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[freshnesschronic]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

We are an egocentric society. It's no different than the person who thinks they've got the only car on the road, the jerk who lets doors slam in stranger's faces, the person who spits big old hockers in the middle of the sidewalk, the coworker who cracks every bone in their body during meetings; you are assuming your business supercedes everyone else's business and trumps a modicum of class and awareness of the world around you. It's a "look at me look at me" world and frankly I don't always care to look.

Well, we live in the ME-generation. People are becoming more narcissist. Who do you blame, society or "the person in front of you".

[carcrazy]

lmao same im like helloo didnt you buy that so you could talk to ppl and now all ur doing is ignoring them ... where did u leave ur brain??

[DanaC]

Everyone of you is like "it's convenience, because I'm 50 and I'm busy at work and blah blah" but no you don't understand college kids now. Cell phones are not a convenience to me (or HER), it is a way to be connected to everyone all the time.

Yeep...nothin like a bit of generalisation to get the ball rolling huh? Y'know there is (and has always been) as much variation amongst people of the same generation as there is between the generations. Not all 20 yr olds are identical. They don't have identical values, they don't like identical music, they don't have identical hobbies and they don't respond identically to the world. I know kids of 18 who are a bitch to get hold of, who routinely let their phone power down and then forget to recharge it before they go out....and I know 50 yr olds who are married to their comms. Me? I am 35 and sometimes easy to get hold of and sometimes not. I always have my phone with me.....I call people often, I do not however, always answer it. Sometimes I just don't feel like talking. That has nothing to do with me being 35, i was the same when I was 12. It has nothing to do with my generation and how much the world has changed. The world has changed.....but people are very much the same: some are more sociable than others; people vary according to their mood.

[DanaC]

but the rules of the game have changed since your higher education. No more typewriters. We have laptops

*chuckles* I like that.

[busterb]

I don't hear well, sometimes when outside and someone is visiting they'll say, phone's ringing. They act like I should break and run to answer. Right so some SOB can try to sell me a tombstone. Leave a message, I might just call back. At my convenience.
Years ago I asked my Dad why he wouldn't answer the phone after around 9pm. He told me at that time of night either someone had died or in trouble. If died, he couldn't help them and if in trouble they didn't need him to get in trouble, so didn't need him to get out.
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[Shawnee123]

:p

Originally Posted by busterb

Years ago I asked my Dad why he wouldn't answer the phone after around 9pm. He told me at that time of night either someone had died or in trouble. If died, he couldn't help them and if in trouble they didn't need him to get in trouble, so didn't need him to get out.
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I wasn't allowed to take or make a phone call after 9 pm. I still live by that; unless it's really important I won't call anyone after 9. Unless I feel like chatting (which I rarely do; I hate phones), or it's my family and I know something must be up, I won't pick up after 9 either.

I'm not a slave to the telephone, though I thank Mr Bell profusely for inventing it.

[TheMercenary]

I keep my cell phone off unless I am making a call. I hate cell phones and hate when people are trying to conduct normal business and talking on their phones. Esp drivers. We need to do like the UK and have serious fines for people who talk and drive except with hands free phones.

I can't think of anyone who would need to talk to me in an emergency. My where abouts are most always known. When my where abouts are in question I may turn it on.

I hate the idiots who have their cell phones in the movie theater or other public performance. Turn off your cell phones dumbass, I paid to watch this in silence, not listen to you.

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

. Esp drivers. We need to do like the UK and have serious fines for people who talk and drive except with hands free phones.

I've read studies which say that hands-free isn't much safer; you are still distracted from the task at hand: watching for other crazy people swerving around talking on THEIR cell phones!

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I've read studies which say that hands-free isn't much safer; you are still distracted from the task at hand: watching for other crazy people swerving around talking on THEIR cell phones!

It has to be safer than some soccer mom with 3 kids and one hand on the wheel of a 4500 pound SUV not looking before she trys to turn with that one hand.

[jinx]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

It has to be safer than some soccer mom with 3 kids and one hand on the wheel of a 4500 pound SUV not looking before she trys to turn with that one hand.

5200lb actually....

[DucksNuts]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

It has to be safer than some soccer mom with 3 kids and one hand on the wheel of a 4500 pound SUV not looking before she trys to turn with that one hand.

One hand??? You only need a finger to turn those babies....power steering

Turning aint nearly as difficult as steering, half turning around in the seat and searching with one hand to find elmo that was dropped by a now screaming two year old.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by DucksNuts

One hand??? You only need a finger to turn those babies....power steering

Turning aint nearly as difficult as steering, half turning around in the seat and searching with one hand to find elmo that was dropped by a now screaming two year old.

exactly.

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by be-bop
Sorry I'm with fresh on this one there is nothing more frustrating than trying to get a hold of someone on their mobile and they don't answer.

Personally I find people who get pissed off at my not being available to talk whenever they so choose way more frustrating. I pay for my phone, they don't. I'll use it how and when I fucking well like.

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by bebop

there is nothing more frustrating than trying to get a hold of someone on their mobile and they don't answer.

~snippage

NOTHING more frustrating? NOTHING? Wow, to be young again.

[Hime]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

~snippage

NOTHING more frustrating? NOTHING? Wow, to be young again.

Depends on the situation -- for instance, if it's snowing outside and you need to call your boss to ask if the office will be open and you can't get a hold of him on his phone. Or if you're mad at your S/O and want to yell at them but can't get through.

Having been in a long-distance relationship for a long time with the man I now live with and am planning to marry, I know that it produces a lot of anxiety when the person you love is far away and you can't get in touch with him. When we were long-distance, we knew each others' friends and families but not in the way that we would have in a conventional relationship -- if he'd been in an accident or something, it's unlikely that I would have found out right away. So you do worry, especially when someone said they would call, and then doesn't.

That said, even people who are very much in love need a break from constant connectivity sometimes. I sometimes don't answer my phone or leave it at home because I want to really enjoy what I'm doing, say if I'm going to a museum or hanging out with a good friend. It's harder to experience life directly if you know you're going to be interrupted by pointless phone calls asking what you are doing (that's a pet peeve about my bf: he ALWAYS says "whatcha doin'?" when he calls anyone on the phone. What if they're doing something private?).

I just graduated from college myself, and am very aware of the college culture where you're expected to answer your phone all the time. Everything happens at the last minute, so you are likely to get a call saying something like "Hey I got an extra ticket to the Kanye West show tonight and it starts in half an hour! Come with me!" and if you don't answer the phone, you miss the opportunity. On the other hand, during my first week of college I remember walking home from a show that I'd gone to by myself thinking about how amazing it was that for the first time like ever, no one knew where I was and no one had the right to know. I could have been anywhere. And I think that freedom is an important part of the college experience, too.