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Originally posted by Cathy:
What ever happened to the good old fashioned pay phone that we used to call home with? "Hey, Mom. I'm done band practice. Can you come pick me up?"
Gee, we weren't even allowed to use calculators in math and physic classes.
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Exactly Cathy! Lisa takes quarters with her and makes calls between classes etc. and can talk for as long as she wants without worrying about the cost of minutes or a battery dying. If she doesn't have a quarter she borrows one or asks to use the office phone. Nobody has ever denied her.
True emergencies need cell phones sometimes...they can be life savers for sure...other than that they are just for convenience for the user and a pain in the arse for everyone else around who has to listen to the mindless yammering that goes on all around us these days.
I have heard so many inappropriate LONG phone calls on my hour long ride on the GO train to and from Toronto I lost count.
Only once have I ever encountered a person who used their phone and spoke quietly for a few moments...then as they were saying goodbye they told the person on the other end that they were hanging up because they felt it was rude to inflict her conversation on other passengers on the train. Several of us gave her a thumbs up when she said that!
Too bad the fellow in the restaurant didn't feel the same way, or the guy in line at Sears, or the woman recounting her hot date in graphic detail etc.etc.
It's quite amazing how disrespectful people of all ages can be when it comes to their use of cellphonesbluetooth phones when out in public. This goes for dangerous driving while using a phone as well. Yapping away about nothing while endangering others doesn't seem to phase people..hands free is just as bad...too much concentration on the conversation and not enough on the traffic/pedestrians. I dont' drive but being a passenger all these years has had me seeing all kinds of things...and as a life long pedestrian I've seen it all... good grief.