Delayed Gratification
Yes, I'm a geeky, dweeby human being. As such, it was incumbent upon me to get in line to purchase an iPhone the moment they became available. That, and my current phone is such a piece of crap that I could HARDLY WAIT to make it redundant.
The Good News: I was about number 46 in line at my local AT&T store.
The Bad News: There was an extremely talkative gizmo guy, who was much more clueless than he knew, who would not shut up for 2 seconds together over the course of the 2+ hours we waited.
The Good News: I made it to the point of purchase without murdering aforemention gizmo guy.
The Bad News: My goddamn credit card was declined (I've had this happen before when trying to make a major techno purchase. They say it's to ensure my card's not being used for fraudulent purposes. What it is, is EXTREMELY INCONVENIENT, VITIATING THE WHOLE POINT OF HAVING A CREDIT CARD IN THE FIRST PLACE.)
The Good News: I had enough money in my checking account to use my debit card.
The Bad News: Now I have very little money left in my checking account.
The Good News: I now own an iPhone.
The Bad News: Transferring my old mobile phone number is going to take a while.
The Good News: I can use my iPhone for outgoing calls and load it up with all my info.
The Bad News: NO, ACTUALLY I CAN'T. AT&T is so backed up with activations that it'll take 24 hours to process all the requests. So, in fact, I have an extremely elegant looking brick sitting on my desk. An extremely elegant looking, very expensive brick.
The Good News: I own Apple stock. Clearly they were unprepared for the massive influx of activations... which must mean that they are busting every known record for first day sales. This ALMOST makes up for my frustration in not being able to immediately deploy my new toy.
The Good News: I was about number 46 in line at my local AT&T store.
The Bad News: There was an extremely talkative gizmo guy, who was much more clueless than he knew, who would not shut up for 2 seconds together over the course of the 2+ hours we waited.
The Good News: I made it to the point of purchase without murdering aforemention gizmo guy.
The Bad News: My goddamn credit card was declined (I've had this happen before when trying to make a major techno purchase. They say it's to ensure my card's not being used for fraudulent purposes. What it is, is EXTREMELY INCONVENIENT, VITIATING THE WHOLE POINT OF HAVING A CREDIT CARD IN THE FIRST PLACE.)
The Good News: I had enough money in my checking account to use my debit card.
The Bad News: Now I have very little money left in my checking account.
The Good News: I now own an iPhone.
The Bad News: Transferring my old mobile phone number is going to take a while.
The Good News: I can use my iPhone for outgoing calls and load it up with all my info.
The Bad News: NO, ACTUALLY I CAN'T. AT&T is so backed up with activations that it'll take 24 hours to process all the requests. So, in fact, I have an extremely elegant looking brick sitting on my desk. An extremely elegant looking, very expensive brick.
The Good News: I own Apple stock. Clearly they were unprepared for the massive influx of activations... which must mean that they are busting every known record for first day sales. This ALMOST makes up for my frustration in not being able to immediately deploy my new toy.
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