As of today, I no longer have a cell phone.  No one was calling me (and vice versa) so why pay $20 a month to have this object sit on the shelf?

Cancelling my service was an experience.  When I told the store agent I wanted to shut off my phone, he gave me that “What planet are you from?” look.  You know that look when you get it, especially when you’re near 60 and the look-giver is 25.   No surprise, then, that the agent wanted to call “the main office” and have me talk to them in person to complete the transaction.  The phone rep was as shocked as the agent, asking me not once but twice, why do I want to cancel?  Do I have another phone?  What was I going to do instead?

I lived 50 years without a cell phone.  I can manage.

P.S.  We also cancelled Netflix.  And I’m looking into TV antennas.