tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post8953336853850070594..comments2024-03-28T14:44:52.307-06:00Comments on BLD in MT : Living a Simple Life in This Interconnected World: Cell Phone Ettiqute (or Lack There Of)BLD in MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449967376288331137noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-84939849886840792012-07-25T03:46:27.137-06:002012-07-25T03:46:27.137-06:00Cell phones have changed things for sure! They are...Cell phones have changed things for sure! They are convenient, but now everyone is available to answer their personal phone 24/7. In the old days you had a land line, and perhaps an extension phone elsewhere in the house. Before cordless phones any phone conversation was limited to the area the phone was located. If you left the house you were unreachable by phone, and, man this is really amazing, people actually survived living like this and generally were happy!!!<br />If I go to someones home I will generally leave my phone in the car, or mute it, so that I will not be disturbed while visiting. <br />With technology telling us who is calling, when they called, allowing them to leave voice mails, send emails, or text, there really isn't ANY reason to respond immediately if you are visiting in person with someone else, BECAUSE if it truly was URGENT the person trying to reach you could let you know. <br />People are rude, but I think they are unknowingly rude, there has to be a polite way to bring their attention to the matter.<br />My neighbor will invite me down for a coffee, then get a call from a friend and spend fifteen minutes chatting. In the past I would wait patiently, but then started to excuse my self and leave, I have noticed that she now asks friends if she can call them back later! So that works for phone calls, but not sure what to do about texting!Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484707482492844677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-762241453358040372012-07-24T09:44:18.053-06:002012-07-24T09:44:18.053-06:00One reason I like you is because you embrace life&...One reason I like you is because you embrace life's simple things and do not follow others. As a result you have a rich meaningful life. If your friends do not visit because your home is an electronics restricted area then they aren't really your friends. Try it and see.<br /><br />We are now witnessing the result of a generation that was raised on violent video games, too much tv, and too little family interaction where work was play and social time. Cell phones are just making that worse. I think it encourages shallow relationships and lying. Everyone has the perfect spouse or kid or parents blah blah. They can hide behind FB or cell phones. They judge by pictures. It scares the bejesus out of me and I'm glad I'm old.<br /><br />I share your feelings and observations on this matter. I call them iPhone iDiots. I have a post that might give you a chuckle related to this topic.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15032479084775154076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-46874999564408315502012-07-24T08:11:47.650-06:002012-07-24T08:11:47.650-06:00Excellent post, totally agree.
One more thing - t...Excellent post, totally agree.<br /><br />One more thing - those people who, in public places (eg on trains) or in a group of friends, feel free to take or make a call and conduct a conversation in a loud voice that means everyone else has to fall silent and leaves everyone present eavesdropping on a conversation that doesn't concern them, whether they want to or not.<br /><br />At first I embraced all the modern technology eagerly, but the more I go on the more I suspect it's smuggled in changes that I didn't bargain for and don't like, so that the rhythms of normal life are sent all out of kilter.Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-2714888697334936602012-07-23T19:33:48.648-06:002012-07-23T19:33:48.648-06:00Bravo. And I so very much agree. It is worth it to...Bravo. And I so very much agree. It is worth it to really connect to people while with them.Cristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885394458317264217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-76129769875232369742012-07-23T19:20:35.103-06:002012-07-23T19:20:35.103-06:00Beth,
You ARE not alone! However, when I have expr...Beth,<br />You ARE not alone! However, when I have expressed even a bit of your frustration, I have been met with remarks such as "This is a new world." (you are old, get with it); "Be tolerant of young people (I am engaging with someone who decides to ignore me? and I am in the wrong?); just because you don't text, doesn't mean you can rule what they do." (my ego is involved and not my ability to control).<br /><br />A friend was here. His daughter needed to retrieve her wedding ring to sell it. She came on sort notice from 65 miles away even though she had planned to come here three days before and had not told either of us. Actually, she could have told him and he could have dropped it off before he came here. <br /><br />She brought her boyfriend and her girlfriend. My house was a wreck and she was bringing strangers. We sat outdoors. The daughter, boyfriend and girlfriend all sat and texted continuously and looked at each other and laughed. They were in the same space and TEXTED then laughed. So, I felt like they were talking about me!<br /><br />Yes, even outdoors a cell-free zone should be necessary. People who say, "This will just be a second" as a way of apology always end up in an extended conversation or texting session. <br /><br />Rude people will use any media to show their superiority or contempt for others. My ex would sit down and I would say, "Oh, let me tell you....." He would say, "Just a minute." and pick up the newspaper and hold it between us, insist I keep talking. It really broke my spirit, over and over. <br /><br />About 15 years ago, I was at a NYE party where 98% of the people were over 45. The host received a call and we ALL had to shut up. Then, she passed the phone to others who passed it on. For 45 minutes the party was shushed, even personal, quiet conversations. The woman who called did not feel like coming to the party, but she called and stayed on the phone, "catching up" with the people who bothered to come. She could hear each person shushing people in order to hear her. <br /><br />Sorry for my own post on your blog...lol. <br /><br />When I talk to my daughter and she answers the phone with, "I am driving," we dispense with the niceties for safety sake. The conversation is very short. "Love you" from each of us ends the conversation after I ask what I have to ask. Otherwise, niceties are just that--nice.<br /><br />Someone had to say what you did! This was not a negative post. It was an affirmation for me that an old woman is not just behind the times, intolerant, and crotchety because others do not share her ideas.Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com