My cell phone is with AT&T and although the service is OK, the phone itself is not working right anymore. It never rings when people call. The friends tell me that they hear it ringing and then after 4 rings it goes to voice mail. But when I have the phone right next to me on the desk I do not hear it ring. The settings are all set to loud and all that – there is something wrong with the phone.
So I stopped by the AT&T retail store near my house. Well, it isn’t really near my house but it was the closest one that I knew about and I had to go over to that part of town anyway. So I walked in and asked to see some of the new phones to replace my old phone. The clerk told me that all the phones in the store are too expensive for me, even though I never asked the price or mentioned being concerned about price. He evidently just decided that I cannot afford a new phone. And then he left me standing there while he waited on the next customer.
I didn’t realize that I looked like a broke down homeless person today. I mean, WTF? I can afford any damn phone I want and I really don’t think it is up to some smart aleck phone store clerk to deny me a new phone.