- A cell phone has totally eradicated the need to plan ahead. Go off in different spots at the mall? No worries, no pre-arranged rendezvous point, you're just a cell phone call away. Ring, ring. "Hey, where are you?" "Oh, I'm checking out these totally overpriced, genetically-mutated strawberries dipped in chocolate." "Ooooh, I'll be right there."
- Now that I have a cell, I do not have ANY phone numbers memorized. (Unfortunately, I haven't copied down any of the phone numbers and saved them on my computer either--see above bullet point.) I can't call my sister to coordinate buying Christmas gifts, can't call my husband to remind him to pick up the kids, can't call for Dominos.
- Without a phone, I am not available at a moment's notice. Once someone gets a cell, you expect them to answer or be available at all times of the day. They are, after all, carrying a phone around on their person. Remember when people used to have answering machines? (The old version of voice mail, young'uns) An answering machine at least gave you the illusion that the person you were trying to get in touch with was not home. With a cell, a person is expected to always be available. If they can't physically take your call, a text will do just fine.
- Because I carry a phone around, I have no need for a wrist watch. Unless my cell battery dies. Again, refer to the first bullet point.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Naked
I forgot my purse in Iowa over Thanksgiving. It's weird being without a purse--all of my necessities are out of my reach. Things like my driver's license, credit card, cell, and even my cinnamon gum (mmmm, cinnamon gum). Being without a cell phone has made me stop & reflect a bit about the phenomenon of having a phone with you at all times. Here's what I've noticed:
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without cell phones i wonder how the government and the KGB used to track our every move...
So true. I have a horrible habit of not answering my cell phone and then am chastized by my friends who desperately need communication I guess. There really was something to be said for screening calls on the old answering machines.
Also, young people today don't know the joy and pain of waiting for the phone call. You know what I mean. You like a guy, you go out, you go home and wait. I can't count the number of times I would pick up the phone to make sure it still worked then worry he called while I had the receiver off the hook. There was something about those experiences that taught us patience and gave us time to think about the guys, and if we really wanted them to call at all. You also knew the kind of man you were pining away for depending on the amount of time it took for him to call.
How do kids judge now?
McQ
McQ: They judge by the quality of the TEXT - the new wave of communication. Did the boy actually SPELL the word? Or was it a textspeak? If he took the TIME to spell out the entire word, that MUST mean he likes you!!
good lord there isn't a day that goes by that i'm glad i'm not a girl.
It is so nice to hold a conversation with your younger sisters and not have them texting at the same time!
They both lost cell phones and now we have time managment, planning, and more structure overall.
Plus it is so nice to see if a boy really likes them if they call through the filter of the home phone to talk to the girls.
The downside I can't call them inside the building to tell them to come out so I don't have to go in and get them in my sweats and slippers.
It's better than great.
Ok. As a mom of a teenage boy, I thought I'd weigh in. I am not ashamed to say that I looked over his shoulder (yes it's true although he was sitting on the floor and I was sitting on the couch) reading a text he was sending to a girl. He wrote, "Hey baby" and then turned so I could not see what else he said.
I'm so proud.
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