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July 16, 2007
Cell Phone 101: It only works if it's turned on
Me: "What time do you want to get up tomorrow? I'll set the alarm on my phone."
Un-named Parent: "I have an alarm clock, I'll set it."
Me: "Why don't you use the alarm on your phone, then you wouldn't have to travel with so much stuff."
Un-named Parent: "I don't know how to do that".
Me: *demonstrating how to set the alarm on my phone, which is almost the same as the un-named parent's* "See, it's easy, just like this."
*Un-named Parent clicks through the menu, setting the alarm just like I did, then promptly turns off the phone.*
Me: "What did you just do? You have to leave the phone ON for it to work."
Un-named Parent: "But won't that run the battery down? What if it runs down before 6:00 in the morning?"
Me: "You have a charger" right?" *plugging phone into my charger because they're the same.*
Un-named Parent: *finally understanding* "Is that why I never get any calls on my phone?"
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a few minutes later, following a lesson in using the 'silent' and 'meeting' options on the phone as an alternative to keeping it turned off all the time, Un-named Parent chases a moth down the hall and across my bedroom before finally stomping it's short life out on the floor.
Un-named Parent: *smiling proudly* "I may not know how to turn on a cell phone but I do know how to turn off a moth."
Posted by Anna at July 16, 2007 12:14 PM