Pumphead strikes again!

[sue943]

I very rarely use my mobile (cell) phone, I keep it for emergencies and for using in the UK, the rest of the time is is switched off. A couple of days ago I tried to switch it on to show a friend, we were trying to decide if we both had the same model. Last time I used it was in the summer when I phoned my garage as I thought my car had a water leak.

Well I pressed and poked and it wouldn't switch on. I came home and put it on charge just in case. Next day I phoned the call centre (in India I think) at huge cost as they kept me hanging on for ages. Then finally a frustrating conversation which had to be aborted when I couldn't get the back off the phone to tell her the model. Then I succeeded and phoned back and had more waiting then finally spoke to a man who said he couldn't help me as I didn't buy the phone from one of their shops and to go back to where I bought it.

Today I drove into town, queued to get into a carpark, queued to speak to an adviser. Explained my problem and asked if she could try it to see what the problem was, was it the phone or the SIM card for this UK company. She took the phone then came back with it on, said it is fine with a local SIM. Then she took that one out and put my SIM back in and voila, it switched on just fine. I asked her to show me what she had done - she used the on/off button, it works so much better than the ok button! Whoops!

Pumphead is still alive and kicking.

 

[Harrybaby666]

Uh...Sue...Sweetie...

Uh...Sue...Sweetie...

Let me tell you something...you are NOT a pumphead...from time to time things like this get to me as well....A couple of months ago, I was getting ready to go somewhere and it was raining, and I just started my car...It took me 10 minutes to figure out how to turn on my windshield wipers!!! I have had this car for almost 2 years and drive it most every day, and for some reason, I just spaced it and for the life of me, I couldn't figure out how to turn my windshield wipers on....So you can see, it happens to all of us at one point or another. Take Care, Harrybaby

 

[hensylee]

not to worry, Sue. My cousin gave me a very old one. I couldn't figure out how to turn it on. He phoned me to tell me. That's been many months ago- maybe a year. I keep forgetting where the off menu is!!

 

[sue943]

Yes, but I have had it more than a year and have used it about a dozen times. I told the adviser who was trying to help me that she could now dine out on the story of this silly woman who had a phone for over a year and forgot how to turn it on!