Anytime our phones ring, Ada runs to find the phone and bring it to us*. Ada ran to me with my phone while I was preparing dinner. It was a voicemail that was transcribed by Google and delivered via text. I started reading it, and then I said, “Oh, that’s the call from earlier. That makes sense. What a minute. That voicemail makes sense! Perfect sense!”
It was a computer that called me–A UPS automated call letting me know that I have a package that will be delivered tomorrow that I need to be home to sign for. Computers that call you, Google can translate perfectly. People? Not so much.
*Which has come in handy when we’ve misplaced our phones. We call it. She finds it and brings it to us.
All you will find here are photos, my weekly menus and babblings about my children. I am trying out new themes as time allows. I don't think this one will work out well with my photos unless I make this a two-column layout.
M
June 17th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Why the h*** doesn’t UPS just send you an SMS? That’s like printing an E-mail, writing your response in pen, and rescanning it to send it back!
Mellystu
June 17th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
People have done that to me at work, btw.
And I’m guessing they don’t because they would need to know my carrier, and the contact phone may not even be able to receive SMS. They can’t get that info from the phone number.
However, I can sign up at UPS and put the tracking number with my account and receive e-mails about the status of my package.
M
June 18th, 2009 at 4:55 am
Me too! …except for the scanning part. They usually hand-deliver it to me. These are the same people that believe Twitter/Facebook/blogs are critical tools they need to figure out how to use for their big/dumb/slow company to be on the “cutting” edge. The way their companies get on the “cutting edge”, is by hiring people that don’t think like them.
How about E-mails to phone? My carrier gives me an E-mail address that basically SMSes my phone.
Mellystu
June 18th, 2009 at 6:54 am
After I sign up at UPS, yes, I could use that e-mail, but there is no point. I get e-mail to my phone. A regular e-mail works great. However, if someone else is shipping to you, UPS would still need to know your carrier to send the e-mail.
Also, some people don’t have unlimited text messages like me.