view? So my second call on my new cell was to 911. Everyone ok, some old guy driving the mercades ( like 70 ) and a kid ( 20-25 yr old ) in the sub.
Then, on the way home, I am coming up on a red light. a silver Cavileer is in front of me. I am way back, because she is swearving all over the palce ( still staying in her lane though ) talking on a cell phone. Dumb lady. The light in front of us turns red. We have a good 1/8 mile to the light. I start to slow down. She is oblivios, and goes right through the light at 40-45 or so, and nails a minivan turning left who has a green arrow. I jump out, and run to help. I toss my cell to the guy who was in the car behind the minivan, and tell him to call 911. I then notice he is one of my best friends. He also has EMT training. ( I am ski patrol, he is training to be a fireman ) I attend to the woman in the cavileer who is hurt badly, he attends to the minivan driver who is just shaken up. the girl in the cavaleer was NOT WEARING HER SEATBELT and the airbag smashed her head into the rear view mirror. I tear off the bottom of my shrit and try to stop the bleeding, while I try and hold her head steady. I tie my shirt off on her head, and hold her head. Within 2 minutes the ambulance crew was there, and we put on her neck brace, then loaded her up. She just kept saying "i'm sorry, i'm sorry" over and over, while trying to get out of the car. No no! You stay there. Listen to me. Don't move. Cops took my name addy and phone, along with my buddys.
Then my buddy and I went to my buddy's house and cleaned up, then went to get some lunch, and talked about how stupid people are.
Morals:
#1 Verison gives you the run around. for 7 months.
#2 When is someone going to introduce a "no cell while driving" bill damnit! I have seen them cause way too many accidents, or atleast be involved in some way. I know a few states have them, but I want them nationwide.
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