Show Phone Phone-in frustration buzzes campus John Colaizzi News Editor ONCE NCE y I a again g a I n rA I Ithe r.- r. the phone-in phone registration ti on 4 was a time of fr frustration u S t r a t i on Repeated tries were rewarded only with a painful buzz-buzz buzz sound With a programmed dial auto-dial feature on one of the new phones you can usten listen listen lis lis- us- us ten to the buzz fifteen or twenty times a minute Your mind wanders you imagine yourself standing in ina a long registration line on campus What a pain that would be Boring Watching other students watch you Talking to the cute student standing in front of you as you inch your way closer to your goal of registration Gluing yourself to a aphone aphone aphone phone in the comfort of your own home is a lot more ing You can try to study for your finals while juggling the phone and the re-dial re button Suddenly it rings Your heart pounds youre you're breathing faster and a voice says Dominos Pizza You realize that your juggling act has caused you to hit the wrong programmed button Hitting the re-dial re key is becoming a rote action leaving leaving leaving leav leav- ing your mind to contemplate contemplate contemplate con con- template the advantages of technology At least youre you're not standing in some line somewhere You put your studies aside to concentrate on hitting the correct but but- tons Once again you hear a aring aring aring ring You have reached Salt Lake Comm Community unity College phone-in phone registration Yes Success after over an hour of tries Your heart soars me inc voice continues All of our operators are busy Please hang up and try your callagain call callagain callagain again later After a trip to the store for fora a tube of glue and duct tape you succeed in fixing the phone Back to the re-dial re button and the long litany of beep-beep-beep beep beep-beep- beep beep-beep beep buzz Eventually Eventually Even Even- Eventually the ring is present The recording again DAMN Well its it's getting later maybe its time for Dominos Domino's for real Pressing re-dial re and eating pizza what a pleasant way to spend an evening Again the flipping recorded voice only as you hang up you realize it was a different message You hear the echo in your mind Please stay on the line and your call will be answered Ol |