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July 14, 2005
10 Reasons D's Cell-less
10. Cell phones interrupt conversations. (“Mind if I just take this?”)
9. Or they make you have needless conversations. In New York, people once called from their cell to say they’d be four minutes late. (Also: “I’m at the store, honey. Should we get the yellow one, or the white?”)
8. Invisible electronic waves would concentrate around my head.
7. I have a calling card. Enough minutes left to call Ireland and Japan for plenty of birthdays to come.
6. People find you. All the time.
5. Potentially dangerous. Don't talk and drive. Enjoy the scenery, or a tape mix from high school or something.
4. $$$. Sorry, but I just don’t buy any of those “savings plans.”
3. They move around when they ring.
2. I can always borrow Akira’s in a bind.
1. I like pay phones. Really.
Posted by Dipika at July 14, 2005 1:01 PM
Comments
i don't like how they move around while ringing either.
Posted by: rk at July 18, 2005 1:23 AM
I love my cell phone. My schedule is very erratic. The cell phone helps me keep in touch with the dear people in my life: my brother in Boston, my best friend in Chicago, my dad in Dallas. My cell phone doesn't interrupt conversations (much) because I know how to turn it off. There are exceptions, of course. A few days ago, my brother was upset and needed to talk so he called me three times before I picked up. I was with a friend but figured that if he's calling three times, it must be important. He figured I was probably with a friend and ignoring the phone but that I'd understand that he needed to talk to me. My friend understood, too, because what he had to say was unusually urgent.
It's not the cell phone that rudely interrupts and annoyingly makes its owner unable to escape being found. It's the owner that chooses to interrupt conversations with real people for conversations with voices out of a box. It's the owner who chooses to be leashed.
Posted by: Ania at July 18, 2005 6:09 PM
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