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Originally Posted by The Strangler
Cell Phones and Email are the two worst invention sin the history of mankind. They were intended to give us more free time and flexibility. Instead they've made us slaves to technology.
E-mail: Instead of being prepared to receive information via "snail mail" and wait a number od days, now people expect it instantly. People expect you to not only check our e-mail daily, but several times a day if not hourly. Imstead of giving us more free time, it has raised expectations to the point of absurdity.
Cell Phones: This is my least favorite conversation to have, and I have it all the time...
"Yo, I called you last night. Where were you?"
"I went to the mall and picked up a few things, why??"
"I tried calling you and you didn't pick up."
"Oh, I didn't have it on me."
"Why didn't you have it on you?" *has disgusted look on his/her face*
Why didn't I have it on me? BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO ANYONE AND I ESPECIALLY DON'T WANT TO BE EXPECTED TO BE "ON CALL" WHENEVER YOU FEEL LIKE CALLING ME. I HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO IN MY LIFE OTHER THAN MAKING SURE YOU CAN REACH ME.
This drives me nuts. Because of cell phones people noW expect you to be reachable 24 hours a day, wherever you are. Well I for one refuse to allow technology to make demands of my time.
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Yeah, I really hate that, which is why I loathe cell phones.
Only reason I keep mines is my mother feels better be able to reach me at school if I have it...
Other than that I usually scan calls.. don't carry it with me unless I know I will be gone for a good portion of the day and well... if I have things to plan