Cell Phones...hello?
In what other service or industry can a company supply a totally unreliable and faulty product, and still charge a premium for the service they provide (except perhaps IT)?
Cell phones exploded onto the scene in the early 90's, and are now the de facto communiation method of choice across the developed world.
Wah happened?!
You'd like to think that something was adopted because it made more sense than what came before it. Because it was better, smarter, more functional. Or maybe you wouldn't like to think that. If you're the latter person, you're in luck.
Cell phones haven't changed anything for the better. Oh, but they've increased communication! Is that so? Or did they just change the form of the communication to short, meaningless conversations resulting from boredom? Or did they change one of the most beautiful methods of communication the world has seen - Letter Writing - into a series of equally short, equally meaningless, text messages? They've disrupted every business meeting, lunch, and several movies, that I've been in since their release.
Oh, but my cell phone saved my a$$ when I had a flat tire! A very few of these exigencies might actually have a point. The person whose attacker was caught immediately because of a handy cell phone. These things have merit. However, the flat tire argument is out.
Cell phones have further cut people off from one another in that sense. We continue to travel down this xenophobic road where everyone is a potential enemy. Now, when you see someone on the side of the road, what do you think? I'm going to pull over and help them out? Or, they probably have a cell phone, so I don't need to?
I'm not against cell phones. I am against two-year lock-in contracts, high prices for shoddy service, malfunctioning or unrealiable hardware, and stupid and inconsiderate use of cell phones.
In what other service or industry can a company supply a totally unreliable and faulty product, and still charge a premium for the service they provide (except perhaps IT)?
Cell phones exploded onto the scene in the early 90's, and are now the de facto communiation method of choice across the developed world.
Wah happened?!
You'd like to think that something was adopted because it made more sense than what came before it. Because it was better, smarter, more functional. Or maybe you wouldn't like to think that. If you're the latter person, you're in luck.
Cell phones haven't changed anything for the better. Oh, but they've increased communication! Is that so? Or did they just change the form of the communication to short, meaningless conversations resulting from boredom? Or did they change one of the most beautiful methods of communication the world has seen - Letter Writing - into a series of equally short, equally meaningless, text messages? They've disrupted every business meeting, lunch, and several movies, that I've been in since their release.
Oh, but my cell phone saved my a$$ when I had a flat tire! A very few of these exigencies might actually have a point. The person whose attacker was caught immediately because of a handy cell phone. These things have merit. However, the flat tire argument is out.
Cell phones have further cut people off from one another in that sense. We continue to travel down this xenophobic road where everyone is a potential enemy. Now, when you see someone on the side of the road, what do you think? I'm going to pull over and help them out? Or, they probably have a cell phone, so I don't need to?
I'm not against cell phones. I am against two-year lock-in contracts, high prices for shoddy service, malfunctioning or unrealiable hardware, and stupid and inconsiderate use of cell phones.
posted by Josh Leeger at 3:22 PM
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