by The Dingo

Created on: January 11, 2010   Last Updated: January 12, 2010

Humor:  Cell Phones

The year was 2005.  I had bought my first cellular phone.  What a glorious day!  I half expected some ray of light to come out of the heavens and envelop me.  Why?  Well, I had finally doffed my "cast-out" status.  I was officially a cell-phone-carrying member of society.  I was finally a man of the modern world and had social empowerment on my side...or so I thought.   

The question, "Have you got a cell phone?", had become almost a broken record.  It seemed everyone everywhere had these devices and were using them constantly.  Actually, they seemed almost attached to them, as if they were umbilical cords to the outside world.  Initially, I didn't see any reason why I should get a cellular phone.  I didn't like to talk on the phone extensively and wasn't excited about juggling another monthly payment.  My home phone seemed to satisfy my needs socially or otherwise.  So why have a cell phone?  I would later discover how a simple motivation changed my entire attitude towards this technology.  

I had been in my fair share of accidents like everyone else.  Fortunately for me, usually another driver had a cell phone.  This certainly was better than hiking to the nearest convenience store to dial 911.  But the idea of being stranded, due to any vehicular incident, was widening the door to my considering a cell phone.  Then the day came when I took that leap and bought one.  I laugh when I think back to how disciplined I was going to be about using it.  It was to be for emergencies only.  All other types of calls would have to go to my home phone.  I even refrained from giving the number out for this reason.  Boy, it sure didn't take long for that to change.  After a few months, I found myself relying more and more on my cell phone.  Suddenly, I was becoming one of those people I once saw with outsider eyes.  The invisible umbilical cord was slowly attaching itself to my daily life.  After a couple years, I was chatting away like everybody else.  But was my life better for it?  I can certainly answer in the affirmative after a blowout one night on the interstate.  I can say yes after all the times it saved me from having to go back out to pick up dinner, groceries, etc.  Regarding work, my cell phone has been almost an imperative in the event of an emergency.  As to

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