John's Blog

Just in case you thought YOUR job sucked, just be glad you don't have to put up with THIS everyday at work.

Despite their apparently cruel treatment of their employees, I recently switched my cell phone coverage to these guys. After years of having a phone that barely gave me a signal at home, and didn't have ANY reception at work, I'm amazed that now I have a phone I can really use. Unfortunately, the last few days have been filled with calls that were the functional equivalent of the "can you hear me now?" conversations from spots that I wouldn't have been able to make them with my old phone.

And also from the "department of technological amazement" I continue to find my new GPS unit a real treat. Having to sometimes travel to unknown destinations for work, I don't know why I waited to get one of these electronic co-pilots. The only problem I've had is that I sometimes ignore or misinterpret the direction it gives. Yesterday after hearing "turn right" I did an immediate right, only to see that it really was telling me to turn right a little farther down the road. Then after it recalculated my route to correct for my mistake, I still thought I knew better and was about to follow where I thought I should go. Luckily, I reconsidered and put my faith in the new directions and everything worked out just fine. If only life offered a GPS type unit sometimes, but I'm guessing I'd be tempted to ignore that as well!

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