Yesterday I was in town on a quest. I was not exactly looking for advice and as I was sure I knew it all, but it seems not exactly. My golden oldie husband has again caused his telephone to die a slow death. OK, this time it was not one of the expensive telephones, although all mobilie telephones are not cheap. He no longer actually needs a telephone. I am the only person he calls. His telephone once had Whatsapp and all the other gimmicks, but after a few weeks, they no longer functioned. Do not ask me why, I do not know, Mr. Swiss did not know, although he never even realised it and was always aking me why I did not call him. After explaining for the upteenth time that his telephone was no longer in order I gave up.

So there I was in our Swisscom shop to cancel his telephone, easier said than done. This time I had a power of attorney signed by Mr. Swiss- After a 10 minute wait until one of the guys was free, I explained my problem, so everything uner control. No, not exactly, everything was OK, but they wanted to see his identity card to be able to compare the signature on the power of attorney to estabish it was my husband that had signed. After a conversation with the guy (more an argument) there was no way out. I had to pay another visit, but this time with the identiy card. I do have a few copies at home and that would be OK, said the guy. The guy did say they could call my husband in his golden oldie home so that he could confirm he wanted to cancel his telephone, but I would also have to be there with him. I gave up, and so will again be in town tomorrow hoping that everything will be OK and his telephone will be cancelled. The phone connection costs 97 Swiss Francs annually, although it no longer works. It has to be oficially cancelled. So it is in Switzerland. I almost asked if they needed Mr. Swiss DNA proof the next time.