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Stupid is as stupid does
Mar. 22nd, 2006 01:36 pmWell now I feel like an idiot.
Through a combination of forgetfulness, stupidity, and technology, I've missed out on contact with some folks I hoped to get together with.
There were a number of meetings last week and this week, as well as a class and qualification followup. In such situations, I'll generally set my cellphone to silent or shut it off entirely. Apparently, after turning it off Friday morning, I flat out neglected to turn the thing back on. I didn't notice this until last night, when I thought to look at it to see if someone I expected to be in town had sent me a text message. Upon turning it back on and waiting a bit, there weren't any messages. Eh. Figured the person's flight had been delayed or cancelled.
This morning I received a text message from someone a friend who'd moved to Ohio. Within moments of receiving that, there came a flood of text messages and a voicemail notification, all of 'em from as far back as Friday. It looks as if messages that'd been received while the phone was off didn't get delivered when I powered it back on last night and just kind of floated around on Verizon's network until the message this morning unstuck them.
So now I'm feeling guilty because:
1) I thought a good friend was going to be in town tomorrow through the weekend. It was last weekend, though, and I'd stupidly gotten dates mixed up. That friend had called and left me a voicemail on Friday. I feel like a heel for not responding.
2) The friend who was expected out here last night did indeed arrive and sent me a text message last night, which I didn't actually receive until this morning. At least he was able to do stuff with some folk up in Leesburg instead of being alone and bored in a hotel.
3) I didn't respond to other text messages friends sent.
At least if I'd gotten the stored messages last night when I turned the phone back on, I could have met up with one person. I don't know why the stored text and voicemail weren't received until the person in Ohio sent a new message this morning. I'm wondering whether it was just something funky on Verizon's network or if it's my cellphone.
Whatever the cause, I feel bad about not being able to respond to folks and fear they might feel I was ignoring them or blowing them off.
Through a combination of forgetfulness, stupidity, and technology, I've missed out on contact with some folks I hoped to get together with.
There were a number of meetings last week and this week, as well as a class and qualification followup. In such situations, I'll generally set my cellphone to silent or shut it off entirely. Apparently, after turning it off Friday morning, I flat out neglected to turn the thing back on. I didn't notice this until last night, when I thought to look at it to see if someone I expected to be in town had sent me a text message. Upon turning it back on and waiting a bit, there weren't any messages. Eh. Figured the person's flight had been delayed or cancelled.
This morning I received a text message from someone a friend who'd moved to Ohio. Within moments of receiving that, there came a flood of text messages and a voicemail notification, all of 'em from as far back as Friday. It looks as if messages that'd been received while the phone was off didn't get delivered when I powered it back on last night and just kind of floated around on Verizon's network until the message this morning unstuck them.
So now I'm feeling guilty because:
1) I thought a good friend was going to be in town tomorrow through the weekend. It was last weekend, though, and I'd stupidly gotten dates mixed up. That friend had called and left me a voicemail on Friday. I feel like a heel for not responding.
2) The friend who was expected out here last night did indeed arrive and sent me a text message last night, which I didn't actually receive until this morning. At least he was able to do stuff with some folk up in Leesburg instead of being alone and bored in a hotel.
3) I didn't respond to other text messages friends sent.
At least if I'd gotten the stored messages last night when I turned the phone back on, I could have met up with one person. I don't know why the stored text and voicemail weren't received until the person in Ohio sent a new message this morning. I'm wondering whether it was just something funky on Verizon's network or if it's my cellphone.
Whatever the cause, I feel bad about not being able to respond to folks and fear they might feel I was ignoring them or blowing them off.