Biting the bullet
I hate this.
I am possibly the cheapest person alive. Seriously. I hate spending money. You'd never know to look at my bank account, though.
I did something today I really didn't want to, but felt I didn't have a choice.
I signed up for "regular" cell phone service.
Ugh.
For the past few years, Hubby and I have either had work issued cell phones, or we had Tracfone's 'pay as you go' service. When we got our new jobs, we lost the work cells, so we switched over completely to the pay as you go phones. And they worked. Sort of. The problem with pay as you go services is that their range isn't the greatest. There has been more than one occasion where we couldn't get hold of each other because we had no reception. Today was one of those times.
Munchkin came down yesterday with pink eye. Fun stuff. Since Hubby works second shift, he was in charge of taking her to her pediatrician this morning. Out on one of the back roads, he had a blowout. He was able to reach me (barely), and I heard enough of what he was saying to figure out what happened and where he was. So, I left to go rescue Munchkin. Hubby spent most of his remaining minutes trying to get hold of the insurance company to get his truck towed. No luck. It kept cutting out.
As soon as I got to him, his first words to me were, "I'm getting rid of this *bleeping* phone."
So, this evening, I signed up for the only company that I know that has good reception out here. I ended up getting a "family" plan with three phones - one for hubby, one for me, one for Kidlet.
$90.00 per month plus taxes and whatnot. I'm looking at another $100 plus bill per month.
I hate this. I hate this. I hate this.
So, that means, with my land lines and internet, plus the cell phones, I'm going to be paying over $200 per month in phone service. And we don't even use the phone that much.
This sucks.
I am possibly the cheapest person alive. Seriously. I hate spending money. You'd never know to look at my bank account, though.
I did something today I really didn't want to, but felt I didn't have a choice.
I signed up for "regular" cell phone service.
Ugh.
For the past few years, Hubby and I have either had work issued cell phones, or we had Tracfone's 'pay as you go' service. When we got our new jobs, we lost the work cells, so we switched over completely to the pay as you go phones. And they worked. Sort of. The problem with pay as you go services is that their range isn't the greatest. There has been more than one occasion where we couldn't get hold of each other because we had no reception. Today was one of those times.
Munchkin came down yesterday with pink eye. Fun stuff. Since Hubby works second shift, he was in charge of taking her to her pediatrician this morning. Out on one of the back roads, he had a blowout. He was able to reach me (barely), and I heard enough of what he was saying to figure out what happened and where he was. So, I left to go rescue Munchkin. Hubby spent most of his remaining minutes trying to get hold of the insurance company to get his truck towed. No luck. It kept cutting out.
As soon as I got to him, his first words to me were, "I'm getting rid of this *bleeping* phone."
So, this evening, I signed up for the only company that I know that has good reception out here. I ended up getting a "family" plan with three phones - one for hubby, one for me, one for Kidlet.
$90.00 per month plus taxes and whatnot. I'm looking at another $100 plus bill per month.
I hate this. I hate this. I hate this.
So, that means, with my land lines and internet, plus the cell phones, I'm going to be paying over $200 per month in phone service. And we don't even use the phone that much.
This sucks.
posted by Callie | 5/01/2007 09:50:00 PM
6 Comments:
Cell phone for kidlet? You nuts?
Hope you can take out a second mortgage...
Actually, she's very good with her cell phone. I think she's scared of what her daddy will do. That, and she's only 11, so she hasn't really discovered the Joy of the Phone yet.
Just waiting until she's a teenager. I'm sure she'll use all our "anytime" minutes.
There's no way in heck my 10 year old (going on 17... What the #@!#$ do they put in the beef anyway??!?!) will get a cell, unless it's one of those ones that only call home or 911.
I'm convinced cell phones are a tool of Satan.
I'm not giving up my rotary phone to nobody and I can't find a phone booth out in town anywhere...What did they do with all those phone booths anyway? Do you think I can get a cell phone with a party line or is that "big brother" listening in?
Agreed. Modern phone service is overpriced. :(
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