This particular love/hate relationship isn’t towards a person. It’s towards technology. I have spent the better part of today trying to get a Bluetooth hands free headset to work with my cell phone.
In New York, it is illegal to talk on your cell phone unless you are using a hands free device. That means that whenever Theresa calls me and I’m driving, I have to pull over. For Christmas, Theresa got me a really cool Bluetooth headset. I’ve been fiddling with it ever since.
I suspect that I’m not the only one with the love/hate relationship thing going on. From what I can tell, so does my cell phone and the headset. One day the phone says, “Oh, there you are! Let’s hook up.” Another day the phone says, “I’m sorry but I have no idea who the heck you are. I’m not going to hook up with a stranger.”
At first I blamed the poor little headset. I even threated to return it to its maker. That seemed to do the trick because after I threatened it, it worked. Briefly.
Today I was determined to get the thing to work. First I had to track down who was causing the problem. My mini-tablet has Bluetooth capabilities so I set it up to find any Bluetooth devices within range. Imagine my surprise when it immediately found the headset but couldn’t find my phone. I’ve been together with that phone for a year. I was so disappointed to discover that it let me down. I felt so rejected. To teach it a lesson, I reset it. To punish me for resetting it, it deleted all my really cool ring tones.
I then spent hours getting the phone to accept my headset, recreating my custom made ring tones (which I had been stupid enough to delete off my computer) and sent them back to the phone. Everything is working now. I think.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:53 pm Quote
Most of my love/hate relationships are with technology. I either love or hate almost everything else. We don’t have a law like that here, but GIb wanted one for Christmas. I hate/hate it. I don’t think I could ever figure it out and I never know now if he’s talking to himself if the headset is on the side of his face opposite me. I’m glad you’re smart enough to figure it out!
January 24th, 2008 at 5:48 pm Quote
Good, I am really glad everything is working to your satisfaction. Because I do not have a clue what you were even talking about.
January 24th, 2008 at 9:52 pm Quote
Kim. just picture owning a female dog you want to breed and you hire a little stud muffin for her and then she turns up her nose at you and says, “You’ve got to be kidding me!” That girl dog would be my cell phone. Aren’t you glad I could put it in such clear terms for you?
January 25th, 2008 at 8:30 am Quote
Hot damn, Monk, you are GOOD. Now I understand completely. Really. Yes, I am pathetic. And also, once I took that hot iron off my neck? Again, you were right. It stopped hurting as much. BWAHAHAHA! You’re the best!
January 26th, 2008 at 9:20 am Quote
All this computer technology -for years that’s been one of my biggest complaints. I love it when it works but it’s so damn annoying when it doesn’t. I hope your cell phone and your bluetooth headset will continue to enjoy this mating ritual for a long time.