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DEL.ICIO.USToo attached to your cell phone?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I never thought about how attached I have become to my mobile phone until recently when a story popped up on the Internet about an Arkansas man suing McDonald’s.
He had left his phone at the fast-food haven and naughty pictures of his wife that were on the phone surfaced on the Internet.
To digress a moment, I have no salacious material on my phone, but if I did I’d duct tape the thing to my hand. And if I was going to take such pictures, or pose for same, I don’t think a cell phone camera is the best device.
But naked stupidity aside, you should pardon the expression, it did get me thinking about how screwed I would be if I ever lost my phone — which got me thinking about the wisdom if being that attached to any sort of appliance.
Like a lot of people I pulled the plug on my wired home phone because people knew they could reach my faster on the mobile line. So if I’m separated from my cell I’m unreachable. I know there is a way I can check my messages from another phone, but I don’t know how.
Likewise I lose my phone book, which has taken me years to collect. Not that one would find Angelina Jolie or Usher in my book, but I’m awfully attached to some of those numbers. Like the 24-hour pharmacy two minutes from the house on Roswell Road — a number that has come in handy several times.
Not to mention the phone numbers of friends, like me, who only use a mobile phone and as such are not listed in any directories.
And I also need my phone to text our college kids who don’t always check their email or voicemail.
For better or worse I lose my phone and I’m not going to be a happy camper.
Back to the guy in Arkansas for a moment. He’s suing McDonald’s because the nude pics of his spouse ended up on the Web. So if I ever do lose my phone and you find it you will see the following things in my photograph file — a tiger, our dog Cody and a clipper ship I saw in San Francisco.
Feel free to post them on the Internet. I won’t have my phone, so how would I call my lawyer?
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By Dixie
December 2, 2008 9:03 PM | Link to this
I refuse to have a cell phone. I had one 4 years ago and it felt like a leash. If someone is too out of touch to call my home/work or email then I don’t really need to talk to them anyway.
On the other hand, my 2 teenagers have them and act as if the world stops turning when thier batteries need to be charged.
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December 4, 2008 7:47 PM | Link to this
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