Tired Of The Digital Age? Why I am Going Back To A Landline
You may remember a time when people actually read books, got together more frequently instead of staring at the TV or computer, and actually spoke to each other when it was necessary to use a home phone. Apparently those days are over.
Today, many young people do not even own a home phone, yet ironically, they carry their little plastic phones everywhere. Cheap phone service is advertised ubiquitously and it is like these kids have been brainwashed. Stranger, they rarely speak into their phones, but are constantly lurking with their heads down, punching the little buttons like mad. I always thought they were playing video games until someone told me about “texting.”
“So they are writing to each other,” I thought. “That is terrific!” Until I saw an example of the so-called text, which only resembled English in its garbled use of the basic Latin alphabet.
But aside from the cultural and linguistic deterioration happening as a result of digital phone plans, cellphones are just plain overrated. In the last three years of trying to live without a landline, my cellphone has caused me more grief than anything. No matter what service I try, reception is never good. I always have to walk a long distance and then stand in just the right spot.
And the phones are too small. Unlike a conventional home phone that reaches perfectly from ear to mouth, most cellphones require me to move the thing, first to my ear to listen, then to my mouth to speak, then back to my ear again. It is ridiculous! It is like trying to talk through an acorn. I heard one of these devices is even called a blueberry or something.
What else can go wrong with a cellphone? Here is just a short list: it can break, it is easily lost, it is battery dies at an inconvenient moment, one is charged hidden fees for long distance, it can cause traffic accidents, or one can accidentally call the wrong person. I know one guy who actually went to prison because he inadvertently pressed the wrong button, dialing an ex spouse long distance. There was no conversation or message, but her phone recorded the call, and that was all the judge needed.
Additionally, in an effort to find cheap phone service, to switch phone plans, or to rectify a long distance billing error, one can waste hours and hours with telephone service providers.
What is more, I have even heard that cellphones can cause cancer and blow up gas stations.
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