Crappy cell phone service

[TiedieCy2022]

I have been with US Cellular for 25 years. When T Mobile took it over our phones got noticibly worse. My daughter is asking me to shop around and get something new. T Mobile just kind of sucks so far. I told her to be patient and see if it's just a new thing and they are trying to get their systems up and running and merged. Sometimes a merger takes a few bit. Not sure who has T Mobile but is it always not good? Just curious for anyone that has them

Have had tmobile for about 4-5 years now. When I lived in Iowa 21-23, tmobile was better than US Celluar who I had previously. I would think to give it some time. I have never had a single issue with TMobile, and it works exponentially better outside of Iowa than USC ever did

 

[cydnote]

I think good help in service industries is getting harder to come by across the board. Even in a non-service job like a corporate office environment its happening too. I am seeing more of people (especially the younger generations) "calling in" much more frequently than they did when I was in that age range. We have 2 contractors on my team that I bet call in at least once sometimes twice a month and it's always on a Monday or Friday, rarely ever in the middle of the week do they do that. And it's a fine line with how management deals with it because if you let them go then you are short staffed and everyone else has to pick up the slack until you hire someone and it's no guarantee the next person you get will be any better.

Witnessed it last night going to eat at a bar and grill. We had about a dozen in our party and had reserved seating ahead of time and watched multiple servers just pass by us for about 15 minutes. Some stopped and were chatting with the bartender for a while too. Finally, someone went over and asked one of them if someone was going to be coming over to take our orders and the server goes "oh I guess that would be me!" Bet they had walked by us nearly 10 times and was talking with the bartender while checking their phone a couple of those times too.

Were they on T Mobil or Verizon

 

[1SEIACLONE]

Why would you tip them at all?

That is a great question, tipping is one of those things that some people believe you always tip, while I tend to think in this case, you get a few bucks. With 12 people they most likely added a service charge already.

 

[CoachHines3]

car shopping and phone shopping/phone stores are on the same plane for me.

 

[FarmerCy1]

Crap like that gets you a bare minimum tip, if they cannot come over and provide you with a service, then they are not getting 15 to 20% for a tip.

If I'm sitting there for 15 minutes without any sort of attention, or at least acknowledgement of my existence, I'm walking out. Clearly they don't want/need my business if they are more interested in chatting then keeping track of tables in their area.

 

[Rural]

This thread could have just been called cell phone service.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

No one wants to work anymore

 

[BCClone]

No one wants to work anymore

Does anyone really WANT to work? I would say people concede to work.

 

[pourcyne]

Does anyone really WANT to work? I would say people concede to work.

I took the original remark to be sarcasm, but about WANTING to work...yes, I think most people want the dignity and purpose of work. What they DON'T want is spending 40 hours a week not being able to buy food, pay rent and have healthcare that doesn't bankrupt them.

 

[BCClone]

I took the original remark to be sarcasm, but about WANTING to work...yes, I think most people want the dignity and purpose of work. What they DON'T want is spending 40 hours a week not being able to buy food, pay rent and have healthcare that doesn't bankrupt them.

I can find purpose without a job.

 

[pourcyne]

I can find purpose without a job.

Yuh-hunh. But there are only so many openings for trust-fund babies.

 

[BCClone]

Yuh-hunh. But there are only so many openings for trust-fund babies.

That was my point, we don’t want to work but we concede to in order to make money.

 

[t.m.]

I took the original remark to be sarcasm, but about WANTING to work...yes, I think most people want the dignity and purpose of work. What they DON'T want is spending 40 hours a week not being able to buy food, pay rent and have healthcare that doesn't bankrupt them.

I have zero interest in "the purpose of work", and would gladly waste the rest of my days not working. Unfortunately everything else else in my life requires money, so here we are.....

 

[pourcyne]

That was my point, we don’t want to work but we concede to in order to make money.

Everyone who works is selling their time and sometimes their talent.

The fundamental dignity of work is apparent when you realize that one of the first things we ask a person is "What do you do for a living?". Also, when people present themselves, it is often by their occupation. When they don't have one, they lose a portion of their self-concept.

 

[pourcyne]

I have zero interest in "the purpose of work", and would gladly waste the rest of my days not working.

You need to talk to some people who are retired. Also, talk to someone who is jobless and/or has had trouble finding suitable work.

I think their takes on the situation would surprise you.

 

[1SEIACLONE]

You need to talk to some people who are retired. Also, talk to someone who is jobless and/or has had trouble finding suitable work.

I think their takes on the situation would surprise you.

I can't speak for those that are jobless or can't find suitable work, but retirement is the best thing I have ever done. It's great getting up every morning after sleeping in till seven and doing whatever I want to do the rest of the day. Lot less stress in my life after retiring,

 

[t.m.]

You need to talk to some people who are retired. Also, talk to someone who is jobless and/or has had trouble finding suitable work.

I think their takes on the situation would surprise you.

I've talked to retired people about it, and also people that are 80 and still working because "they need a purpose". I understand some people are like that. I'm just saying for me, that is not the case. But again, the retired life I would want to live isn't sitting on the couch watching TV, so I need to keep trying to save a little money....

I also have this attitude, even though 95% of the time I love my job, and god (and my boss) willing, I would do it until I do retire.

 

[pourcyne]

I can't speak for those that are jobless or can't find suitable work, but retirement is the best thing I have ever done. It's great getting up every morning after sleeping in till seven and doing whatever I want to do the rest of the day. Lot less stress in my life after retiring,

I know lots of geezers (in my age group) who seem to feel lost since they retired.

Also, lots of them seem to drop dead within a year. The rest of them seem to be volunteering for just about every organization that comes down the pipe. Either that, or they have expensive hobbies, like going to the doctor every other day.

I realize that not every job title conveys the same amount of human dignity, but I'm not sure we wouldn't all still be lazing in a hammock under a banana tree if humans did not feel that the responsibility that comes with work has its own kind of dignity.

 

[larry]

I think good help in service industries is getting harder to come by across the board. Even in a non-service job like a corporate office environment its happening too. I am seeing more of people (especially the younger generations) "calling in" much more frequently than they did when I was in that age range. We have 2 contractors on my team that I bet call in at least once sometimes twice a month and it's always on a Monday or Friday, rarely ever in the middle of the week do they do that. And it's a fine line with how management deals with it because if you let them go then you are short staffed and everyone else has to pick up the slack until you hire someone and it's no guarantee the next person you get will be any better.

Witnessed it last night going to eat at a bar and grill. We had about a dozen in our party and had reserved seating ahead of time and watched multiple servers just pass by us for about 15 minutes. Some stopped and were chatting with the bartender for a while too. Finally, someone went over and asked one of them if someone was going to be coming over to take our orders and the server goes "oh I guess that would be me!" Bet they had walked by us nearly 10 times and was talking with the bartender while checking their phone a couple of those times too.

That first paragraph resonates for me. I've worked for the city of Iowa City for 36 years. When I first got a permanent position, you had to wait 5 years to get a $500 longevity check. Just last year, they changed it to 1 year As an incentive to stay on the job. It also maxes out in half the time it used to(10 years).

 

[1SEIACLONE]

I know lots of geezers (in my age group) who seem to feel lost since they retired.

Also, lots of them seem to drop dead within a year. The rest of them seem to be volunteering for just about every organization that comes down the pipe. Either that, or they have expensive hobbies, like going to the doctor every other day.

I realize that not every job title conveys the same amount of human dignity, but I'm not sure we wouldn't all still be lazing in a hammock under a banana tree if humans did not feel that the responsibility that comes with work has its own kind of dignity.

Lots of older baby boomers are defined by what they did for a job. They lived to work, not worked to live. The younger BB are more of those that have the idea, I worked for 35 to 40 years, now I am going to enjoy the time I have left and in decent health. I try to accomplish one or two things each day, yesterday it was mowing the yard, trimming it and then mowing the daughter's yard where she is moving. Today it was going down to her house and helping move some stuff and going through stuff in her garage.

We have been sold this idea that you work until you can no longer work and then you die, its crap, other countries do not have that attitude, but we were taught if you can work and aren't then its because you are lazy. Not true at all. I put my 35 years in, now it's my time to enjoy life.