Been a frustrating day.
Cell phone has not been charging the last 2 days, this morning while "working" on it, the pins inside the USB connector bent, so now there's no way it is going to charge.
Went in to Costco to get new front tires on my honda (297K miles), was a 2.5 hr wait they said, which turned out to be over 3 hrs. While there, went to the phone kiosk. They said, no problem, you can get a "free" upgrade, just pay the activation fee and you can keep your plan, just have to sign 2 yr contract. I said as long as I can keep my current plan (which is one of the old UNLIMITED data plans) I'll buy the phone. I ended up choosing the Samsung S6, so it was $100 more. So I get the slip, and have to go pay at the regular register. They are all backed up with people with overflowing carts full of stuff, asked the guy maning the self checkouts could do it, but he wouldn't/couldn't, so back in line behind even more people. Get it paid, have to go to pickup to get the phone. Had to wait for someone to come work the pickup desk. So I finally get the phone, and he walks the phone back to the verizon kiosk for it to be activated. Guess they don't trust us to walk it over, because he had to carry it over. So the lady at the kiosk starts to activate my service, then says uh oh. I can't keep my existing plan with the new phone. So I said, no deal. She now has to walk the phone back to the pickup desk, and I get refunded my money. I asked if I could just outright pay the full price for the phone and she said no.
Some time around then, my son came home from school, and mentioned it was friday the 13th.
Now I understand.
