Jamie Fehr

This will be quick. Some weeks ago I went and I tried to put some money on my phone. Everything appeared to work and I left with a receipt and waited for some money to actually show up in my phones account. A few days later I still didn’t see the credit (it never takes that long) on my phone but I had to move so I gathered my things and moved on down the hill. 

A few days later I was leaving for the alps for two weeks and I still didn’t have any credit on my phone but it was too late, I was out of the country and had to make do with €2.20 that I had. It was enough for the trip, but now I’m back and I only have €.20. Enough to make a 40 second phone call or send one text message.

So last Saturday I went to try again and put some money on the phone but after six attempts with the machine at the local bookstore all ending in “Error General (19)” I gave up and said I’d come back on Monday and give it a go.

Yesterday was Monday. I went to the book store and tried another six times all ending in the same error. So I decided I would try at a different place downtown. I thought surely it will work there. So I hoped on my recently acquired bicycle and proceeded to downtown.

Halfway down the hill one of the pedals fell off. Anger.

I never the less made it with one pedal to the phone store where I had previously bought credit for my phone. They tried twice. Error. ERROR. They told me go. Great.

I decided to eat and had fast food for the first time in two months. It was moderately satisfying.

I then called my phone service provider and asked them to fix the problem. They told me they could do nothing for me. Great. You guys are awesome Yoigo (with all due sarcasm).

I took my broken bike to the bus stop and waited 15 minutes for it to show up, only to be denied entrance. Apparently (but not really to my surprise) you can’t take a bike on the bus. I explained my situation. Still I was denied entrance.

So I walked my bike an hour up the hill still not having any credit on my phone with which to make a call and I can’t find the receipt to prove that there is something wrong. It was a very frustrating evening but I hope you can laugh about it.