I've been doing a lot of disconnecting over the last week.
A week ago today, I called AT&T and canceled my landline. When the lady asked my reason for canceling, I told her that the only people who ever called me were AT&T salespersons who were trying to sell me U-Verse.
The irony was not lost on the friendly AT&T rep who apologized and proceeded to schedule a time for someone to come over and disconnect the phone. I neglected to tell her that I was also receiving calls from other people on that line -- primarily telemarketers (despite my presence on both the state and nationa; do-not-call registries) and bill collectors seeking to contact people who had previously had that phone number. And occasionally my mother would call that number, too.
Then today, I deleted my MySpace account. MySpace is no longer relevant -- at least not for me. None of my friends use it anymore. Three years ago, it was a hopping place. For the last six months, though, every time I would log in, it felt like I was walking into a ghost town. None of my friends had logged in for weeks or even months. Nobody posted anything new. Plus, I never did care too much for the MySpace layout and the ridiculous number of "themes" that could be downloaded. Those things were really buggy and usually only "worked" in Internet Explorer, which is a browser I never use.
Since I'm on such a roll, what shall I cancel next?
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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