Last weekend, I journeyed up to Bellingham, Washington for what I had hoped would be a whale watching expedition.

The evening before I left my hotel for the journey home, I plugged my BlackBerry charger into a wall outlet.

On the morning of my departure I took the BlackBerry out and packed it away.

Two days later (Wednesday) I notice my BlackBerry juice is down to two bars. I get nervous when that happens.

"Uh, dude, where's my charger..."

I call the hotel (225 miles north of my home) and they have it waiting for me. They agree to snail mail it back.

But with two bars remaining, see, I just can't wait a couple of days.

So I fork over $39.99 for a new charger. Which was ready and waiting for me courtesy of the helpful staff at the SprintNextel Store at 897 Ne 25th Avenue
Hillsboro, OR.

And no, I didn't tell them of my toils here. Just good people, delivering good service.

So I offer my props.