Hear, Hear!
I'm not a fan of cell phones either. They are frustrating to use, voice
quality is poor at best and non-existent at worst, the battery is dead
in a day (from my house) or in an hour (when I'm on vacation in the
mountains), the contracts offered boil my blood, the phones break down
well before the contract is out, and they are very expensive. But then
I'm an old codger who likes viewing Charlie Chaplin and the Marx
Brothers movies.
My young daughters use cell phones instead of land lines. Can't think
why. They have finally given up trying to call my cell phone (either it
doesn't work, or battery is dead, or I won't answer it because I can't
find it). When they come to my house their own cell phones don't work
well because I dwell in the wilderness: downtown Vienna, Virginia, just
off the Capital Beltway.
What I can't understand is why clothes haven't kept up with the modern
trend in devices. My father always put his pocket watch in the pocket
made in men's pants for the purpose. These were a snug pocket for
watches on the right side of pants just underneath the belt -- all men's
pants had them until about 1955. My father reluctantly had to switch to
a wristwatch when the watch pocket was removed from pants. Today, there
ought to be a separate pocket in everyone's clothes each for the cell
phone, the GPS device, the iPod, the subcompact digital camera, the
pocket PC (if it still exists), the digital passport, and a portable
radio/tv. I think I have missed an important device that deserves its
pocket!
Sue Cubic wrote:
I VERY rarely turn my cell phone on. I carry it for emergency or for
my own convenience. I turned it on last week for the first time in
probably 2 mo., and there were 8 voice mails. I guess you have to
call a number to get them? It's a prepaid TracFone.
I didn't. I finally figured out how to delete them. I've given that
number to 2 friends plus the nursing home (who insist I "sign my
friend out to a phone number" when I take her out). My friends know I
don't have the phone on unless we've made those arrangements. So I'm
pretty sure those were spam calls. I'm not going to spend my minutes
calling to listen to spam voicemails. Or wrong numbers, if that's
what it was.
I use up my 500 minutes--or whatever it is that I'm required to buy
each year--in calling some LD friends toward the end of my year. I
honestly don't want people finding me when I'm not home. They can
leave a msg at home and I'll call them back. Most ppl who know me
know they can reach me on email just as fast anyway.
I actually had to get rude with a woman who came into my shop today.
We started our transaction, and her cell phone rang. She proceeded
with a conversation with her daughter--simple chit-chat. Meanwhile,
I'm standing there waiting to finish with her. I did finally say
something to her. Like I had nothing better to do than to wait while
she finished her conversation?
Sue
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