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I got the cell phone IceCube ordered for me. I was disappointed after I opened the box. The phone is huge. IceCube ordered this one because it has a built-in video camera. I think it is just too big for me. Then I called him. He was not home, so I left him a message telling him I don’t like the phone.

Later in the evening I called him again. A few words later, he sounded very unhappy. I said I wanted to return the phone, and reorder one. He said I was just picky. I said it was just normal to be unsatisfied with something ordered online.

Another few words later, I realized that he was unhappy simply because I basically poured out complaints against the phone without showing any gratitude to him for spending two hours online choosing the phone for me.

In order to pacify him, I agreed to keep the phone, and said a bunch of make-up-thanks before I hung up.

I didn’t realize that saying thanks to your family was not unimportant and unnecessary, though I know I am always not good at saying thank-you to people close to me.