I wish I had had this when I wrote my last week’s LBC post on Modern Telephony.
Thank you Raman.
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Wisdom by Hindsight
I wish I had had this when I wrote my last week’s LBC post on Modern Telephony.
Thank you Raman.
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‘RESPECT’ seems to have gone by the board in every situation these days.
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In many ways, I notice this too. Urban life with all its modern demands, has built walls around individuals.
Thanks Ramana, I will post this on FB where it is desperately needed by some friends. I’m not talking young ‘uns either but people our age.
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I got it off FB! My friend Raman had posted it there.
I don’t agree with Grannymar’s dim view on mankind. I have had complete strangers falling over backwards for me. As I will for others.
‘Respect’ is not the word we are looking for in context of being slave to your mobile/cell phone. It’s manners. Pure and simple. If someone expects an important call they will tell you beforehand that they may have to excuse themselves briefly. After all, mother may be in hospital, dying, or whatever.
To be honest, and this won’t make me popular: If someone is more spellbound by their phone than your company then, if I were any of you, I’d ask MYSELF one or two serious questions.
In the meantime be assured of my undivided attention,
U
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Let me join issue here. How often do you hear words like please and thank you in the public space? When I thank people like shop attendants and taxi drivers, they are visibly taken aback. They are not used to it. I personally do not get even acknowledgement of my presence in many urban scenarios. In my culture, someone of my age is expected to be treated with respect. It happens by default. The phone behaviour is but a symptom of this self centeredness.
Sad if one needs an app to realize it.
Exactly!
Wouldn’t it be fun to have a No Mobiles Day? A lot of people would completely freak out at the prospect. What would they do with their fingers? How would they pass the time? How would they keep in touch with their 134 Facebook friends?
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I think that this is a brilliant idea. I intend floating it on FB and let us see the reactions.
It wasn’t so long ago to make a call when out and about, you had to find a phone box and insert coins. Or you might say to someone “I will call Joe when I get home”. Then when you were home, dialled the number, waited by the phone which was attached permanently to the wall socket. Later known as a jackpoint…it certainly wasn’t terribly portable unless you had a stretchy cord…
Yes I know it’s much more modern to have some of these phones and other such things but it does seem that at least 75% of the people you see in the street are clutching one, sometimes even two (different companies offer differing services)
I don’t think I will ever make it into the 21st century to have one of these phones unless something magically happens in my financial dept or similar…
Yes I do have a cellphone, my is a flip lid and has a tiny typing window – suitable for having it for texting and the occasional phone call. And of course a “watch” and if necessary an “alarm”
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You are blessed. I wish I could go back to those old handsets. They are simply not available any more here!