You Might Be A Nextel Junkie If,,

You might be a Nextel Junkie if:

(With my apologies to Jeff Foxworthy!)

• Your last will and testament directs that you are to be buried with your Nextel phone.
• You check for signal strength when considering grave sites.
• Your spouse accuses that you'd rather talk to strangers by direct-connect, than talk to your wife.
• Your wife is right!
• You refer to non-Motorola phones as "that other crap."
• You refer to other companies' push-to-talk services as "that other crap."
• You've ever discovered that you know more about a soon-to-be-released phone than the Nextel-store salesman.
• You've discovered that you ALWAYS know more about a soon-to-be-released Nextel phone than the store salesman.
• You've ever called Customer Service TWICE about the cost to upgrade to the latest phone, just to get a "second opinion."
• You've ever been waiting in front of a Nextel store at its opening to be the first to buy a new model of phone.
• You refuse to acknowledge the Sprint Nextel merger, and still call the company "Nextel."
• You refer to Sprint as "the 'S' word."
• You've memorized your DC nr.
• You have your DC number printed on your business cards.
• You have your DC number printed on your Christmas cards.
• You have your DC number printed on the side of your truck.
• You have your DC number embroidered on your shirts.
• You have your DC number tatooed on your body.
• You have your DC number tattoed on your forehead. nah!
• You named your pet parakeet "Chirp."
• You named your chihuahua dog "Chirp."
• You named your doberman pinscher "Chirp."
• You named your child "Chirp."
• You named your boat "iDen."
• You named your cat 'iDen."
• Your son, Chirp's, middle name is "iDen."
• You painted your boat black and yellow.
• You painted your truck black and yellow.
• You pained your house black and yellow.
• You painted your son, Chirp,,,,,, nah!
• You ever caught yourself humming "Hit Me Up" to the tune of the Rolling Stones "Start Me Up."
• You ever stepped out of the shower to answer an alert.
• You ever answered an alert while you were still in the shower.
• You ever alerted another Nextel Junkie while you were still in the shower.

I wrote this several years ago when I was in the middle of a Nextel craze. I still host a forum at PushToTalkForums.com for Nextel and other PTT phone users.

Comments

[Bob Stockton]

Get help.

[Allen Forrest]

What would you prescribe, Dr?

[Bob Stockton]

Take two tomato cans and some string and call me in the morning.