According to the Divine Comedy (The Inferno) the eighth
circle of hell is full of lawyers. But,
in keeping up with the new technology I feel that at least the fifth circle of
hell should have a place for the people who can’t unplug from their cell phones.
Back in December we finally
traded in our old truck for a new fuel efficient car. The payments stroke us but it needed doing so
that my wife will have dependable transportation when I am gone - and this is
the last one. Then two months ago some
woman ran into the back of our new car while I was stopped at a stop
light. She was in her late forties and
texting to her daughter.
I am super conscious now of
people riding around with a cell phone held up to their ear. If you drive around your town and watch, at
least twenty-percent of the people are talking on cell phones while they are
driving in traffic. If you go into the
grocery store, or walk around Wal*Mart you will see people on their cell
phones. Kids walking down the street
are talking on their cell phones.
Phones ring and people talk on their cells at restaurants. Recently, at a local restaurant six middle aged people at the same table were laughing because they were texting each other, while from a nearby booth we had to listen to a woman talking to friend on her cell.
Phones ring and people talk on their cells at restaurants. Recently, at a local restaurant six middle aged people at the same table were laughing because they were texting each other, while from a nearby booth we had to listen to a woman talking to friend on her cell.
Yesterday my wife and I went to a
playhouse. Before the play started the
MC asked everyone to turn off their cell phones - but an hour into the play we
had to listen to some elderly woman’s favorite tune digitally explode on her
cell phone. I won’t even mention the
school age kids that seem to have a cell phone implanted onto the side of their
head.
What the fuck is this that we cant unplug from our telephones for a couple of hours to sit in a play or a movie or a restaurant.
What the fuck is this that we cant unplug from our telephones for a couple of hours to sit in a play or a movie or a restaurant.
In the fifth circle of hell I
would have cell phones implanted on both ears of the abusers; and every three
minutes, twenty-four hours a day, the phone would ring playing Wagner’s Ride of
the Valkuries, followed by a recording warning you that your credit card might
be overdrawn.
the Ol’Buzzard hates cell phones.
OB,
ReplyDeleteI must atone - At one time I was one of the top Nextel reps in metro Inndianapolis.
Sarge
Yes, I agree and it is a worldwide trend. If you look at Google Street view in almost any country in the world, you will see plenty of examples you've cited here.
ReplyDeleteI remember the good old days when you could waste half your life trying to call someone. Everyone in Ukraine has a cell phone. Takes a year or two to get a land line from the government telekom but mobile and internet companies are highly competitive here (as opposed to North America.
ReplyDeleteThat said, cell phones and texting might overtake alcohol as the leading cause of traffic death and injury. And leaving them on in funerals, weddings, theatres etc is totally bad manners.