True Disappointment
Posted by Matt M on July 29, 2008
So I live out here in sunny SoCal and we just had our nice little 6.1 Magnitude EQ…..I’m on the 12th floor of my building and we sure were rockin’ and swaying!! Anyways for the past 30 min I’ve been on the phone hitting redial trying to reach any family or friends and guess what?? Not a single solitary cellphone signal from any of them (all on different carriers). Wow I thought the cell phones were supposed to safe and sucure and able to handle an emergency….well guess what anyone who is plugged-in and completely wireless, if you’re out in the field UR SCREWED!!
Plain and simple you’re outta luck cuz that nice little telecomm service that we all pay too much for just failed, the one time you actually NEEDED to use it. Well I don’t know about anyone else but I am going to be requesting my money back for this month tonight! I sincerely hope that everyone who experienced the same difficulties will do the same and clog and flood the wireless companies lines with demands, because I won’t be requesting it, that they give me my hard earned money back for a “service” they failed to provide, especially in a time of need.
I think any of us in a service-related industry should take a moment to sit back and realize what’s important here, namely family and friends. If we cannot reach them in a time of need (now just wait until there’s a real crisis) then what are we doing??
Actually the funny thing is that I was able to reach all my friends and family via email and chat. I suspect that this was only becuase the size of the EQ was not all that big…..yet I still fear that in the event of a catasptrophe, forget it as it’ll be like the retirement years YO-YO (Your On Your Own).
Enjoy and hope your day ROCKED as much as mine!!
