The case of the frequent missed calls

Everybody around you is doing it.

Your cook, the naighborhood grocery dealer, scrap seller, the kids next door, your colleagues, friends, acquaintances, the maid-who-comes-in-daily, you name him, he's doing so.

Now before you embark on a vivid flight of your fanciful imagination, I'm afraid I'd have to tell you to rein those horses.

I am referring to the spate of hard-to-miss-in-your-face missed calls, that are making their presence felt, all with a couple of even rings.

Your friends have come to pick you up from your place, for a spin around town. Five minutes away from your place, a missed call proudly announces their nearing.

Post-lunch cigarette with that cute colleague? A missed call is all it takes for him / her to know your nicotine-craving time, and join you.

Not quite sure if your amnesiac friend will remember that chore you asked him to do? Fear not, a missed call is your best bet.

Feeling lazy to write that loooong message? Take out your cell in a trice, and place a missed call. Chances are, the other person might return your call.

Missed calls also come to your rescue, when your cell phone balance is precariously low, and you still desire to hear the other person's voice.

A friend who has free outgoing will naturally find himself being bombarded with missed calls by the dozen. Nightmare or heaven, you decide.

It's not always so rosy though.

For instance, when your miser cousin / so-called friend, makes it a regular feature to pester you with missed calls, a smile is the last thing on your mind. (Cussing highly recommended)

But I guess you'll agree that the redeeming features are more than their evils.

After all, they are convenient. Completely no-fuss.

Best of all, they don't cost a penny.