Verizon is Stalking Me.

4 months ago: Stopped Verizon service and signed a 2 year contract with AT&T

3.5 months ago: Received letter from Verizon saying they missed me and wanted me back.

3 months ago: Started getting annoyed with AT&T dropping my calls.

8 days ago: AT&T cell phone vanished.

7.5 days ago: Tried calling AT&T service for help. No customer service reps on Sunday.

7 days ago: Called AT&T, got annoyed with the rep, and asked about canceling contract.

6.5 days ago: Called AT&T got a different rep and ordered replacement phone. Purchased a piece-of-crap AT&T Go Phone to use until my replacement phone came in the mail.

6 days ago: Verizon Wireless called to do a survey about my service with Verizon and why I chose to leave.

5 days ago: Received replacement phone in the mail. Turned it on. Instantly hated phone. Instantly got another call from Verizon. This time with a survey of the politeness of previous surveyor.

4 days ago: Discovered that I could not retrieve my address book from my lost AT&T phone. Annoyed with AT&T service and AT&T phone.

3.5 days ago: Went into Verizon Store and switched back to Verizon.

3 days ago: My old Verizon contact list appeared on my new Verizon phone.

It could be a simple coincidence that Verizon contacted me so soon after my phone vanished. It might be chance that Verizon called again just as I considered tossing the AT&T replacement phone out the window. Or (and I like this theory best) it might be a conspiracy.

Perhaps Verizon has been stalking me for months waiting for the opportunity to win me back. If that's the case my phone was never "lost" it was taken by a Verizon Wireless operative who purposefully made me think that a small child had mistakenly picked it up. That same spy had been monitoring my conversations with AT&T and watching my mail and knew exactly when to contact me in order to catch me when I was at the height of frustration with AT&T.

I don't normally subscribe to conspiracy theories, but this one was a lot of fun to develop. ;)

RIP cell phone

"In memory of my cherished cellphone
along with the cherished phone numbers,
cherished pictures, and precious bejeweled game."

January 2008 - March 2008

Today, while on my way to church I lost my cellphone. I'm not sure how it happened. My only guess is that it fell off my lap and onto the ground as I got out of my car. I searched high and low, emptied my purse, ransacked my car, and still no sign of the phone. I had already borrowed a friend's phone to try calling my own phone, but I thought I'd try again with the hopes that someone, a kind, friendly soul would answer it.

Much to my surprise the ringing stopped, and I could hear voices in the background. I tried calling out to the voices I heard. I yelled and screamed so someone would hear. That went on for about 5 minutes until the phone hung up. I tried again, and the same thing happened. I hollered into the phone pleading for a response and then the phone hung up for the last time. I've called again repeatedly, and I've sent text messages, to no avail.

I know that I need to cancel my service, but I'm just hoping upon hope that the phone is actually in the posession of a small child and their parent will find it at any moment and try to return it to me. If I cancel my service, then that hope will be completely dead because there will be no way for the parent to call me back.

I'm not yet ready to face the fact that the phone is gone, and purchase a cheap replacement. But when in do, rest in peace my Sony Ericsson.