Some guys do their whole bit on the phone. I can’t. I find it depressing to call home all the time. There’s only so much to talk about when you’re locked up.
They jus instituted a policy that blocks you from redialing for 15 minutes after your last completed call. Finally. This was much needed. There were guys what’d ride the phone for literally hours at a time.
Luckily, my unit only had one dude like that. In other units, there are 15-20 of em. Those phones are so gangbanged out, that out of the 4 installed inside every unit, only one is for civilian use.
I always thought that if you can call your bitch every day and talk to her al day long, she’s gotta be hideous or fat as fuck or both. Whichever, she’s so hit that no one’s interested in her in the world.
or, I could jus be seething when guys constantly ride the phone.
Personally, I’ve only recently been able to emotionally handle calling home to family and friends. I was either too embarrassed or too busy feeling sorry for myself to bother. I can actually have a conversation with my dad. I often forget how hard this has been on him as well. When you do time, your family does it with you.
I’ve also recently discovered a little trick that helps time zoom past: scheduling calls with family and friends. Call my dad saturday, one friend on wednesday, my brother on sunday etc. This way, i’ve something to anticipate and think about all week. Apparently, this is something all the old heads do. (Bonus: this arrangement saves me from feeling like im harrassing my people by blowing up their phone.)
Easy Trouble 