Monday, November 8, 2010

Endangered and Nearly Extinct

Isn't it amazing how far we've come with technology in the last 10-15 years? Pay phones could be found in front of every convenience store, and on nearly every corner in any city in the United States no matter how far you travel. Now, the only place they can be found is on the highways at rest stops.

Only the very well off could afford cell phones or car phones 15 years ago. Now, everyone has a cell phone; even children.

What is the need to be in touch every place we go? No matter where we are, what we're doing, we have these things growing out of our ears. We can't even have a day off. Because we have our cell phones, anyone from our offices or jobs can reach us anytime, and no one thinks any thing wrong with butting in on our own time.

We take them everywhere. It doesn't matter if we're on vacation, shopping, visiting with friends, we have this need to have our cells glued to our ears.

Now cell phones aren't just phones. They're portable computers. First came our planners; remember the Franklin Planner? I remember when my company paid us to take courses to learn how to use our planners to plan out our day. It was a requirement. Next, they gave us Palm Pilots, then portable PCs and finally laptops. Do we need to be always available every minute of our day for our jobs? Is it really a convenience or a pain in the butt? You decide.

6 comments:

Jackie said...

I love this post and agree with every single word of it! Also, is a pain in the butt!

The photo looks great tho!
jackie

Unknown said...

Thank you, Jackie. I'm surprised I didn't get more response to this one. It's not my normal post, but I had to get it off my chest. LOL

Jim S. said...

Great post. The image is perfect with that caption. Still laughing!

Unknown said...

Thank you, Jim. It's funny, I started out with an environmental view, and ended up with a rant.

What Karen Sees said...

This is a great post Loyce. And sooo true!!

Unknown said...

Thank you, Karen. Everyone needs to rant every now and then. :)