I'd like to see a return of phone booths to restaurants.
They wouldn't even need to have phones in them; just a chair and door so that they could chat in private and not among the shared company at their table or near other diners.
Why not set a mini-tv on the table and watch as you eat, since that is what many people also do at home?
This is just ridiculous. If I'm doing something or going somewhere where I don't want to be disturbed, I shut the doggone thing off. If I'm in the middle of something else and it does go off, I can always choose to ignore it.
But the phone certainly is handy to have on me, especially for emergency situations or cases when I need to be reachable without being tied to a specific location.
It took a while, but I found out that I can leave my cell at home or in the car and get along just fine. It's finally become a true convenience instead of a millstone.
I'm living happily with my illegal jammer...
Cell Phones!
They can take your picture!
They can download and play music!
They have built in GPS devices!
They make your toast in the morning!
Damn well gotta do something, they're basically worthless for talking to people more than ten feet away!
If I was in sales, I would always have my phone on - but I'm not. Meanwhile, it is hardly ever even on my person. I'll go to where it is (usually in my car in the garage) and see if I have any messages and return them if they matter.
I carry a cell phone when I ride my bike.
Oh, and my wife and I dumped our land line three years ago. The cell phone is the only way people can get in touch with me short of email or actually dropping by.
I figure if a loved one dies I'll hear about it soon enough.
The problem isn't cell phones. The problem is too many rude, self-centered people who are inconsiderate and oblivious to others around them.
I've never had a cell phone. I keep sort of meaning to get one but I'm just not motivated enough.
My work is such that when I leave for the day, it's over. My boss doesn't need to reach me. I don't have kids and email seems to work just fine for long distance relatives and friends. Repair people always give me a 1 - 2 hour window so I never need to really hang around the phone.
Unlike a lot of women, I don't enjoy long, pointless phone conversations with my friends. Call me to set up something up or to say that you're coming over - that's it.
Everybody is different.
Hang up and drive.
Cell phones are wonderful. My cell phone allows me to actually have contact with my family on the other side of the country. If I had to wait until I got home, it would be too late to call. As it is, I can call while riding the bus home.
My cell phone also allows me to get all my husband's calls. When you only get a call from your husband a few times a month, tell me you wanna be waiting by your home phone that whole time. I'll leave it at that or I might say something nasty about people who would demean me for having a way to have contact with my husband.
So I can find it by calling it when I've misplaced it, of course.