2 B or not 2 B

How often do you really need to use the number 2 on your phone? Or the letters A, B or C when texting?

Maybe you are one of those people that can say, “I never text”, or, “I don’t make phone calls, I only receive them.” If this describes you, then I have the phone for you – mine.

To be fair, that’s not exactly true of my phone. Sometimes it works. In a way, that makes it even more frustrating. Because this is an intermittent flaw, I can be relatively assured it will only happen when I am in a hurry or need it most. It doesn’t help that the number I probably call the most (my wife) is number 2 on my speed dial.

The last month or so, I have come to realize the value of texting. I used to be a texting naysayer. “Don’t text someone”, I would tell my wife, “just call them. We pay for every text, but the calls are free.” Well, I have learned it can be a pretty efficient way for me to communicate with my drivers. While driving, they don’t have to answer the phone. They can wait until they stop to read the text. Of course, I can’t always be certain they have gotten the message unless they reply. So, there is that risk.

I suppose I will need to go phone shopping in the near future. Having already taken a couple of trial runs at this, it might be less challenging to endure a phone with a faulty 2 key. Despite what is told to me by the cell phone experts at the store, I think I know what I need my phone to do, and consequently, what it doesn’t need to do. Nevertheless, each cell phone sales person knows what they want their own phone to do and all the features they seem confident I will want as well.

So, I predict I will ultimately come away with a very nice phone capable of performing a multitude of impressive and highly useful functions that I will never use.

For now, a functioning number 2 key would impress me.