Thread: Cell Phones

Originally Posted by Captain Trips

Really ?

Or rather, is it stupid that we are coming to make ourselves beleive that we cannot live without such conveniences ?



Yes, it's a convenience not a necessity.

Lets remember that every convenience comes with a cost. Things always balance themselves out whether we choose to admit it or recognize it or not

Cell phones are a convenience. And they are one that is more dangerous than the internet given the unbridled freedom kids have with them. And I'm talking more about sexting than testing.

Originally Posted by Sunshine

Cell phones are a convenience. And they are one that is more dangerous than the internet given the unbridled freedom kids have with them. And I'm talking more about sexting than testing.

As I was saying here:


Cell Phones

...every convenience comes with a cost. Things always balance themselves out whether we choose to admit it or recognize it or not

Originally Posted by Sunshine

No, is you who is having the trouble here. Kind of like silly people feeling sorry for MDs who have convinced people they are mendicants because of their malpractice insurance!

What a joke.

What does that have to do with answering your cell phone at work?
When you want to have a logical argument on good reasons why you should take away someone's cell phone at work I will be right here to answer you but until then I am done reading your senseless posts.

Originally Posted by Cari

Well, I don't want laws against rudeness, because sometimes I just feel like being a bitch, ya know? But I totally agree with laws againt cell use in a car. Just like pointed out at the beginning of the thread (don't recall who it was), using a cell while driving is as dangerous as drinking and driving.

Yay! We agreed on something! Did you not remember who it was because it was me? /sad

Originally Posted by Captain Trips

Really ?

Or rather, is it stupid that we are coming to make ourselves beleive that we cannot live without such conveniences ?



Yes, it's a convenience not a necessity.

Lets remember that every convenience comes with a cost. Things always balance themselves out whether we choose to admit it or recognize it or not

I've never said that I couldn't live without my cell but it sure makes my life a helluva lot easier, as does my car, microwave, washer, dryer, dishwasher, etc.

The only thing my cell has costs me is a few dollars to AT&T each month.

Originally Posted by GrayMan

Me offering technical assitance over the cell phone is making the other guy on his cell dumber by the second. :rolleyes:

Most assuredly ... I'm joking

So you use one for your job, no biggie.

On that issue, I think it's perfectly justified if an employer tells people to keep their cell phones out of the building they are working in so they will remain undistracted while at work. If they want to talk on it go out at break time.

Originally Posted by Mrs. M

I've never said that I couldn't live without my cell but it sure makes my life a helluva lot easier, as does my car, microwave, washer, dryer, dishwasher, etc.

The only thing my cell has costs me is a few dollars to AT&T each month.

Well ok, its a convenience you enjoy

Hey, I gotta credit you for NOT saying; "I couldn't live without one !"

I've heard that one many times.

I hate my cell but I receive 10 or more calls a day from my job and the company pays half of the bill. I could leave the job site and drive to a pay phone every hour to check for messages, but that would be stupid. I've been driving long enough so that I can talk and drive safely, but many can't. Outside of work, I ride a motorcycle only. It is possible to hold a conversation with a bluetooth, but I ride primarily for the freedom. Anybody that I would even consider calling back will leave a message and I'll return their call. I never return calls from people who don't leave a message.

Originally Posted by Ernie S.

I hate my cell but I receive 10 or more calls a day from my job and the company pays half of the bill. I could leave the job site and drive to a pay phone every hour to check for messages, but that would be stupid. I've been driving long enough so that I can talk and drive safely, but many can't. Outside of work, I ride a motorcycle only. It is possible to hold a conversation with a bluetooth, but I ride primarily for the freedom. Anybody that I would even consider calling back will leave a message and I'll return their call. I never return calls from people who don't leave a message.

Lol, I hate it when people (that I know) leave a message. I also hate leaving one on other people's (that I know) phone. It's sufficient that my phone tells me that I have a missed call. I don't like having to go into my mailbox to delete a message so I don't have the little icon lit up all the time.

Originally Posted by fishjoel

Lol, I hate it when people (that I know) leave a message. I also hate leaving one on other people's (that I know) phone. It's sufficient that my phone tells me that I have a missed call. I don't like having to go into my mailbox to delete a message so I don't have the little icon lit up all the time.

I figure that if the call wasn't important enough to warrant a message, it's not important enough for me to return the call. I do hate it when I have 8 or 10 messages from people wanting to know when I expect to be at their home when I've already called, gotten their voicemail and left a message letting them know when I expect to arrive. I don't like to talk on the phone. My calls, except to my dad or my kids rarely last more than one minute. The phone is just a useful nuisance to me, mostly another tool to make me more efficient.

Originally Posted by Captain Trips

Dumb parent.

1. Buys kid cell phone.

2. Tells kid to get off cell phone instead of having kid leave it at home where it belongs or having the kid hand it over.

Cell phones are great for emergencies.

Originally Posted by Captain Trips

Most assuredly ... I'm joking

So you use one for your job, no biggie.

On that issue, I think it's perfectly justified if an employer tells people to keep their cell phones out of the building they are working in so they will remain undistracted while at work. If they want to talk on it go out at break time.

They should be allowed to keep it on person. Why should I keep my cell somewhere it can be stolen, like my car, if I don't take it out until break time?

Originally Posted by fishjoel

Lol, I hate it when people (that I know) leave a message. I also hate leaving one on other people's (that I know) phone. It's sufficient that my phone tells me that I have a missed call. I don't like having to go into my mailbox to delete a message so I don't have the little icon lit up all the time.

I agree, I had better be important for them to leave a message.