Jason Schroeder's Blog

I live out on the east coast of the U.S.  My job with Sun doesn't have much travel involved, but when I do travel, I often find myself out west a couple of time zones away.  Now, I usually keep my wrist watch set to my home time zone, mostly because I have this wonderful cell phone that, as all cell phones do these days, updates it's own time based on by current location. 

Great.  Big deal.  What is the point of this blog entry anyway?

Well, as I spend a great deal of time out of my home office - at client sites, my cell phone is the only reliable way to reach me on a consistent basis - and the only change to catch me 'live'....   So, everyone calls my cell. 

See where I am going yet? 

So, since I mostly travel west - to an 'earlier' time zone, and everyone calls me on my cell phone - I never fail to get those wonderful phone calls blasting my $.05 ring tone of choice at the unearthly time between 4-5am.

Did I mention that I am not a morning person?

My email vacation message indicates my current travel status, as often my other voicemail greetings.  But, as I have said, most people just ring my cell - how are they supposed to know I am (or was) soundly sleeping?  Well, they don't (OK, maybe some of the sales reps I work with do...)   But, hey -- my CELL PHONE already knows what local time it is automatically!!!!  Ah, an opportunity.

Verizon - love your service, very happy.  How about offering me a service that notifies a caller what time it is where my cell phone (and me) happens to be located and suggests to leave a voice message without ringing - and kindly say "by the way your party is sleeping because it it 4am where he is you moron"- or continue the call if they (OK, the reps) really want to be funny or have some mocked up emergency?  If they chose to continue the call anyway - at least they were warned what kind of mood I will most likely be in if I actually answer the darn thing....

/jason