Before coming here many people said everything takes much longer to be processed and you need to be patient. I did believe it, but somehow I though I would be lucky enough not to have to cope with it. Well, Vodafone did not let me down. Here is the story.
On Friday morning we went to 3 or 4 different mobile phones stores. All of them told us to get the necesary papers. Passport, photos and a residence proof. So, we went to the Apartment manager and asked her for the residence proof.
Saturday morning we did not get the residence proof. In the afternoon we asked again, and they told us in the evening it would be in our apartment.
Sunday afternoon we found the proofs on the kitchen table.
So up to then, it did not look too bad. I mean who does not need a day to make a copy of a paper? So, Sunday evening we went to the shop and got our SIM cards. They were all working. Well, all but mine and Shenji’s. Shenji’s was not working because his telephone is locked for Swisscom. Mine was not activated.
So Sunday evening I went to the shop. They told me it would be working the day after.
It did not work!
So I went on Monday there, and told them it was not working. After 30 min of waiting, and just writing the SIM card number on a Post-it, he just told me on Tuesday evening it would be working.
It did not work!
At this moment I was just angry with the people from Vodafone, did not want to have anything to do with them anymore, and decided on Wednesday evening I would go to Airtel (Vodafone’s rival). But wait, I had to get another residence proof. Well, this was starting to get very annoying.
So, I call the people from the apartment, but they say they can give me a proof tomorrow. I just took my telephone, put Vodafone’s SIM card inside, and wanted to get going to Vodafone for the fourth time, when I realize my telephone was working!!!
It worked!
After 4 days and a lot of hassle. Indian Style!
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