On Tuesday, I was at the FlatIrons Mall with my BFF Brittany. After destroying my credit, we decided to meet a few people at the theater to watch a movie. Then Brittany’s phone died.
This is such a regular happening that she recently purchased the most expensive fancy pants phone she could find, in hopes that it would hold a charge for more than 32 seconds. But no.
I texted her friends to let them know her phone was dead, and then one of them decided to call me. No! Not call! Because as soon as my phone rang, my battery instantly went from 3/4 full to a flashing empty bar.
Then my phone died. Brittany’s was still comatose. And — even though humans have survived without cellular technology for years, including in my recent lifetime – we stood there completely baffled about what to do.
We ended up borrowing someone else’s cell phone. (Are there still those weird phone things connected to a wall with a cord? I haven’t seen one since “Juno,” but then that was just a joke, right?)
Then today, I heard about a new business:  Cell Charge Colorado, offering cell phone charging stations throughout Denver and Boulder.
The stations can charge up to 18 devices at one time, ranging from five to 20 minutes. It’s $2 per charge, or sometimes free.
Obviously, this service is useful and needed.
Of course, so would another idea: Making cell phone batteries that actually last. But that just seems too common sense, now doesn’t it?
Conspiracy?