On 7/1/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >I understand that ... for years, my mobile was only for work use, >paid for by my company, and it was only with me or switched on when I >was doing things for work. Nowadays, however, I work for myself and >"in need" communications are often important, even when I'm not at my >desk. Plus I find that I can budget my personal use very effectively >with it. So the device has its plusses and those prove valuable. I >strive to use it in a rational manner too ... which means with >courtesy to others and thought to what I'm doing with it.
Absolutely. I have to be contactable 24 hours a day as a part of my contract, and so I carry 2 cell phones (different providers) although the main one is a Treo 650. I purposely got a leather cover for it that flips down at the bottom, so I actually talk into the cover, thus I don't have to talk loudly for the other party to hear me well. I am also very conscious of where and when to use it, often letting calls divert to ansaphone and taking them later. There's a balance to be reached here, but the trouble is that this balance is left up to the individual to decide, and boy o boy is there ever a difference of opinion as to where the correct balance lies. Consider - when you go into a supermarket and an aisle is blocked half- way down by someone with their trolley at right angles, with little thought about people needing to get past - - that person has a car parked outside and a phone in their pocket. Why stop with just blocking an aisle? People don't think, and certainly think less about others. Fortunately, Darwin filters things out. Unfortunately, the innocent suffer. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
