Originally Posted by
Dave Cutter
There has never been a time when people were not tethered....
Let us not kid ourselves that time and technology has changed the species... or the way people think. Sure... 30-40 years ago.... we checked in at the bank of phones in the airport when we landed. Or stopped at the secretaries desk to pick up any missed messages (hand written on little paper forms)... 1st thing every morning, when returning from lunch, and after meetings.
Before texts.... we actually called our loved ones to touch base. The texts... just save time and effort. If we had loved ones and/or responsibility..... we've have always been tethered.
No arguments, this is your opinion and feeling, I just feel differently. Checking in with the folks at the end of a flight never came under the tether heading for me at all. And, I am one to just go about my business and skip a call until the end of the day after business is over with. Working off shore in the drilling industry, and being in the military before we thought a cell phone was a requirement, does this for you.
None of the family stuff had that effect on me, I don't feel pressure to call, or text now, I just do it as part of my wiring. Its a manners thing for me, and me only, I never put that off on others. Your post does give food for thought, nice to see some conversation and disagreements without the name calling that can come up.
Oh, and my watch is a 27 Y.O. Seiko Diver Automatic,
old school type. Cannot figure out
how to send a text or a tweet from it though
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Bill