New #
So, I changed my # over to a local Atlanta number. It was an ordeal. Took an hour on the phone with 2 different Sprint reps. The first told me that I couldn’t keep my SERO plan if I changed my number. That was after she asked me what the area code and exchange of my new number should be. Shouldn’t she have known that? So, she changed my number without telling me. I had to call back and got another rep that walked me through the final steps to change the number, with no problems, and no change to my account.
Well, the new problem is the previous owner of my number, a Lynn Rush, still has people calling it. I need to begin making up fabulous lies aout her. “Nope, she joined the peace corps” or “She’s taking some time off to explore a career in erotic dancing.” Nah, not her fault that they’re calling her old number - for now. Ask me in a few months if I’m still getting calls and what I’m saying then.
The same thing happened when I was issued a phone for work when I was at Heritage Health Systems. Apparently, the Nextel number on my phone was previously assigned to one Mr. Curtis Spears - who was/is a deadbeat. I got no less than 4 collection calls per day on that phone for months - enough to make it worthless for communicating. Eventually, I just began to answer the calls and tell them it wasn’t his number any longer. It was especially choice when someone from the video store called asking about a late return. I told them that if they see Curtis, tell them to pay his bills and stop giving out his old cell number.
I guess it’s more of a commentary on the ever-shrinking pool of available phone numbers. Cell usage just keeps going up, and with no decrease in land lines, fax, etc. we’re rapidly approaching an PIv6 dilemma with phone numbers. Maybe one day, dialing balogs.net will ring the house first, then roll to both our cell phones, then send text messages and e-mail? Who knows.
