CELLPHONE HELL

Do you realize these days’ people are less patient somehow? Just an example the mobile phone has replaced the need to write letters. If people used to write love letters for example now you simply sent text messages. Thanks to technology we have become even more impatient it seems. Now we don’t bother to call but chooses instead to send SMS umhmm that wonderful Short Message Service.

Apparently people don’t even bother to spell right these days again thanks to SMS mania. What is my problem? No don’t get me wrong. I am not against modern technology! Infect I love the fact that thanks to technology now I don’t have to buy an IPOD, MP3 Player, Camera, Radio, Video player, I can surf the net, check my email anywhere. I don’t need a real calendar, I don’t need to buy a calculator and I can go on and on but I think you are getting the picture here. Yes indeed, mobile phones these days come packed with so many limitless multimedia capabilities. Plus telecommunication providers now offers all sorts of cell phone plans, freebies and give-away along with a bundle of other accessories you are just simply spoil for choice. Contract no contract cell phone plan or simply prepaid if you do not want to be tied to rigid terms and conditions in a written contract. Cell phones models changes so fast here you think you’ve got the latest state of the art the ultimate model next day you surf the net and you find a new even better model and suddenly you feel the urge to change a new cell phone yet again. So! It’s all wonderful no? Yes and no actually.

Coming back to my question what is my problem?

You see, the problem is no I don’t have a problem with technology in this case the mobile phone let me be more specific here. But, but I do have problem with some people with mobile phones. I’m talking about how annoying it is when you are trying to enjoy a movie someone’s cell phone rings. Or when you are in a concert which you pay not quite so little and again someone in the audience so conveniently forgets to switch off their cell phone. Imagine you are trying to explain something to a business partner and his or her phone keeps on ringing ever so often. You start the conversation again and a text message comes in and he or she stops to answer it. You are in the library trying to enjoy some nice peaceful quite time boom, someone’s cell phone rings! Or when you are enjoying a nice cup of cappuccino with a friend in a really nice hang-out engaging in a light relaxing conversation someone some where is talking loudly on the cell phone. That’s the problem I’m talking about.

I supposed you can argue it’s a free world. If you feel you have the right the other party too feels that he or she has the right as well. I sometimes gather enough courage to give the person a, what my friends call the “dirty look” stare. Some times it works many times it does not. You may think my ranting about cell phones is lame but look around you this mobile madness is every where you go!

I guess it boils down to values. I mean the individual’s personal value that is. I think it’s pointless to try to reason with some people about cell phone etiquette because for me personally you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to know that it’s simply basic courtesy.