I have a cell phone with 1000 minutes a month. I don't use them all, but I get extra because I don't want to pay for overages. I also use my cellphone instead of a house phone or work phone, so I use it more than most.
However, when I am going somewhere, I will sometimes turn it on vibrate, or silent. I go with my grandfather on day-long bike rides, and I will refuse to answer it then. I keep it on vibrate, so I know when it is ringing, and tell people that if it is an emergency, to call me a few times and I will answer it.
However, my girlfriend's parents will leave sometimes, and we get upset if we cannot contact them via cellphone. It seems as though our society has made us available to talk to at any time. It used to be we could only be contacted when we were at home, then we got answering machines, and now we can get a cellphone call almost anywhere.
Is it getting out of hand? Are we loosing our privacy? Or is our country just getting more connected?
What's next?
2007-01-10
04:28:39
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