We don't have to care; we're the phone company

The aforementioned cordless phone has a display for Caller ID purposes. I decided to take advantage of that fact and order Caller ID service from Pacific Bell...sorry, SBC Pacific Bell. Tuesday night, I signed up on the web site, and it gave me an "installation date" of Wednesday.

I actually got two phone calls on Wednesday, but saw no evidence that Caller ID was in effect. Since I (apparently) didn't get any phone calls today, Thursday, I decided to test it myself by using the intercom at the front door of my apartment complex.

I went downstairs to do the test twice today, and both times, someone else showed up at the front door to actually use the intercom for the purpose for which it was intended, and both times, I said to them something to the effect of, "You can go ahead. I'm just testing my Caller ID. Ha ha!" So now I think there are several people running around L.A. thinking I'm really weird. Well, several more people, I should say.

Anyway, it looks like Caller ID still isn't coming through, so that means I get to have a little chat with a phone company employee tomorrow. Hooray.