Quote Originally Posted by kygorski View Post
I'm old. shop at wally world for my meds, and a lot of times use one of the electric carts. The folks who i almost run down, have ear buds, or are on the phone, and walking in a daze.I have an old clam shell phone, use it to call, or receive urgent calls. the world ran quite well before the new phones made everyone a VIP. I've seen 10 year old kids with 200 dollar cell phones, probably talking gibberish, or sending inane pictures to other kids, who should be learning life skills, instead of miiinial ********.Or fols who almost run me over when I'm using my cane, hurrying to wait in a slow check out lane, or needing to use a bank card for a three dollar purchase. You think were dinosauers, buddy you don't know how silly some of you look to us senior citizens.
Im with you on the addiction to technology. I love it but I am a rebel at heart. I don't jump all in to stuff just because the world says I should. I do not take every call on my cell and don't use the ringer half the time because I think it's rude to listen to some funky ringtone in public. I don't have a monster cable package at the house anymore because as some friends say "he's going off the grid"! I just don't need the constant tug of it. I guess dealing with it as a way of making a living I get tired of the crap. I don't even have a home phone.....I'm almost 54 now and I remember what it was like without cell phones or pagers. I liked it better and even though technologies make our lives easier that does come at a cost.

Trust me when I say that if they passed laws that reduced where we could use phones (driving) I would jump on board 100%! If it wasn't for my Bluetooth connectivity in my Kia I wouldnt use the cell phone in the car now. I don't like holding that phone up to my head. Many inconveniences today are caused by people preoccupied with talking/working on cellphones. We need a public awareness campaign about how to use these devices in public!!!