Posted on 01/18/2005 7:37:09 AM PST by the_devils_advocate_666
I give you a story of sheer terror. I never thought it would happen to me. And when it did, it was so much worse than I could imagine it ever would be.
In my traveling frenzy this holiday, while I busied myself with making sure that U.S. Airways didn't lose my luggage for the third time in 12 days, I forgot my cell phone in my hometown of Pittsburgh.
That's right. I was without my little Verizon lifeline for four straight, solid days.
I didn't even make it halfway to Salt Lake Citybefore I felt like I needed a respirator.
Being without my cell phone felt like being without a vital organ. You may as well have removed my lungs. Within hours, I felt like I needed to be hospitalized. And if not hospitalized, seriously sedated until the waves of communication were flowing again.
I was on Walden Pond, for Pete's sake. Devastating.
I embarrassingly replayed a conversation I had with my uncle that weekend, a rookie to the cell phone world. You know, one of those people who only turn their phones on when they need to make a call. One of those people who ignore the two-way avenue that cell phones were meant to be.
"Make it an extension of your body," I told him, smugly. "Never be without it. Never turn it off." I was being punished for my idol worship of the pocket pal that kept me constantly connected.
The powers that be were out to teach me a lesson. My mom thought I'd learn somethi ng about how I didn't really need it as much as I thought I did.
She was sure I'd come out of this experience with the same air as someone coming out of rehab: with a new, fresh outlook on life and completely free of my digital drug of choice. Just the polar opposite actually. I didn't know how completely dependent I was on my phone until it wasn't buzzing in my pocket anymore.
I tell you I even heard my ring tone in my dreams. I was in a state of complete desperation.
When I got it back, it was like being resurrected. I had come back from the dead. I was a living, breathing, communicating person again. I think I even slept with it under my pillow the first night I had it back.
And of course, my ego was fed with 19 voicemail messages and 27 texts.
And so I say to those of you still without cell phones: You are a species I do not understand. We should study you in science class. Like creatures living without blood pumping through their veins. How do you do it? You boggle me.
I am rarely without my cell phone. And thats only because I conduct a good bit of business on it. If I had a job that didn't require me to be accesible at almost any time, I likely wouldn't have one.
Blonde?
yeesh! Only positive thing i can say about cell phones is that they're handy in emergencies. other than that, my heart goes out to all those self-important/indungent types who beleive that either the world cannot go on without their constant intervention, or that they will die if they aren't in constant touch with their fellows.
pathetic, really.
I refuse to get a cell phone, never needed one 10 years ago, don't see a need for one now. I will be the last holdout by God!
"And so I say to those of you still without cell phones: You are a species I do not understand. We should study you in science class. Like creatures living without blood pumping through their veins. How do you do it? You boggle me."
Oh, wow! I'm so ashamed. I do own a cell phone, but it's always plugged into the charger. I only take it with me on trips, and only use it in emergencies and to avoid high fees in hotel rooms. It's off all the time unless I need to make a call.
Benefits? I don't have to balance my attention while driving between watching the road and the cell phone. It never rings at inconvenient times. It never annoys others. Nobody calls it, because nobody has the number.
Oh, I have a cell phone, but it's used as it was intended, not to be stuck semi-permanently to my ear.
I'm so sorry for this writer's loss.
I don't have a cell phone and the only person who seems to be bothered by it is my girl friend.
I hate to boggle you but I do not have a cell phone and have no desire to get one. Standard phones are bad enough to my way of thinking. Being an old goat who still remembers the old hand crank phones and party lines I feel no need to go modern and be bothered when trying to have a little peace and quiet.
I stopped wearing a watch and carrying a cell phone. I found that my quality of life increased exponentially.
I guess you don't go shopping with your wife ...
My life is just fine...
I have a cell phone...it's my only phone because I don't have a land line. I don't take it with me everywhere, mainly because they're not allowed inside my company. But I don't go all to pieces if I don't have it with me.
I have one - aimed at emergency use. The other night, we had a power outage. The next day, I realized my phones were out, too. I had to use my cell to report it, and then my cell was my only means of communication for THREE DAYS!!!!
Lol, what a loser! :D
How OLD is this twit?
I'm just guessing, but
I'd bet big cash this girl is
an Apple user!
I almost always wear my watch. It is one of my few "must have" items. There are only a small number of places I don't wear it. The Golf Course is the only one I can think of at this time.
I had a cell phone for two years (a contract). I don't have one now. Honestly, I don't miss it.
Now if I could only find a stove that didn't use electronic ignition to light the oven... It's a real pain having no oven when the power goes out.
There are way too many like this person, all talking while driving.
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