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Pekka
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em seu burro dos pais!
Feb 2002
time: 07:21
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I mean.. At first it was nice. You have to understand something, I'm from a country where virtually everyone has at least one. Everyone carries them, you can't avoid from hearing few conversations if you're in train/bus/bar/etc.
It doesn't stop there, oh no sir.. I get quite often calls from wrong numbers, well that's ok, but they often come at the middle of the night. And it's not some pranksters, this is a real problem.
It's almost certain that if you're enjoying a nice movie at the theater, some stupid moron has forgotten to shut it, and some people even have the nerves to talk in it loudly! Next time I'll swear he/she goes out with a dislocated shoulder...
I wonder how many car accidents happen here, because it's everywhere you look now. People are talking to their phones while DRIVING! Some people are even sending text messages.. and only few have chosen to go through the painstaking operation of buying handsfree system.
And the ones I really hate is when someone calls you.. it's a private number, or a number you don't know. First of all you're nervous about who this can be, since you don't know this person. But then again if you didn't answer it for some reason, and you're trying to get back at this mysterious person.. and you fail. For the rest of the day you'll be wondering who that was and why.
It ruins my day for real.
But the point why I started hating these phones is.. You are ALWAYS reachable! I mean anyone can contact you anytime they choose. I don't want to hear about 'yeah, but you can shut it for a while if you don't want to be disturbed'...
It's like you're not in control any more. You can be reached at any moment, time, place.
I was thinking that I should just throw the damn evil thing to the sea, but the only reason I haven't done that yet is because I'm sure right after that I'll see an accident and need to call the police etc.
But because everyone has them, it's not valid option, so I'm sure I'll get into an accident myself and no one is around. Talk about irony then.
It's like if you don't have a cellphone, you don't exist in this country. I don't know what I should do.. I don't want to be at reach for everyone at any moment and place. I WANT PEACE!
edit: Oh, I forgot to mention few more stupid things about cell phones.
It makes people paranoid. When you call to your friend, you know he/she can see that you're calling.. no answer.. you start to wonder why it wasn't answered.. is he/she dissing me? Was it a bad time? If it was, well uh, that's bad, I can get blame for it.. Will my friend call me back? Why doesn't he/she call me back already? Should I call again? Or send a text message?
These are problems that comes with cell phones, when everyone has them, and they are so easy to use and handy, you don't have to wait by your phone because it's always with you and everyone knows it.
And if you misplace it, then you're in trouble. Is it stolen? Is someone now calling to some pornlines worth of $3000? Is someone trying to reach me now? What if it's something important, and I'll miss it because of that?
Let's destroy these evil things! They create nothing but misery, paranoia and huge bills.
Last edited by Pekka on 20-08-2002 at 04:50
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Q Cubed
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t3h y3ll0w p3ril
Apr 1999
time: 23:21
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mm... i feel your pain, actually.  it's crazy, all my relatives in korea have handphones (what they call cellphones)... from my 12 year old cousin to my 70+ grandmother... oy.
do you guys have the same big injunction against people using phones during performances and what not? that's always been a big pet peeve... listening to some clever and witty dialogue in a play, and then... *beepbeepbeepbeepbeep*... makes you want to grab the phone and crush it right there. 
two things with this, though, are scary. in america, they have headsets... and when you ride mass transits, you never know if someone talking to themself is crazy, or if they just have one of those earpiece/mike sets that plugs into their cell.
in korea and japan, young people on the subways are even more antisocial, because their heads are always down, text messaging each other...
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Pekka
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em seu burro dos pais!
Feb 2002
time: 07:21
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And them comes more problems.. where ever you are.. doesn't matter what time or what place.. people are talking in it. If you're talking to someone, it's 'wait, I really have to get this one'. Your employer calls you everytime, since you have a cellphone given by him, and you are obligated to answer it at all times. Of course you have already send a kinky text message revealing your most perversed fantasies meant to go to your gf, going to your boss, mother, relative, whatever.
And you recieve these too, when you really didn't want to know!
You go to a supermarket.. it's a long line, but it's nice, since everyone is talking to a phone, so you can learn what they did today, even if you wanted or not. Line is going VERY slow because of this.
Before this, everyone just asked you for a cigarrette and kicked your ass if you didn't give one, now it's that and the 'I need to make a call, gimme your phone' and it's goodbye to that phone and welcome the $3000 bill.
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Zopperoni
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quote:
Originally posted by Pekka
My phone is usually 'silent' too. But still you get to see all the numbers that tried to reach you. If you don't call back, you're considered and ******* here. |
Yeah, but it helps in a lot of situations. People from my work usually leave a voicemail message asking if I can call back "because they are dealing with a problem/gap". Now they can't, and they always call anonymously, and everyone who calls anonymously can fark off as far as I'm concerned.
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Zopperoni
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quote:
Originally posted by Pekka
zopperoni, I wish I could be like you. I really get curious, and in a state of paranoia and fear because I don't know what that anonymous person wanted. Obviously he/she wants something from me. It's freaky.
I hate anonymous calls. But if I don't answer it, it will ruin my day as I wonder what was it about. |
It's very simple for me: if it's important, the caller will either send me a text message, or dial my home phone number, which has a voicemail.
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Sonic
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Vilnius, Lithuania
Dec 2001
time: 07:21
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In Lithuania also almost everyone has cellphones and I am also totally annoyed about them. It especially annoys when person you are talking to writes SMS.
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Pekka
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em seu burro dos pais!
Feb 2002
time: 07:21
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Yep.. you're like the supercool phone user.. But see.. I'm the paranoid person, I can't live the day NOT knowing what it was about, doesn't matter who called, and often it's from unknown number, which sets my alarms, and from anonymous which really gives me the creeps. I don't know why. This is something that has developed in the years of intense phoning experience. Many of my friends identify themselves with this situation, all the way to paranoia and freaky feelings and the creeps.
Often when someone answers the phone, first looking who's calling, goes 'Oh no, anonymous number' or 'I don't know who this is' like it's really bad.
People in here are used to get the bad messages too, and when you hear enough bad stuff in the phone, actually almost everything bad you ever hear, it becomes a device of hell and torture. You turn your brains into a new mindset like if you don't know the number you think is it bad or good news, because it can't be some bs because this is not your friend, so it's news of some kind. But is it bad? Can be! Answer the phone! Getting the creeps? Absolutely.
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Pekka
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em seu burro dos pais!
Feb 2002
time: 07:21
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It was just on the news, that it's a big problem at schools. Kids are sending messages, playing games, etc. They are so cool for kids now, like toys, that it's impossible to be bored and follow the class.
This was and is a problem at the army too. It's almost always forbidden to have one with you when in class, in the woods whatever.. but is this order followed? Of course not, and because it's our culture, it's cruel to think anything else. Is it actually bad that privates are using them? Not really.. but it breaks the thing about obeying all orders given.
If you go to the hospital, there are signs about turning that damn thing off.. almost everyone forgots it.. and there a reason why it should be done, like some machines that don't like cell phones, can be dangerous, or then it's just something people assume and not really know yet.
And then you go to the US.. try to call and realize it won't work because the phones are working on different frequency.. well that's just NICE!
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Pekka
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em seu burro dos pais!
Feb 2002
time: 07:21
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Oh yeah, almost forgot. Then there's the accidental-call-because-the-phone-was-in-my-pocket-and-wasn't-locked-syndrome.
I woke up in the morning because I was a victim of this syndrome. It makes you mad and it's not nice.
Someone has the phone in his pocket and walks and accidentally calls you because the buttons get pushed somehow. Well.. then you can hear your friend driving the car for the next 30 minutes, or walking. I even once had the opportunity to listen my friends having sex. I didn't get it at first, but when I realized what was going on.. NICE!
You maybe even try to yell at the phone 'ANSWERRR!!!!!' in a hope that he/she actually hears you. Never happens. Try just hanging up? You get another call in 1 second.
When someone actually calls you, you get 4 more people lining up and you go to extremely hard combination of pushing buttons to keep things in order, accidentally dropping few friends, but don't worry, they WILL call you in a matter of seconds.
Don't have a watch? Don't worry, just look the time from your phone. Bored in a train? Play with your phone, snake is a good game! Can't calculate something? Don't worry! You have a calculator in your phone. Don't ever use them? That's ok, everyone else does, and makes sure you know it too.
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20-08-2002 04:38
finland. figures. although, i could see you saying that if you were in sweden, skorea, or japan. 
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