Phone A Friend

Ok im going to get called 'Oldist' or some such sh!t here but not being one to ever hide from the storms I will trudge on regardless. Yesterday your dear Ranter treated himself to a new mobile phone. One of those Blackberry buggers that everyone keeps rattling on about. Well I figured ive got to at least try to keep up with the bells and whistles that society seems intent on flooding itself with. It used to be that all a man needed to be social was a few extra glasses and bottles but those times are dead in the ferns it would seem.
But this is not my rant, no my ranters radar yesterday was peaked by two things: pensioners and the aforementioned Blackberry. (And if that doesn't sound like the title to some great poetry I don't know what does!)
Now I don't care how old you are when youre getting all moble in the comms department but the old dear in front of me in the queue yesterday TOOK A REALLY LONG F**KNG TME MAN! SHE OBVIOUSLY HAD NO DEA WHAT SHE WAS DOING OR BUYING, AND HER HUSBAND STOOD NEXT TO HER LIKE A HATSTAND HOLDNG THE BLOODY SHOPPING. ACTUALLY stops mid~rant for the first time ever COME TO THINK OF IT *takes shot* IT WASN'T THE OLD TIMERS FAULT AT ALL, ITS THE FRIGGIN' SHOPS! IF YOU CAN SEE A CUSTOMER IS GOING TO NEED THINGS EXPLAINED, THEN PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS A RINGTONE, TAKE THEM TO ONE OF THOSE DESK PODS YOU HAVE AND LET ANOTHER SALESPERSON TAKE CARE OF WE WHO ARE THERE FOR TOP UPS AND NEW PHONES! COME ON NOW, PLAY THE GAME!


Its ok ive got all day...

Also, these new phones like Blackberries and the like. Why all the palava in getting them hooked up to the webby? ALL OF MY OLD MOBILE PHONES WERE SIMPLE, POP IN SIM CARD, REGISTER, THEN HEAD ON OFF TO THE WORLD WIBE WEB. IT WAS A BREEZE. CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE, NO THESE DAYS YOU HAVE TO RING SOME CUCKOO IN CALCUTTA OR OUTER MONGOLIA BEFORE YOU CAN GET STARTED AND THEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR ALL THE DOWNLOADS AND UPLOADS AND WHATEVERLOADS. CAPTAIN MORGAN GIVE ME STRENGTH! I THOUGHT THESE NEW THINGS WERE MADE TO BE QUICKER? WITH THE AMOUNT OF UPGRADES AND DOWNLOADS I HAD TO CHECK LAST NIGHT, I FELT LIKE I WAS DROWNING IN DIGTAL QUICKSAND.
And they say these modern toys with their cool applications are here to help make things a little easier? More conveniant? As your dear Ranter pours another stiff drink in order to numb the dying pricks of yesterdays frustration, im not entirely convinced. Cheers!