What would you do? | Phone edition
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Alexander Graham Bell would be a proud papa, we’ve come along way with this phone ‘thang, baby.
One simple phone call can save lives, unite countries, warm hearts or break them mercilessly. SPLAT! All over the floor.
In most cases people feel a sense of security having a cell phone, after all ‘in the event of an emergency’, you got your technologically enhanced, electronic bff right in your pocket, that can do quite possibly every and anything you need it to, except perhaps have your babies.
Some argue that they don’t need a cell phone. Based perhaps on the simple fact that most of us have not and will never experience a life and death experience that will either warrant us to make such a call, or one where we will physically be able to make a call on our personal cell phone that will save our life. Their argument is that, if fact our lives were to be saved, it would be by someone or something else entirely. Debatable? Definitely, but I can see how this is still valid.
There are many reasons why people REALLY own cell phones. For example, people own cell phones because:
- They can’t qualify for a land line
- They can’t afford a land line
- Their employers provided one
- Their friends own one
- Everyone owns one.
- They wish to keep in touch with their friends and family
- They wish to keep tabs on their friends and family
- Their significant other requires all day access to them
- They wish to keep up with the Jones’
- They have no time, to make time, to speak with real people, face to face.
Still, for the sake of argument if not logical reasoning, let us say that ‘personal security’ is the main reason to own one, although for some, scandal is as simple as misplacing said [wireless] device that is supposed to be used for ‘personal security’ reasons.
Food for thought: The type (that combination of model and make) of cell phone a person purchases also appears to, in some way, be aligned to that person’s personality, ever noticed?
Much like with cars, shoes or clothing, even within the same brand of phone, themodel that the individual chooses or feels comfortable with may be able to answer many of the ’strange feeling’ questions that we may have regarding the individual but…
I digress.
The extent to which you use (read depend on) your mobile phone seems to be exponentially proportional to just how many bullets you sweat if it were ever to go missing.
For some it would just be an inconvenience of unimaginable proportions because they weren’t smart enough to heed the various data backup warnings, for others it would be the end of their life as they know it – their career, family and friends.
With so many reasons for owning a cell phone, I can’t help but ask:
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