mobile phones a boon or bane?

Answer 1

I think we are still in the process of learning to use them sensibly. Simply in the way that, when cars were new or whichever invention you take, there was a phase when there were pretty few rules about how to use them. You could speed or drive when drunk and nobody would care. You could drive in a way so that pedestrians had to jumo out of the way, nobody cared. Then rules developed, both laws and understandings of what is right and polite. As for mobile phones, we are still in that phase. Yes, we have some rules about not talking on your cell while driving. But other than that, we still need to get a feeling of how to use them in a way that doesn't annoy others, let alone not to becopme a mobile phone addict who checks for messages all the time and has conversations like "yeah, I'm at the supermarket, where are you?".

If we learn that, I think they are a boon.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I've never considered myself to be so important that I have to have immediate access to anyone who wants to call me.
I find any telephone annoying, and disruptive.
I'm disgusted when I'm meeting with someone and they have the audacity to answer their cell phone and yak while I sit there. It's rude, impolite, and arrogant.
People talking on their phones while driving are especially crude because they put themselves - and others - in danger while they jack their jaws, usually about nothing that's very important. A friend of mine was crossing the street at an intersection when some wacko yacko talking on her cell phone turned the corner and hit my friend, knocking her halfway across the intersection and causing serious permanent injuries. All the driver of the Escalade could say was, "Sorry, but that was my client, and it was a very important business conversation!"
Another acquaintance was struck by a car driven by a man on a cell phone arguing with his wife. The victim has since died as a result of his injuries.
To those selfish, self-absorbed people, I say, 'Hang up and drive!' before you kill someone. No one is so busy, or so important, that they have to stay "in touch" 24/7. Give yourself a rest, for God's sake.
I've had people take calls in restaurants, movie theaters, and elevators. I don't want to listen to your conversations, and I sure as hell don't want you interrupting mine! Why can't mobile phone users be more considerate instead of having such a feeling of self-importance that they're the only one in the world that matters??
I know a guy who intentionally asks people to call him when he's sitting at a bar so he can talk about big-money business deals and impress everyone around him. Little does he realize how most of the other bar patrons resent his intrusion of their conversations.
If you really think you need a mobile phone for "important emergencies", get one that only dials 911, or one that can track where your kids are, or one that only works when you're immobile, or get a pager.
If anyone on a mobile phone injures me, I will advise them to hang up and immediately call their lawyer, because I AM GOING TO SUE!!!!! -RKO- 08/12/07

Answer 4

I think they are a bane in life. Forever ringing, people get mad at you when you don't answer, distracting drivers across the world...I remember the days when my grandparents took their home phone off the hook while eating dinner so as not to be interrupted. Nowadays, you can't go to a restaurant without someone's phone going off. They went from handy in an emergency to life-hampering in the blink of an eye.

Answer 5

well if u consider it as a boon n also use it in the same manner it is a boon but if u have all the evil intentions then it will act as a bane for the mankind................so its totally upon u how to use things

Answer 6

A boon, no matter how irritating we find it to overhear loud conversations on buses and stupid ringtones in the middle of meetings.

Here's why (personal experiences):

2006 - Isle of Wight Festival. How do you find someone in a festival where there are over a quarter of a million people in attendance? With your mobile phone, that's how!

2004 - in the Maldives when the tsunami struck. Landline communications down all over the islands, but mobile phones still worked. Not only was the resort manager able, with his mobile phone, to get help (our island was destroyed), not only was I able to let my family members know that we were alive and unharmed, but also by lending my mobile phone to other people, they were able to do the same (where they took us, the resort was charging $5 a minute for international calls and everybody's money had been swept out to sea).

2003 - Cyclone Erica (New Caledonia). Mobile communications restored hours after this Cat. 5 cyclone hit; landline communications were down for a further 5 days. With mobile phones, people were able to call upon others to bring their 4x4s, equipment and manpower to help clear roads so emergency vehicles could get through to the hardest hit parts of the island.

September 11, 2001 - when landlines were overwhelmed with calls, people were still able to contact their loved ones with mobile phones - quite a few called me. Especially poignant, some people on United 93 used their mobile phones to say their last goodbyes to their families.

Various years: Getting lost in strange places:

The place in South Africa not on the map nor the SatNav. Hopelessly lost in the middle of nowhere without another person/vehicle in sight, we got precise directions by calling our hosts with a mobile phone.

Rental car broke down in the middle of the night on way from airport in the American Midwest. Was able to call the rental car company for a rescue, and the people I was staying with to let them know I was late (and OK).

One of our party fell behind in a trek through the mountains of Reunion Island. He was eventually tracked because he had his mobile phone on (GPS signal).

Many times have been delayed while driving and was always able to keep people abreast of new ETAs.

Answer 7

it is boon if u use it for definite purpose. otherwise it is bane for the reason that u will get health problems such as rings in the ear and so on.

Answer 8

boon-if you use it.
bane-if you misuse it.

Answer 9

BOON