Originally Posted by
FBinNY
Is this an example of a pot calling the kettle black?.
It's just a cell phone, not an identity statement. Nobody REFUSES to carry a cell phone, they simply don't carry one. So just as carrying a cell phone doesn't make someone a slave to one, not carrying one doesn't make someone a Luddite.
I don't carry a cell phone on a daily basis simply because I don't see a need for one in most of my daily life. Since I don't expect to need it on my commute, carrying it only serves to increase the risk of dropping or losing it.
There was a period in my life where I essentially refused to carry one. Without going into detail I once had a job where I was expected to carry a pager at all times. And no it was not something illegal, it was public safety related.
I would get paged on dates, paged on weekends, and frequently paged at around 2:00 am because about that time was when there were likely to be issues I had to address.
After I left that job, I really grew to like having large swaths of time where I was inaccessible. About 15 years ago, I started getting some pressure at work to get a cell phone. In my mind there was nothing so pressing at that job that couldn't wait an hour while I was at lunch or wherever I was. It wasn't until about 7 years ago that I finally broke down and got one.