Some of you may know them as cell phones, others may know them as the bane of their existence :P. I think…no…I know I hate mobiles. Do I have one? Yes. Why? It was forced upon me, believe it or not.
I have no problem with makers embracing technology but some owners deserve to be slapped. Why?
Case 1
The worst case is music, or more specifically loud music. I don’t have a problem with people playing music on their phones. However, abusing the volume function is a no. Why must some mobile owners insist on playing their music loud? It becomes so infuriating that I’m tempted to just bring out my mallet and whack the life out of the offending mobile - and sometimes the owners. If you decide the play music at least have the decency to use the earphone provided or - for the more dearer option - get a personal music player. Using the earphones also help when wanting to share music with a friend or whoever. Bear that in mind.
Case 2
Poor grammar and lack of punctuation. I know, I know, using less letters means more words but that doesn’t mean you can type in a completely different language. Combining text speak with non-existent punctuation just makes texts harder to read and understand. Just curious, but, does anyone else type in standard English? Here’s a note to some text-ers: “Only use capitals when they are necessary, please!”
Case 3
Using a mobile whilst driving. You’re driving as if the road is meandrous, please leave your mobile to ring. It’s not only stupid but also dangerous. Ever wondered why the ban, points deduction and fine started?
What makes owning a mobile stressful are some incompetent call centre operators. When I’ve asked for my mobile and contract to be cancelled because it’s almost the end of my contract, that’s what I expect - especially when I’m told it’s done. What I don’t expect is to get billed again, when my phone has been disconnected and I was told it had been cancelled. I also don’t expect to have to cancel my contract 4 times and have the bill increased another twenty-odd pounds! If this fifth attempt doesn’t work then I’m going to rid the existence of companies associated with mobiles - starting with Samsung. Don’t know how I’m going to do that though…hah.
/rant
February 20th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
I’m guessing you may already know my opinion on mobile phones
It’s not like I keep my mouth shut anyway, heh. Anyway, sucks for me because when we move to the new house I’ll be walking quite a distance to work down a dodgy lane, so Karl wants me to revive my old battered brick of a mobile to take with me. I almost feel like a traitor to my rantings!
February 21st, 2008 at 12:15 am
I agree with all of your points. My mother made me get a cell phone because I drive. Otherwise, I probably wouldn’t own one.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:50 am
@Jem - I am a traitor to my rantings.
@Sarai - Same. My mother was also the one who made me get a mobile.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:02 am
I have a cell phone as well, for communication. My boss uses it to contact me, my parents do. One thing I want changed is the character limit. I hate having to text in text speak.
February 21st, 2008 at 10:40 am
Case 1: The thing that really bugs me about this one is that the sound quality is so crappy and tinny when the phone volume is set to 11. If they’re gonna play music loudly at LEAST use a Boombox, like they did in the 80s. Somebody should bring Booxboxes back!
Case 2: Not only is the poor grammer of the text message annoying, it’s also quite scary. It a bit too close to George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four novel.
February 27th, 2008 at 7:20 am
I like mobile phones… that is to say they’re very useful when in the middle of the day I feel like reminding mom to get me some blank DVDs (she gets them much cheaper :P) … so I can just text her, rather than use the company phone (shudders at the thought).
I really don’t get people who insist that they must have Internet, music, camera, etc etc on their phone. Are you sooo obsessed that you can’t stand being away fro 30 minutes from the Internet? I have an mp3 player (with a nice graphic interface)… I think I listened to it the first 3 months after I bought it, so I don’t need one on my phone.
My problem is that people around me keep trying to convince me that having a mobile phone just so that I could call people and/or text people is not enough. I need 4059749562194 other things/accessories as well. I really DON’T!!!
February 27th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
I really like having a cell phone. It’s there if I need it in any situation (unless I can’t find it). The husband and I ONLY have cell phones (not a land line) so it’s our means of communication to family and friends.
The one thing that annoys me is cell phones that do EVERYTHING. I don’t need my cell phone to get on the internet or play movies or videos or whatever. I need it to call people and receive calls. Having a picture phone is alright because it is sometimes useful but that’s about it.