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wyntir_knight) wrote2007-01-18 11:26 am
wyntir_knight) wrote2007-01-18 11:26 am
Cell Phones make Wyntir SMASH!
Is it not possible to just buy a phone? I don't want a built in camera, computer, MP3 player, camcoder, internet provider, blue-ray disk player, or a personal shoe-shine boy! I just want a phone for emergencies and so that potential employers can contact me (cause Dad's really bad at passing on messages). I just need a phone! We survived without all the bells and whistles for so long, why do we NEED to have them now?
Is that really such a difficult to grasp the notion of a phone that's just a phone? Why can't I just have a phone that's a phone? Why do I need to have all these bells and whistles that I won't use? And yes, I was told that I NEED these crappy features. I tried to explain to the kid (he was 12, I think) that I have a digital camera, an MP3 Player and a PDA and that I didn't need them on my phone too. I tried to tell him that I just needed a device that would let me talk to people. I mean, honestly, if Bell would just stop removing all the pay phones I wouldn't even need a cell. The kid actually asked me what a pay phone was ... I could have cried.
Why is it that everytime I inform people that I don't have a cell they look at me like I'm a sociopath ... I don't want a cell!
Make the evil tech go away ... *sob*
Is that really such a difficult to grasp the notion of a phone that's just a phone? Why can't I just have a phone that's a phone? Why do I need to have all these bells and whistles that I won't use? And yes, I was told that I NEED these crappy features. I tried to explain to the kid (he was 12, I think) that I have a digital camera, an MP3 Player and a PDA and that I didn't need them on my phone too. I tried to tell him that I just needed a device that would let me talk to people. I mean, honestly, if Bell would just stop removing all the pay phones I wouldn't even need a cell. The kid actually asked me what a pay phone was ... I could have cried.
Why is it that everytime I inform people that I don't have a cell they look at me like I'm a sociopath ... I don't want a cell!
Make the evil tech go away ... *sob*
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Does that happen that often here? I would think that enough Canadians don't have them that it wouldn't happen that often....
Europe, on the other hand.... they look at you as if you're a sociopath with five heads. Even if you're just visiting, you're expected to have a cellphone. Regardless of whether you're 6 or 96, you have a cellphone. It is somewhat terrifying.
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