I am 78 & always in the middle of conversations with other seniors about ‘how important their call phones are’. I keep asking them:
What did you use prior to the late 90’s???
How did you drive anywhere?
How did you work?
How did you live without that expensive toy in your pocket???
None of them can remember ANY other phone number any more. Scary.
“How did you live without that expensive toy in your pocket???”
There is the problem with your reasoning. It is not a toy. It is a tool.
I’d have given my right arm to have a cell phone back in those days. I had to go on investigations in the middle of the night by myself. I was all alone and covered 3 rural counties normally but when on call would cover 6. It wasn’t safe for a 20 something female even in the daylight. More than once, I had my life threatened. A cell phone would also have saved me from having to sit by the landline 24/7 for two weeks a month waiting for the hotline to call. Couldn’t go anywhere, not even the grocery store, while on “on call” duty. It was straight to the office and straight home and I worried how long I’d be out of reach just getting gas. Any errands had to be done during my lunch hour because the office could handle any calls.