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Could you turn off your phone and walk away from the internet
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I don’t know how many times I have walked up to someone at a worksite who is just standing there, I think. I ask a question and then I get an annoyed look before “hang on, some guy is trying to talk to me” and I realize they’re on a phone call.
MY phone is on 24/7 but the only reason is because of my boy. Nothing else is as important. Desk top is for fun.
Maybe a little different direction . . .
It used to be very common to stopover at a friend or neighbor’s house unannounced. Maybe you go inside and sit on the couch, maybe just in the yard or on the porch. I think that’s probably bad etiquette today for many, but I still don’t mind. I wonder if we’ll get to the point someone will hear a line in an old movie like “I was in the neighborhood so I decided to stop by and say ‘hello’” and the viewer will need an explanation for the strange behavior.
Another change of etiquette that is, to me, a little strange is that many people consider it rude to call someone without first sending a text message.
We’re kind of screening our lives via smartphone and curbing more direct interaction.
It used to be very common to stopover at a friend or neighbor’s house unannounced. Maybe you go inside and sit on the couch, maybe just in the yard or on the porch. I think that’s probably bad etiquette today for many, but I still don’t mind. I wonder if we’ll get to the point someone will hear a line in an old movie like “I was in the neighborhood so I decided to stop by and say ‘hello’” and the viewer will need an explanation for the strange behavior.
Another change of etiquette that is, to me, a little strange is that many people consider it rude to call someone without first sending a text message.
We’re kind of screening our lives via smartphone and curbing more direct interaction.
Honestly, if I had no phone or internet, I wouldn't have a job. I do long for simpler times though. But as of right now, if we have an outage I can't work and I don't make money.
If I ever retire I will have a home phone and a answer machine. Leave a message at the beeeeep
remember when you could get an UNLISTED number......
took my home line out several years ago...could not take the CONSTANT political calls....it's now getting just as bad on my cell phone....I block 2-3 numbers a day....texts are now worse than calls...
took my home line out several years ago...could not take the CONSTANT political calls....it's now getting just as bad on my cell phone....I block 2-3 numbers a day....texts are now worse than calls...
LOL, Our InnerWeb is Spotty at best.
Phone service, well I have to go outside and climb the pole.
So, I wouldn't miss it, much?
It's a trade off for live-n in paradise.
Phone service, well I have to go outside and climb the pole.
So, I wouldn't miss it, much?
It's a trade off for live-n in paradise.
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