Re: For those with cellphones

That is fine for personal use, but here it really is
causing a problem with me not being accessible.

The computers go down, they have to find me- which can
be at any one of my offices in different buildings -
home- or on the road somewhere. (Yes, I can do things
remotely to reboot or fix an issue)

Not to mention the police and fire dept at times need
to contact me NOW....and they don't want to call a
half dozen numbers to find me.

It has been peaceful since I haven't had a cell phone
since March 17th, but will have to do something soon.

Donna

--- Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:

> I understand why people like them and that's fine,
> but I still despise 
> cellphones.  I see no need for ME to be always
> available.  I have a machine 
> at home on which you can leave a message.  I have
> email.  But instant access 
> isn't important to ME,  In fact I place the
> importance on non-accessibility.
> 
> And I simply hate talking to someone who is using a
> cell phone. They fade in 
> and out so you catch only about 3/4 of what they're
> saying.
> 
> And as to blaming the user instead of the phones,
> I've absolutely never come 
> across a polite user.  In our breakroom yesterday, a
> woman talked in a full 
> voice on her phone at the table (rather than
> stepping into the hall) while 
> the other 3 of us were trying to carry on a
> conversation.  This is typical.
> 
> Maybe people are just more polite in NY
> 
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "SueNY" <sue.nyc@att.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 9:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] For those with cellphones
> 
> 
> > Honestly, I don't think it's the cell phones you
> should be hating, but the
> > jerks like the driver you described who abuse the
> priveledge. I have a 
> > cell,
> > and couldn't do without it.. My parents and
> several of my dearest friends
> > live
> > hundreds of miles away. My cell has free long
> distance so we can keep in
> > touch without having to worry about the bill. I
> also like the safety.
> > Cordless phones become paperweights in a power
> failure. During the huge
> > blackout a few years ago my cell was my lifeline.
> I like having help be 
> > only
> > a call away when I am out and about by myself.
> > Living in New York City that security is
> important.. My fiance appreciates
> > knowing he can get in touch with me at anytime
> also. He works graveyard 
> > and
> > that means I am alone in the house all night and
> he worries sometimes.
> >
> > However, like you I hate the idiots that abuse
> them. It is against the law
> > to drive while talking on a cell here, unless you
> have a handsfree set up.
> > Yet people do it all the time. In fact the Sunday
> paper had a big front 
> > page
> > write up about the problem with pics of a half
> dozen drivers with cell
> > phones glued to their ears. Would have loved to
> have seen their reactions
> > when they opened the paper that morning! I don't
> drive, so I do a lot of
> > walking. Can't tell you how many times I've nearly
> gotten run over by some
> > jerk who was so busy yakking on his cell that he
> didn't notice the light 
> > was
> > RED and someone was in the CROSSWALK crossing the
> street.. Second to that
> > are the jerks who make a turn right in front of
> someone who is crossing 
> > the
> > street, instead of waiting for them to finish
> crossing the street first.
> > Again, too busy yakking into their phones. I
> >
> > I have a Nextel (the phones with the walkie talkie
> in them) and I also 
> > hate
> > the morons who use it with the speaker up full
> blast.. It's usually kids, 
> > at
> > least around here. I never use mine, I turn my
> ringer off when I am in a
> > resturaunt, church, the movies, etc, and I don't
> walk around with it glued
> > to my ear.
> >
> > Cell phones aren't the problem, the people who
> don't use them responsibly 
> > or
> > with consideration for others  are.
> >
> > Sue
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 8:52 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] For those with cellphones
> >
> >
> >> I despise cell phones.  The car in front of me
> was travelling less than
> >> speed limit in the passing lane, weaving onto the
> left shoulder and back 
> >> ,
> >> then into the right lane.  Driver had a cigarette
> in one hand, phone in
> > the
> >> other.
> >>
> >> That said, I had to buy a prepaid phone today. 
> On my new job we can only
> >> use the phone on our break and then it must be
> forless than 3 minutes.
> >> During apr and May I have to call wholesalers re
> our nursery plant orders
> >> and other compnies re plant orders.  Payphones
> aren't plentiful and are 
> >> in
> >> noisy areas.  So I bought a phone that's good for
> 60 days.  I'll only use
> > it
> >> for outgoing, no incoming calls.  And never when
> I'm driving.
> >>
> >> Kitty
> >> neIN, Zone 5
> >
> >
>
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