Now, add a bit of hearing loss or a foreign accent to the cell phone situation and you can imagine, or probably already live with that frustration.
When he follows her - who we learn is named Brooke Dalton - to return the phone, the situation turns into what can only be described as a slightly aggressive good deed.
Selling the Apple Watch may be a case of "come in for a phone, leave with an accessory" to many, but it could also be that a "come in for jewelry, leave with a phone" situation becomes commonplace as well.
She'll invent a stranded friend or a lost phone situation, where she HAS to get in.
Carlos Rojas, the mayor of Motril, one of the Andalusian towns that is a major producer of cucumbers, said over the phone that the situation for local farmers was "a complete disaster".
Atkinson's involvement, coming round two or three times a week to give practical and emotional support, and always being available on the phone, turned the situation around, Smith says.
Last week, the PCC published a report following allegations we were misled by the News of the World during an inquiry we conducted in 2007 into how the phone message hacking situation involving Glenn Mulcaire and Clive Goodman could have arisen.
Yes, the headphone in theory can replace the phone in most situations, but people these days are practically married to their phones.
Maybe that departure from the usual phone maker/carrier situation was part of the inspiration behind the new T-Mobile Shadow smartphone, which went on sale last week for $150 (with a two-year service commitment).
"They had the phone records from the situation down in London".
