Wouldn't You Like To Be A Razr Too?
I’ve been driving my friends and co-workers nuts this past week. What happened? I got a new cell phone. Oh No, but not just a phone, oh no baby, no ordinary, run of the mill, el cheapo communication device for me, Mr. “I’ve got to have a new geek toy” before everybody else. Nope. I got myself a Motorola Razr V3. Have you seen these things? It’s got to be only the hottest cell phone on the planet today. Sleek, slim, ultra clear reception, with oodles and oodles of power (Is oodles really a word?). Check this out…..
http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details/0,,69,00.html
http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/images/0,,69,00.html
First I’ve got to tell you, my old phone was 2 years old, which in technology terms is prehistoric. I had to buy a high capacity battery for it, just to give it decent talk time, and that battery was a hump back thing that made my phone look like it belonged to the Hunchback of Notre Dame. The last time I loaned it to a girl on a date, she took 1 look at it, and laughed at me…… Yeah, you guessed it, we’re not dating anymore. This phone was fat, heavy, had a dopey antenna sticking out of it’s head, no digital camera, and when I stored it in my front pocket, it looked like I was permanently “excited to see you”….. If you catch my drift.
Want to hear the best part? The Razr was free. Well, not exactly, I had to pay $5.00 for sales tax, AND renew my Verizon Wireless contract. No big deal, because I was planning on staying with Verizon anyway. Of course I could have received the phone without renewing, then the phone would have cost me “only” $150.00. Yeah, like I was really going to spend that much for a cell phone…… NOT.
So, why am I driving everyone crazy? Maybe you haven’t seen that commercial where the coworker is hanging over his cubicle neighbors wall, pretending like his phone is talking to his cube neighbor, throwing his voice, and saying things like “Hi I’m Tom’s NEW PHONE, aren’t I cool? Do you have a cool phone too? No? Too bad you’re not as cool as Tom”. That’s me. Combine that with my constant….. “Hey, check out my NEW PHONE, yup, one of those Cool New Razr Phones, yup yup”. “Did you see my new phone?” “Do you want me to take your picture with my mega-pixel camera, on my NEW PHONE?” “When was the last time YOU got a ……… NEW PHONE”? “Yup, got mine last week, blue tooth wireless connectivity with my laptop, and everything…. Yup, can yours do that? No? Too bad”.
I think I’m going to have to stop though. The woman who is the Purchasing Buyer for my group and I were talking today, and after I mentioned “MY NEW PHONE” for probably the 1 billionth time, she said “Tom, you are such a Techno-Geek”. My response…….. “Yeah, what’s your point?” She just rolled her eyes like I was hopeless, and walked away. What? What did I say? I know…… I know…… what her problem was…..
She doesn’t have a NEW PHONE :-)
http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details/0,,69,00.html
http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/images/0,,69,00.html
First I’ve got to tell you, my old phone was 2 years old, which in technology terms is prehistoric. I had to buy a high capacity battery for it, just to give it decent talk time, and that battery was a hump back thing that made my phone look like it belonged to the Hunchback of Notre Dame. The last time I loaned it to a girl on a date, she took 1 look at it, and laughed at me…… Yeah, you guessed it, we’re not dating anymore. This phone was fat, heavy, had a dopey antenna sticking out of it’s head, no digital camera, and when I stored it in my front pocket, it looked like I was permanently “excited to see you”….. If you catch my drift.
Want to hear the best part? The Razr was free. Well, not exactly, I had to pay $5.00 for sales tax, AND renew my Verizon Wireless contract. No big deal, because I was planning on staying with Verizon anyway. Of course I could have received the phone without renewing, then the phone would have cost me “only” $150.00. Yeah, like I was really going to spend that much for a cell phone…… NOT.
So, why am I driving everyone crazy? Maybe you haven’t seen that commercial where the coworker is hanging over his cubicle neighbors wall, pretending like his phone is talking to his cube neighbor, throwing his voice, and saying things like “Hi I’m Tom’s NEW PHONE, aren’t I cool? Do you have a cool phone too? No? Too bad you’re not as cool as Tom”. That’s me. Combine that with my constant….. “Hey, check out my NEW PHONE, yup, one of those Cool New Razr Phones, yup yup”. “Did you see my new phone?” “Do you want me to take your picture with my mega-pixel camera, on my NEW PHONE?” “When was the last time YOU got a ……… NEW PHONE”? “Yup, got mine last week, blue tooth wireless connectivity with my laptop, and everything…. Yup, can yours do that? No? Too bad”.
I think I’m going to have to stop though. The woman who is the Purchasing Buyer for my group and I were talking today, and after I mentioned “MY NEW PHONE” for probably the 1 billionth time, she said “Tom, you are such a Techno-Geek”. My response…….. “Yeah, what’s your point?” She just rolled her eyes like I was hopeless, and walked away. What? What did I say? I know…… I know…… what her problem was…..
She doesn’t have a NEW PHONE :-)
posted by TomH | 9:33 PM
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