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My Penny's Worth 21/06/04 |
scotsboyuk
Joined: Jun 02, 2003
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How do you feel if you leave home without your mobile phone? Personally I get rather annoyed with myself if I forget my phone, even if I am just popping out for a few minutes. People in general seem to get upset if they forget to bring their mobile along with them whenever they are going somewhere, it is almost as if their mobile is something they cannot do without.
I have done a little research on this subject and I have found that in Japan in particular it is no laughing matter if someone forgets to take their mobile with them when they leave for work. Apparently other people get angry with the person who forgot their mobile because it means that their work and social schedules can't be arranged and confirmed; it's like a ripple effect, one person forgetting their phone has an effect on their colleagues and friends who can no longer contact them whenever they wish.
Although things aren't quite so melodramatic in Europe, I wonder if we are heading in the same direction, certainly people seem have an almost obsessive need to be in constant contact with their friends or colleagues, even if it is just to say hello. The situation is made all the stranger when we remember that up until five or six years ago mobile phones didn't have the market penetration rates they do today.
If we actually consider how much we use our mobiles each day and then cut out everything except necessary communication, whether that be by voice, text, e-mail, etc we would probably find that, except for heavy business users, we make a lot of unnecessary phone calls, texts, etc. It is ironic therefore, that we are so heavily reliant upon mobiles, when most of the communicating we do with them is completely unnecessary.
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Sammy_boy
Joined: Mar 31, 2004
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I actually have a spare pay as you go sim card (on my old phone number, so many people have still got it) which I can pop into a spare phone in case I leave my main phone somewhere! I usually have at least one or two spare handsets about, as I buy them off Ebay to fix up and sell off again.
My favourite trick is to leave my phone at my girlfriends! I've not left it at work yet, but given time and my memory it won't be long before I do....
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bico
Joined: May 19, 2003
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@scotsboyuk: For me it's very much about having the possibility to make and/or receive phone calls that counts, not necessarily that I really make and/or receive loads of them.
The freedom and possibility to communicate with anyone anytime anywhere is obviously worth a lot.
In general, the concept of mobile phones, where each individual has its own phone number, is much better than the concept of stationary phones, where a number of people share a common number.
I think that people in general are, or have to be, a lot more available than they used to be. By the introduction of the mobile phone concept, availablility was not an issue anymore.
Of course, the same applies for mobile computers (laptops) as well.
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Posted: 2004-06-21 16:17
