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angelofmerci is offline angelofmerci Post #1  March 3,2009, 3:33pm
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Since I have been coming to the boards I have noticed alot of people complaining about not getting a response back from their text message or cellphone call. If I were single again the person who I was dating would be in for a rude surprise if they sent me a text message or left a message on my cellphone. The only time my cellphone is turned on is when I am going somewhere. It is not uncommon for me to not turn the cellphone on for several days then discover that I have voice messages and text messages. I am not even sure if I can send text messages as I do not know if that was part of the package deal.


Considering my situation with the cellphone and knowing that I am not the only one who does this, why do most people expect an immediate response to their text messages and cellphone calls?
 
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angelofmerci, wrote :

Since I have been coming to the boards I have noticed alot of people complaining about not getting a response back from their text message or cellphone call. If I were single again the person who I was dating would be in for a rude surprise if they sent me a text message or left a message on my cellphone. The only time my cellphone is turned on is when I am going somewhere. It is not uncommon for me to not turn the cellphone on for several days then discover that I have voice messages and text messages. I am not even sure if I can send text messages as I do not know if that was part of the package deal.


Considering my situation with the cellphone and knowing that I am not the only one who does this, why do most people expect an immediate response to their text messages and cellphone calls?
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Because i would venture to say that the majority of people in these threads are under the age of thirty & have been reared in the digital age. Cell phones & i.m. are part of their everyday lives. Instant gratification regardless of who they inconvenience or who pays the phone bill. I read somewhere recently that talking on a cell phone while driving is akin to drinking & driving. These inconsiderate nincompoops don't care about whose life they put in danger as long as they get their fix.....I hope when their lives are over that they all come back as wagon train drivers on the prarie & lets see them do smoke signals instead......Oh happy day.
 
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angelofmerci, wrote :

Since I have been coming to the boards I have noticed alot of people complaining about not getting a response back from their text message or cellphone call. If I were single again the person who I was dating would be in for a rude surprise if they sent me a text message or left a message on my cellphone. The only time my cellphone is turned on is when I am going somewhere. It is not uncommon for me to not turn the cellphone on for several days then discover that I have voice messages and text messages. I am not even sure if I can send text messages as I do not know if that was part of the package deal.


Considering my situation with the cellphone and knowing that I am not the only one who does this, why do most people expect an immediate response to their text messages and cellphone calls?
For the same reason people would get PO'd when you didn't answer your home phone every time they called = they think you have a phone for THEIR convenience and don't consider that you signed up for service for your own convenience LOL!

I love my BlackBerry (BB) and have it with me 24/7 but regularly set the phone to 'do not disturb' mode whichthrows all callers straight into voicemail. I don't pick and choose to answer callers, either I'm answering or I'm not at all, I don't care who is calling. My phone, my time :-)

That said, I DO try to return all calls within 24hrs, or at the latest 48hrs...except weekends, sometimes I shut it off Friday afternoon and don't even check voicemail til Monday afternoon:-) I need my anti-society weekends LOL!
 
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Since I have been coming to the boards I have noticed alot of people complaining about not getting a response back from their text message or cellphone call. If I were single again the person who I was dating would be in for a rude surprise if they sent me a text message or left a message on my cellphone. The only time my cellphone is turned on is when I am going somewhere. It is not uncommon for me to not turn the cellphone on for several days then discover that I have voice messages and text messages. I am not even sure if I can send text messages as I do not know if that was part of the package deal.


Considering my situation with the cellphone and knowing that I am not the only one who does this, why do most people expect an immediate response to their text messages and cellphone calls?


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Because i would venture to say that the majority of people in these threads are under the age of thirty & have been reared in the digital age. Cell phones & i.m. are part of their everyday lives. Instant gratification regardless of who they inconvenience or who pays the phone bill. I read somewhere recently that talking on a cell phone while driving is akin to drinking & driving. These inconsiderate nincompoops don't care about whose life they put in danger as long as they get their fix.....I hope when their lives are over that they all come back as wagon train drivers on the prarie & lets see them do smoke signals instead......Oh happy day.
As a biker I have been chased out of my lane of traffic by a driver talking on the cellphone rather than checking who was right next to them. I truthfully do not think even a National law banning talking on the cellphone while driving would do any good. These people are part of the "Me" generation.
 
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BlackberryAddict I agree with you about needing the weekends free of the cellphone but when I used to have ICE (in case of emergency) on my cellphone when I was out riding my bike I would have my phone on just in case I was involved in an accident. Since my heart attack I deleted the ICE.
 
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I don't like talking on my cell phone for afew reasons. #1, it's too small for my big head and fat hands. #2, the keys are too small for my fat fingers. #3, the volume can't go high enough for my deaf ears. I much prefer my house phone and keep my cell phone with me when I'm not at home just in case.


IMHO, text messaging for the most part is retarded. Just dial the phone and say what you want to say. The other day a car with three older teenage girls pulled up next to me at a traffic light and all three were texting. When the light turned green they just sat there until someone blew their horn. Then she drove slow because she was trying to text while driving.





On the other hand, my daughter and son-in-law don't have a home phone. They only have cell phones. Like barnyard said, it's the young folks and the digital age.
 
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I only have a cell phone and am just about forty. I don't always answer it I hate the things in public. I run two businesses, can't sit still and spend most of my time out of the house. I don't care for text messaging but some of my younger friends use that as there only form of communication. It allows me to never miss an important call. I return messages at my convenience usually when I get home and as far as I know no one has ever been upset by this.
 
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I forgot to include what i consider a real downside to the whole cell phone / texting business. It is crufifying the english language & making dummies of all who subscribe to that style of usuage. IE: u 2 ARE 4 ME.What crypic code is that jibberish??? These kids will get the shocks of their collective lives when they turn up for a job interview & interviewer sees just how retarded they reallyare & can't perform the simplest communication functions. Then again, i get letters misspelled all the time & even with word-spell these nitwits don't know how to use it. I am So happy not to be sixteen again. The parents of these kids should all be locked away on an island & taught parenting.


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My cell phone is all I have. I don't have a landline, or internet and do tend to text if its not something urgent. Then, they can get back to me when its convenient. There is one person I knowthat uses text and IM as a main form of communication. Sometimes, I get really frustrated and just call him. When the text messages drag out for 20 minutes, it gets kind of old. But, like my 60 yr old bosssays, you can either join the 21st century or get left behind.
 
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Here, there is a ban on cellphone use (unless you have a bluetooth)in a vehicle, as is smoking if you have kids in the cars, but not sureif either are actually enforced.


Ihave a cellphone for emergency only. A select few have my #, because I have a landline too, my cell message is, please do not leave a message, call ..(home #-I have VM) It's more of a monetary reason though.
 
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