Phones

I'm a writer, so obviously, I like texting for a number of perfectly logical reasons:

1. It's writing
2. It gives me time to think about my reply
3. I can "ignore" it more easily if it's from an "undesirable"
4. I can reply sassily and sarcastically without always making the receiver aware

I don't like talking on the phone for another number of perfectly acceptable reasons:

1. The mundane chit-chat that is required before we can actually get to the point of the conversation
2. How hot the phone gets, thus making my ear incredibly uncomfortable
3. The requirement to "leave the room" so as not to disturb whatever's going on in the place you were originally
4. Reception is necessary
5. It's harder to ignore
6. You have to think up responses on the fly, often making a fool of yourself or getting caught in a fib*

What I actually really hate about my beloved phone now, though, is not its call settings, but its attitude.
That's right, my cell phone has developed an attitude problem. It decides, randomly throughout the day, that it is just going to turn itself off. But that's not the worst part, no! When it's off, it also decides that, no matter how much battery there is left, it's going to flash its  SAMSUNG start-up logo...again...and again...and again. It's pretty much a guessing game as to which time I press and hold the power button it will actually try to power on.

It's very frustrating, because it often likes to turn itself off as I go to look at my Weather app, or it really likes to drop my calls and not turn back on for about 40 minutes. It really likes to do that one.

I've tried to see if it needs a software update -nope.
I've taken it to the Verizon store -of course it doesn't do it then, so they all think I'm crazy and don't know what to do for me.
My contract doesn't expire for another year.





* -outright lie