It's just like in that series of AT&T/Cingular TV commercials where the gaps of silence created by dropped calls lead to terrible misunderstandings - only this case involves BlackBerry and real life.
Just as the smoke is starting to clear from today's massive BlackBerry blackout, Rafael Paz, a loss control specialist for a car rental agency, writes to tell me that he has been "getting my e-mails about one to four hours late minimum since yesterday." And it hasn't just been loss control that has suffered, he adds: "This issue sucks. I've been getting grief about it from my now ex-girlfriend thanks to this delay. She thought I was ignoring her e-mails when I was receiving them hours late."
So I write back expressing my fervent hope that he was kidding about the "ex" part. No chance.
"We got into a really bad argument earlier in the day," he replies. "She sent me a few e-mails and when I didn't respond right away, she thought I was ignoring her and called it off. I didn't get the e-mail it was over until around 2 a.m. today."
Not knowing what else to say, I suggest that perhaps this situation might be covered by his BlackBerry service-level agreement. His reply:
"I'll call RIM and tell them to give me an upgrade on a new girlfriend."
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RE: Blackberry owes this guy a girlfriend
Whoa.
I think this guy owes someone a Blackberry a beer.
Sounds like they helped him chew his leg out of a BIG bear trap!
Shouldn't be hard to find a new girl with a lower maintaince user interface.
-Perk
I think more like a couple
I think more like a couple of cases of beer...
haha what a loser
haha what a loser
Oops
Guy got his wish: a RIMjob. Perhaps a silver lining to this rather silly story...
RE: Blackberry owes this guy a girlfriend
Your right, either it wasn't worth having a girl like that, she had a guy lined up, she though he was cheating or he wasn't lying the pipe right and she found a escape in this little BS.
tbh, if she dumped him that
tbh, if she dumped him that fast, and over an email at that, he's better off without her.
I firmly agree
I can't emphasize the point more. A small technology glich should not harm a relationship that could lead to marriage. What kind of understanding could she have on other more important issues of life?
That's what phones are for
Why wouldn't they have called each other instead? Sounds like he slept with her sister.
No doubt... I guess a phone
No doubt...
I guess a phone call didnt cross either of their minds....
whoa, you mean this
whoa, you mean this blackberry has a phone built-in?!