"what would it take to persuade me to live without a mobile phone for 6 months?"
Oh it would take almost nothing to persuade me to live without my mobile phone for 6 months, I despise the thing! I don't know how anyone else feels about their beloved mobile phone (or phones depending on the person, I know a lot of people have more then one) but I just don't get this almost obsessive need to have a mobile phone everywhere they go. I need mine for work and emergencies for the most part, and I fully admit I am one of those horrible people who gets a text message but wont reply for a week or so, and when I do reply it is almost always a one or two word answer. But just having to cart the thing around on top of everything else I need for uni, work or even just going down to the shops to buy milk, well to be frank it bugs me.
I like being able to leave the house and no one contact me or demand anything of me. It's part of the reason I left the house to begin with.... It's mostly the obsessive checking if I'm having a conversation with someone that I really dislike the most. It's like the person in question doesn't have enough respect for you to give you their full attention. And now they don't just make phone calls, you can surf the web, send emails, check out other peoples facebook pages and about a dozen other things that can distract you from whats going on right in front of you. Give it a couple of years and they will be able to also make your dinner and bath the dog for you.
But despite my complaining a mobile phone does have it's upside (and yes I admit this begrudgingly) if your car breaks down or you've forgotten the grocery list then it can, in fact be a lifesaver, and if you want to cheat at a pub quiz then a phone with internet access is certainly the way to go. And parents can stay in constant contact with their kids no matter where they are in the world to see if they are getting into trouble or not.... wait, is that a good thing? I suppose it depends on if you like your kids or not...
Monday, July 26, 2010
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Really agree with the part where people obsessively check their phones when you're trying to talk to them. It's pretty rude, not really that different from interrupting you. Then again, I don't check my phone often and never reply to stupid conversational texts like 'hw r u 2day'. Still, don't think I could really handle 6 months without one.
ReplyDeleteOh I forgot to mention txt speak!! Cheers Martin and you're right, the whole "hw r u 2day r u at wk?", I can't understand half of what they are saying so I just don't reply at all. But I honestly think if I didn't need my phone for work then I could easily go without it for 6 months.
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