So, I got a new phone recently. And the differences between it and my old phone are so aggravating.

The big one is this. On my old phones, to answer a call you push the SEND button. On this one, just flipping open the lid automatically answers the phone. Not only that, but if you hit SEND right afterward, as I do by force of habit because that's how my old phone worked, it mutes the call, AFAIK irreversibly and displays some ominous, but vague, message that says "Requesting...". I'm constantly having to hang up on the muted call and call right back, which is bad if a person called me but the number redirects to a machine with an automated menu.

Then, I got a call with call waiting. I tried to hang up the current call to answer the incoming call, and what happens? It rejects the incoming call instead and continues with the current call! Ugh So I ended up rejecting a call twice and they didn't call a third time, so I had to go through the menu and be put on hold.

That reminds me, I hate hold. I'd rather they just call me back rather than making me hold a phone to my ear for a long time. Especially since my cell phone charges by the minute even for local calls and 800 numbers.

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