Neither of my phones are working. Do you ever get frustrated with your phone service?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (235096)
Walnut Creek, California
February 20, 2026 1:57pm CST
My land line went dead. I am recharging the phone, but it seems not to want to hold a charge. My cell phone has no phone service. I hope I do not trip over headphone wires and bang my head in the next half an hour.
I called a nice lady in Egypt to help me with my cell phone. She spoke good English, but accidentally hung up on me.
Should I just drink some bleach and see what happens?
I am enjoying my music, and teaching music, but I feel I am controlled by forces that are out of my ability to comprehend.
Is it time to let go?
Or should I just go teach my five lessons for today and see what happens next?
Do you ever get frustrated with customer service? .
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12 responses
@DianneN (249519)
• United States
16h
Oh, so many questions, and yes to them all!
Time for a new landline. We kept having that problem here and up north. We were told the AT&T were the best from the cable guy. We got a few two years ago and voila! He was right!
Drink a Gibson. It’s tastier than bleach.
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@MarieCoyle (54978)
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15h
No letting go allowed. We need our Horsie to be fine. Take your cell phone somewhere to see what the problem is? I haven’t had a landline in years and years. We used to have a lot of dropped calls when we had Verizon. It was bad here and Verizon isn’t popular here anymore because of that problem. We’ve had AT&T for about 10 years now. I am on a plan with my oldest son, and that makes my bill a lot less than it would be if I just had it by myself. Some people don’t like AT&T, but it’s been really good service here.
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@celticeagle (185869)
• Boise, Idaho
15h
Hopefully you didn't trip.
I don't have a land line anymore. Do not let go. The fall won't kill you.
I used to work in customer service so the service I get nowadays makes me very angry. I remember a time when the service actually wanted to help. I have Tracfone and have never needed to talk to customer service. I have great coverage and no phone issues. (Knock on wood)
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@crossbones27 (52246)
• Mojave, California
13h
I guess I do as soon as turn on the cell phone. I do not use my phone much if at all if I do not have to. I hate them with a passion.
People online were asking what life was like in the 90's before they came out. Everyone was like so nice because you could leave the house to get away and did not have to worry about something in your pocket blowing up because you left and soon as you turn it on its like, dude can't escape anything in this world.
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@DaddyEvil (168374)
• United States
17h
Once in a while the cell service seems to have problems. I power down my cell phone and power it back up again. That "usually" fixes the problem.
Don't get me started on bad customer service.
If that's the new landline phone you just bought, take it back. You probably got a bad battery.
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@Deepizzaguy (118494)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15h
I get frustrated from time to time when medical nurses try to call me to schedule an appointment at home or visit them at their office when my area gets some bad weather like a storm or extremely cold weather.
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@Deepizzaguy (118494)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
9h
@TheHorse Yes I was able to reschedule with no problems.
I hope you get through your lessons without drinking bleach. I’m sure you’d wait until after so as not to set a bad example.
@RasmaSandra (94441)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14h
I have no phone and now since I rejoined Walmart + for free delivery and some grocery savings, I cannot take up the expense of a monthly phone payment.
@JudyEv (372261)
• Rockingham, Australia
9h
Vince's phone isn't holding its charge either. He's going to take it to an Apple store soon I think. It is certainly all frustrating but I'd teach my lessons and hope for better things.
@LindaOHio (214304)
• United States
15h
I get frustrated with customer service every day. Especially when I can't understand the person...or when a company doesn't return my calls. Makes me wild. Please don't drink the bleach. I hope one of your phones is working now.
@Nakitakona (59893)
• Philippines
13h
It's too frustrating for I have experienced that. Until I came across with their page at FB. I sent them a message via messenger then they sent me a ticket number for reference A day or two they fixed my phone.
