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Over the last few years, I have found that there is nothing in the world that feels better than going out for hours upon hours and deliberately leaving my cell phone at home.
To a Millennial, however, that would probably feel like committing an act of suicide.
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~ Stephen T. McCarthy
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Al Bondigas here. I always get a kick out of people who angrily tell me they called me and want to know why I didn’t answer, or call them back immediately. I always answer the same way. My cell phone is for my convenience, and when they start paying my bill, I guarantee that I’ll answer every time they call. Then when I ask them what they called for it’s slways, the same routine. “Nothing, just wanted to see what you’re doing “. People suck!!
ReplyDeleteJUDGE AL ~
DeleteYour comment literally made me Guffaw-Out-Loud!
That's a great answer for those with Millennial Impatience / Millennial Instant Gratification Expectation. Ha!
It's doubly funny because Beer Boy Bryan and I were just discussing this sort of thing a few days back and, despite his youth (which I wish I could steal from him in exchange for an I.O.U.), he feels exactly the same way you and I do.
Phuqin' cell phones, man! They were clearly designed by satan in hell. It's the most diabolical trick the devil ever pulled (aside from convincing the majority of people that he doesn't really exist).
~ D-FensDogG
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Ditto to what Al said, but I have this one friend that always thinks I’m ignoring them on purpose when I don’t answer their call immediately. Sheesh! I just can’t be that connected all of the time.
DeleteHey, it's not your fault if you forget to take the phone with you when you leave the house Mondays through Sundays from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM.
Delete~ D-FensDogG
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I work on a college campus where a lot of people are between late tens and 20's. Staring at "smart" phones has become de rigueur... while walking, climbing stairs, and riding bikes. One thinks, "Look around - there's trees, there's they sky... there's a bus about to hit you. Not too smart, Sonny Jim."
ReplyDeleteHere's something I wrote to a friend a few days ago:
DeleteJust yesterday, I went out for a walk in my neighborhood, and I passed two young people -- a boyfriend and girlfriend -- who were walking side-by-side but both of them were totally absorbed by their own cell phones. I thought to myself: Why even bother being together? Neither of you are really HERE!
One wonders whether they even put their phones aside when they do "the nasty".
Just a hunch here, but methinks the country's future is in trouble.
~ D-FensDogG
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