Originally Posted by
tjspiel
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I agree that different generations are very likely to have different viewpoints when it comes to cell phones and their use. I think it goes further than that though. I think as a society when haven't yet come to a consensus on what is considered appropriate use.
As I've said before, I resisted getting a cell phone for a long time and the very people that told me "you can always turn it off" complain when I do just that. My wife agrees that using a cell phone while driving is an unsafe practice but is offended if I don't want to talk to her while I'm driving. Now she wants to get me a blue tooth headset. Great. Another thing I need to remember to keep charged and take with me.
hahaha, yeah...as I mentioned in my post, part of the problem is that if you're part of the "must always answer" group and you get a cell phone, even if you change your attitude towards it other people still have the old attitude, which is truly difficult to do anything about (and for some people certainly not worth the effort).
Originally Posted by
tjspiel
My wife is a heavy phone user and worrying over "minutes" is an every other month thing. She considers a cell phone to be very freeing too but she doesn't see how much that little gadget owns her. Much the same way people don't recognize how addicted to their cars they've become.
But, just like with cars, we may be addicted but we're addicted because they're useful. Before cars people had horses...can you imagine having to feed your car a bail of hay each day whether you drove it or not? lol