Not sure if this rant has been done before or not, but does anyone else think mobile phones are proper rubbish? I never see people talking about it, and yet it annoys the hell out of me every day.
My brother calls, and it's like:
him: Hi!
me: Hi!
him: Hows it goi*CHHHHHH CHHHHH!!! CHHH*
me: err, oh, fine thanks, how are you?
him: *CHHH CHHHHHH* *cuts out*
Minute later he rings back:
him: Hi again, sorry my mobi
me interrupting: Yeah yeah, you're on a mobile and mobiles are complete sh....
him: Yeah
me: So what you been up to?
him: Well the other day *CHHHH CHHHH CHHHH*
me: Bleh forget it. I'll write you a letter.
Same happens with everyone else I speak to. It seems to have nothing to do with the quality of the phone or the provider either. My brother is on Orange I think, and my friend is on something else, and I'm Virgin. Even network to network is rubbish, even when both speakers are on network provided phones... My friend has the fanceist phone I've ever seen. He spends hundreds to get the top of the tree phones. It has EVERYTHING. And it's widescreen, and he can get on the net over a wireless connection and load up google and see it in widescreen on his fancy screen. It plays MP3's in really good quality, and it has a great camera, and all kinds of other gadgets. And yet I can't have a bloody conversation with him on itWe usually manage to get a sentence, maybe 2 sentences, before the crackling shows up, and then usually it just cuts out, and one of us have to call the other one back, only for the same thing to happen again two or three times.
Same happens for everyone I call on a mobile. Some people even make excuses for it. I tell them I didn't hear anything they said in the last 30 seconds, and they say, "Sorry mate, I'm on the train". Ohhh ok... trains and phones are bad ok.. mental note taken. And then theres, "Sorry mate, im in a built up area". Ahh ok, so built up areas are a no go too. "Sorry mate, im camping so I'm far from a signal". Ok so in a town is bad, and out of a town is bad. "Sorry mate, im in the kitchen, I don't get a good signal in here". Ok so no kitchens too. To get a good reception, you have to perch yourself on your chimney and angle your head sideways, ideally while holding a golf club in the air.
What a load of rubbish. 2008 and all these fancy phones that are amazing and do everything - except make calls properly.
Am I the only one who is not impressed? It's so bad that one mate used to call me on his way home from work each night, but I couldn't hear a thing he said, so after a week or so, I had to tell him, "I can't hear a blummin thing you are saying, and you can't hear me either, I'll just call you on your land line when you get in".


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We usually manage to get a sentence, maybe 2 sentences, before the crackling shows up, and then usually it just cuts out, and one of us have to call the other one back, only for the same thing to happen again two or three times.
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