Do you ring, ping or ding?

Hi,
cell phones, I hate them. I see them as a necessary evil for some people, but most of them are just plain annoying: the phones and the humans using them. The world-wide phenomenon of them makes me want to get off the planet some days.... actually, most days.

I have to admit I own a cell phone, but I own it, it does not own me. I rarely carry it, I never have it on even when I do remember to bring it along and I never using while driving a vehicle or operating heavy machinery. I don't give out the number because I don't want anyone calling me on it. If you need to talk to me, call me at home. If I'm not there, leave a message and I'll call you back, I promise. I'm not that important that I need to be found 24/7. If I ever have an emergency I'll ask someone for help who is driving by or standing next to me.... or I'll figure out how to solve my own dilemma at hand. I've lasted 52 years on this earth and have managed just fine without having a phone attached to my head 99.9% of the time.

I am amused by one cell phone occurrence. Lately I've noticed more and more people have adopted a 'ring tone' that sounds just like the ring of an old fashioned dial telephone. It's very funny to me to hear these phones go off and see people pull out their IPhone to answer it. It is as if we have almost come full circle on the phone evolution. I would not be surprised if phone booths start to make a come-back just for the novelty or the spiral rubber handset cords reappear to attach your cell phone to your purse or knapsack. Why not? Retro looks are everywhere.

Cell phone addicts, and their addiction, seem to get worse ever year. When they are not talking about absolutely nothing at the top of their lungs they are zombies watching angry birds die on a 2"x4" screen. This is what their life has been reduced down to. Forget about looking at beautiful sunset, smiling at a person you just walked past or taking the time to do a good deed. It's all about the phone and themselves. I watched two cars collide right in front of our house as both drivers stopped paying attention to the road at the same time and crashed into one another. They were still talking into their phones as they got out of their cars and started to accuse the other of being a jerk.... I considered the whole incident to be poetic justice for them both.

Will we survive as a race with cell phones glued to our ears? I'm looking at it as a thinning out of the genetic pool. Those left standing will probably know how to hang up when their quarter is used up... and if you don't understand that reference, than you probably won't be one of the survivors.

xox
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