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Cell phone company, and service provider rant!!!!!!
« on: July 18, 2012, 04:56:12 PM »
Damn you cell phone companies!!!! You have single handily created a society that no longer knows how to function in public. Your unlimited data plans and or relatively inexpensive data plans have created a public menace to society. Men and "especially women", can no longer function without being able to get on Facebook, tweet, text upon text upon text, watch videos, spread instant rumors and lies, surf porn, and have unlimited airtime to talk to everybody and anybody because they are simply bored. I have a Droid smartphone, I look at it as a tool however. I need a good phone for my job, and also being that I have no land line in the house. I hate talking on the phone, and I am very limited to even how much I use it for other purposes as well. Sure I text a bit when it is appropriate, and I may even use some other features of my smartphone to help me get around or find a great place to eat. The camera is amazing, so practically no need for a separate camera for my needs. But what I see when I go to "lets say" the supermarket, is folks playing with their phones when they are walking into the store, while they are in the store, while in line to checkout, and all the way to their car........and while driving!!!!!!! I remember when having a cell phone was an expensive privilege and not a right, are they honestly that important? I got along just fine growing up without one, and many times I wish for how things used to be. We are all rude and inconsiderate to those around us, and everything is about "me" and **** on you for thinking otherwise. This is an all about me society now, and I only see it getting worse as technology advances. Use to be a time when things were done face to face, now everything is done via the internet and by smartphone. Is this how we are aspiring to be, are we as parents setting a good example to our kids and their friends? Some times I pray for technology to fail, maybe then we could somehow figure out how to pull together as a society and get through the adversity? I loved growing up when I did, life was so much simpler and genuine then. So In closing, I hope that the cell companies will soon start charging a pretty penny for their services, maybe then we will have a chance of actually getting to know and respect eachother.
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Re: Cell phone company, and service provider rant!!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2012, 06:11:42 PM »
The smart phones of today are still simple dumb devices compared to what they will be (and do) in just a few short years.
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« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2012, 07:25:46 PM »
The smart phones of today are still simple dumb devices compared to what they will be (and do) in just a few short years.




So are many of the folks using them. ::)
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« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2012, 12:20:19 AM »
When the price goes up we will read your rant about the high prices... :D
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Re: Cell phone company, and service provider rant!!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2012, 12:47:37 AM »
Cell phones dont create rude people, rude people create rude people ;)

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« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2012, 11:00:08 AM »
When the solar flare storm wipes out the cell grid they'll all be lost without their access.

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« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2012, 12:03:48 PM »
You're welcome.
From a current unlimited cell service provider employee. ;D
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« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2012, 12:06:47 PM »
You're welcome.
From a current unlimited cell service provider employee. ;D
Thank you Brent.  My smart phone make conducting business much easier when I am away from home (which is currently about 90% of the time)
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Re: Cell phone company, and service provider rant!!!!!!
« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2012, 01:56:45 PM »



So are many of the folks using them. ::)

Well, those types have been around MUCH longer than our current smart phones which will soon be smarter
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Re: Cell phone company, and service provider rant!!!!!!
« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2012, 02:56:53 PM »
Damn you cell phone companies!!!! You have single handily created a society that no longer knows how to function in public. Your unlimited data plans and or relatively inexpensive data plans have created a public menace to society. Men and "especially women", can no longer function without being able to get on Facebook, tweet, text upon text upon text, watch videos, spread instant rumors and lies, surf porn, and have unlimited airtime to talk to everybody and anybody because they are simply bored. I have a Droid smartphone, I look at it as a tool however. I need a good phone for my job, and also being that I have no land line in the house. I hate talking on the phone, and I am very limited to even how much I use it for other purposes as well. Sure I text a bit when it is appropriate, and I may even use some other features of my smartphone to help me get around or find a great place to eat. The camera is amazing, so practically no need for a separate camera for my needs. But what I see when I go to "lets say" the supermarket, is folks playing with their phones when they are walking into the store, while they are in the store, while in line to checkout, and all the way to their car........and while driving!!!!!!! I remember when having a cell phone was an expensive privilege and not a right, are they honestly that important? I got along just fine growing up without one, and many times I wish for how things used to be. We are all rude and inconsiderate to those around us, and everything is about "me" and **** on you for thinking otherwise. This is an all about me society now, and I only see it getting worse as technology advances. Use to be a time when things were done face to face, now everything is done via the internet and by smartphone. Is this how we are aspiring to be, are we as parents setting a good example to our kids and their friends? Some times I pray for technology to fail, maybe then we could somehow figure out how to pull together as a society and get through the adversity? I loved growing up when I did, life was so much simpler and genuine then. So In closing, I hope that the cell companies will soon start charging a pretty penny for their services, maybe then we will have a chance of actually getting to know and respect eachother.

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Re: Cell phone company, and service provider rant!!!!!!
« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2012, 06:50:21 PM »
When the price goes up we will read your rant about the high prices... :D


Nope....won't affect me one bit.
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« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2012, 07:40:29 PM »
I agree with all that Pokey said, but I also find myself awash in a sea of irony as this is posted on the INTERNET, quite possibly the greatest time-wasting and socially detrimental invention of our time (except for the porn surfing part).  ;)
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« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2012, 08:29:39 PM »
I agree with all that Pokey said, but I also find myself awash in a sea of irony as this is posted on the INTERNET, quite possibly the greatest time-wasting and socially detrimental invention of our time (except for the porn surfing part).  ;)

Touche.......but if most folks use the internet at home like it was intended, and not constantly on their cell phones, there would be much less issues. Like I said it isn't all bad, but all the texting and tweeting and Facebooking by people everywhere you look gets really old. Unlimited data needs to go away, and any data package over 2 gig needs to be very pricey for the abusers to change their ways. My 2 cents......
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« Reply #13 on: July 21, 2012, 03:50:49 PM »
Yeah, rudeness has been around awhile, cell phones have just given them a new outlet to exhibit their rudness in public. Anyone talking to me who gets a call or text and goes to check it, I walk away. Anyone who calls 911 and I get there and they are yakking gets told to hang up RIGHT NOW....ONCE. Obviously not an emergency, if you can yak and text, you don't need me, I'm not polite when 911 is abused. Amazing how angry they get when you point out the obvious rudeness, something we all learned in Kindergarten, well, I'd like to think a good majority of us. Its obviously NOT being taught now.   
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« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2012, 05:28:16 PM »
My cell phone is my only phone and Internet service I have. What I am hearing is I should no longver have unlimited data and more expensive service because some people are rude.
Sounds like some of our politicians who want to punish the law abiding citizens and reward criminals.
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« Reply #15 on: July 21, 2012, 05:49:28 PM »
My cell phone is my only phone and Internet service I have. What I am hearing is I should no longver have unlimited data and more expensive service because some people are rude.
Sounds like some of our politicians who want to punish the law abiding citizens and reward criminals.

Cell phone is my only phone too, what I am referring to is the large number of people "especially women and young people" that are always playing/texting/talking/watching vids/listening to music/tweeting/Facebook etc......everywhere and all the time no matter what they are doing and who they are around. Crap is out of control, and yes the cheap unlimited data plans suck, that is a big part of the problem. There is no need for probably 75% of the users to have it, and the outright rudeness and lack of respect for others is down right pathetic.
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« Reply #16 on: July 21, 2012, 06:53:13 PM »
I'm not all sure what 4G or 2G is or unlimited data or how to text to save my life. I couldn't care less what all you have, if you want more, have it. I will agree though we have become addicted to and indentured to an electronic device that is shaping the world around us, and not always for the good. That could be said of many things in the past but this seems more insidious and farther reaching than all those things in the past put together. It seems to be bringing out the worst in people than making our lives better. I choose to not have one, but I'll never stop you from having one.
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« Reply #17 on: July 21, 2012, 08:02:17 PM »
How about some cheese to go with y'all whine..... ::)
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« Reply #18 on: July 21, 2012, 08:24:12 PM »
I wanna go to Miami!
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« Reply #19 on: July 21, 2012, 08:28:26 PM »
I wanna go to Miami!

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