Like a beeper
May 31, 2008 The Story of My Life
So my friend Kimmb. wrote me warning about blackberry addiction and I explained to her how I’d want to use the thing and she said, “Oh like a beeper!” So I’m stealing that to explain it here. Basically I’m on-call from 9am to 5pm and I want to be on-call and still leave my house. I’ll turn the thing off at 5 or 6 and be done with it.
But I just can’t convince myself to take on another bill. The geegaws themselves are so expensive (although we have an old Treo floating around the house somewhere — Brett’s brother gave it to us — and we could maybe just buy a charger cord) and then the monthly charges don’t appeal to me. Because I am CHEAP. And I’m not yet convinced that it will make my life X dollars a month better. I mean, sure, it would be great to have one but would it be $360 to $720 a year great? I don’t spend $360 a year on my clothes (thrift store). I also hate finding new indispensable things to spend money on because then I’m like a slave to them. Like stupid Tivo. Or back how I used to think dial-up was all that until we got cable internet.
There is no going back, my friends!
Brett is putting his mad research skillz to use to help me figure it out and I’m going to forget about it until he submits his report. Probably I’ll end up getting one but not for a zillion years while we discuss it to death and spend way too much time on youtube watching the product demos. We don’t tend to make decisions lightly even when they are relatively light decisions.
By the way, he quit his Home Depot job. He was very disappointed by the no discount thing and I was missing being able to take his presence around here for granted so he quit. This means he can come with me to this birthday party we’re going to at 4pm. Yippee-skippee!
May 31st, 2008 at 8:14 am
Stupid TiVo? But you’re right — there is no going back. (Have you read Dan Arielly’s Predictably Irrational? I’m recommending it to everyone, probably already recommended it to you, but there are passages that speak to that in a way).
No discount?!
May 31st, 2008 at 8:34 am
Yeah Brett!!!!! The boys will be happy. Your phone has been busy-so now no need to call!!!
May 31st, 2008 at 8:36 am
Why am I logged in as you on your comments on my computer-you must have not logged back out on thursday-and here I thought you were a wizard.
May 31st, 2008 at 9:35 am
Another option for getting email when you’re out and about is to check it from your regular phone. The downside is that you have to actively check it (no alert comes to your phone telling you that you have email) and I believe it only works if your email through one of the big services like AOL and Yahoo. But it’s much cheaper than buying a PDA and package. I believe I paid $10 a month for unlimited access.
May 31st, 2008 at 10:42 am
Yay for quitting jobs!
May 31st, 2008 at 11:36 am
What do you mean, no discounts??? Reason enough to quit right there!!
May 31st, 2008 at 11:46 am
I agree, no discount!!! What store doesn’t offer a discount to it’s employees. That’s outrageous!!