cell phones

ok, I admit it--I think that cell phones are a nuisance--privacy invaders--unsolicited calls and messages from vendors, politicians, wrong numbers, etc. 

on the other hand, I freely admit that I need a cell phone to make--and receive from my wife when either she or I are "out and about"--emergency calls. I've had a tracfone for years for just this purpose. I have in excess of 1400 minutes on my tracfone--because I hardly ever use it. it's just for emergencies. 

then tracfone tells me that I need to buy a new phone--that the phone that tracfone provided is obsolete and that their service will terminate soon. a fine way to treat a paying customer for many years! 

so I get a Consumer Cellular phone and plan. during the activation process I request that my tracfone number be transferred to CC. it was supposed to happen at 4 PM. it didn't. CC then tells me that's 4 PM PT. then they tell me that it'll happen by 10 PM ET--6 hours later than what CC originally told me. it didn't happen AGAIN. if I'd known I would have told CC to forget it--to give me a new telephone number.

I don't believe that I'm the only person in the world who thinks that cell phones--and cell phone service providers--are a nuisance.