September 24, 2006 | In: Rants
I am sick of cell phones
I just hate the thing, and regret the day I got one. Becuase the minute you buy a cell phone, you instantly give up a huge chunk of your privacy. Example:
Friend: “I called you 5 times and you didn’t answer”
Me: “I was in class”
Friend: “...but then I sent you an sms”
Me: “I was still in class”
etc, etc..
AND IT WASN”T EVEN URGENT!!
So you see, once you recieve an sms or a missed call, you are now expected to call back instantly no matter how trivial the issue is or how busy you are. So for the purpose of filtering unwanted calls in pursuit of efficiency, I activated voice mail…
Message on voicemail: “Hi Hani, can you call me as soon as you get this, bye”
This ticks me off even MORE! The caller has made no mention of the urgent issue in question (AGAIN, IT WASN’T EVEN URGENT!), which basically rendered the benefit of using voicemail to zero.
And don’t get me started on the morons thoroughly amused by getting new ringtones for their cell phone. Nobody cares about your Ricky Martin ringtone..get a friggin’ life. And you don’t have to set the ringing volume at the ear piercing 900 DB. And while your at it, turn down the volume of your own yakking, the world is not interested. And remove that wirless headset from your ear when your not using it, you look like a tool.
So here is my policy on cell phones for like, the next whole month or something: The damn thing will stay ON and recharged, on silent. I am just not answering calls or sms. If its urgent, leave a voice message or better, email me. I am not trying to be a jerk, but I’ve had it with this crap.
I feel much better now.
1 Response to I am sick of cell phones
Mike
October 5th, 2006 at 7:11 am
What happened to you? Did you turn 63 overnight?
I have “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” as my ringtone.
AND I use a bluetooth ear piece!
So…what’s your number?
DUDE, CALL ME AS SOON AS YOU GET THIS
!!
Amir
March 21st, 2007 at 7:12 am
“And remove that wirless headset from your ear when your not using it, you look like a tool.” HAHA!! Classic! My thoughts exactly.
And those people with the ringtones are indeed most annoying. My ringtones are for my enjoyment and maybe the enjoyment of family and friends but those fools that let the phone ring taking a full 5 SECONDS looking at the mobile’s screen to see who’s calling (although they probably already know as they likely have a personalised ring tone for each person in their phone book) are so annoying.
There was only one case where it wasn’t so bad. We were watching Mission Impossible 2 in the cinema and some dude’s mobile went off playing the Mission Impossible ring tone. I laughed a little.
And don’t get me started on the people that talk on their phones in the cinema!!
“Yeah, I’m in the cinema. The cinema. Yeah. Yeah. Batman. BATMAN! Batman begins ya 3m. Aiwa. It’s okay…” and so on.