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Sunday, November 16, 2008

Granny on the Run

The Big Giraffe and I were horrified to learn that my MIL drove from KY to MA without a cell phone. She didn't seem to bothered by i,t but I've watched enough Lifetime Television for Women movies to know that a cell phone on a long trip is a must. Plus statistics finally caught up with me a couple years ago, and I got my first flat tire. I suggested that perhaps we get her a disposable cell phone. That way if she got a flat or had some other sort of car trouble, she could call for help. Then when Stranger Danger approaches her, she can role down the window an 1/8 of an inch and tell him that help is already on the way. Lifetime again.

Last night the Big Giraffe asked me if I could stop by the Verizon store since it's next to the grocery store where I was headed anyway. My older son (OS) and I stopped in there first. An overeager Verizon employee asked how he could help us. I told him we needed a disposable cell phone for my MIL for her road trip back to KY. He had a blank look on his face. "A disposable cell phone," I repeated again impatiently. Another blank look. "You know the type people use to commit crimes in Law and Order and CSI? There's no name listed with the phone so the police have to track the serial number and ask the manufacturer where the lot was sold and then spend a large amount of time viewing security videos from the store to see who the buyer in question actually is?" The employee looked a little scared. He then told me, "You want Walmart. It's called a Tracfone". I'm pretty sure he then went to make sure that the surveillance cameras were working.
Lifetime Television for Women's Lesson Learned: Carry a cell phone on long trips.

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posted by Alex Elliot @ 4:54 PM   8 comments
8 Comments:
  • At 11/16/2008 8:29 PM, Blogger Whirlwind said…

    I have to say - both Husband and I use Tracfone and love it. We don't use them often enough to warrant an actual company. I think we each pay $100 a year for service! And we get service everywhere -even when others with cell phones have no reception.

     
  • At 11/16/2008 8:30 PM, Blogger Heather said…

    That was hilarious!

     
  • At 11/16/2008 8:40 PM, Blogger Alex Elliot said…

    Thanks, Heather!
    Whirlwind, I was very impressed with the Tracfone. It was only $10 plus however many minutes we wanted to add. All in all we spent $30 but that's it. There's no other fees.

     
  • At 11/16/2008 9:16 PM, Blogger JulietteMerry said…

    Take a look at this plan https://www.consumercellular.com/partners/aarpintro.aspx

    The disposable cell phone minutes expire

     
  • At 11/16/2008 11:05 PM, Blogger Suzanne said…

    Oh, that phone thing is cool. Your description was perfectly clear to me, btw.

     
  • At 11/19/2008 4:31 PM, Blogger skiplovey said…

    That's exactly why I can't watch murder shows like that, they'd make me way too nervous.

     
  • At 11/19/2008 5:18 PM, Blogger Goofball said…

    huh disposable phones? Really? you throw the physical thing away when you've used it? Noooo.

    Really? You must mean another thing? is it simply anonymous prepaid cards?

     
  • At 11/19/2008 5:42 PM, Blogger Alex Elliot said…

    Hi Goofball,
    You can add more minutes like we did for my MIL but yeah they do get thrown out particularly if they are used in a crime which is exactly why they are used since there's way to trace anything. Here's a link: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=throwaway+cell+phone

     
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