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Originally Posted by doreenjoy
I think the video was staged. I'm cynical that way.
I've had friends (all under the age of 30) yell at me for NOT checking my phone while driving. I had to explain to them that when I was driving, I wasn't going to pick up the phone and see who was texting me. They can wait until I arrive. I sound like an old geezer. One of them had the nerve to tell me it was "rude" not to answer a cell phone. WTF?
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Stupid kids. I don't even always know where my cell phone is. OMG!
Even older folks are cellphone addicts. I mean, I run a prepaid cellphone and run on minimal minutes (maybe $10-$20 a month). I've had XBL buddies text me to play or something and they are always saying "you never have your phone". They are amazed that I don't have my cellphone on me. On the weekend I probably don't even know where it is (probably with my other stuff...like my wallet, keys, etc...downstairs until I head to work at the end of the weekend).
I mean, I'm at home with my family and my kids. Why would I need my cellphone on me? If I'm at home, I'm either doing something I want to do (most likely) or in charge of my kids. And I have a VOIP phone that is absolutely free (Ooma) if I REALLY need to be reached. Most of the texts / phone calls people make are REALLY unnecessary...somehow, cell phones have gotten people to spend tons of money on a monthly basis to text pointless messages (i.e. LOL!) or talk endlessly on them. I guess I simply don't love people so much that I must be talking / communicating all of the time.
The guy with the Kindle / book / cellphone isn't that unusual. Drive on the freeway frequently and you see that kind of stuff all of the time. Not normally all 3 at once, but one or the other.