Thursday, May 4, 2006
a-d-h-d or (just) r-u-d-e?
One of the blogs I enjoy reading is whine and cheese, for its amusing "take" on things. Besides, the author has a new Mini, so what else do you need to know?! Anyway, he went to a baseball game last night and concluded that huge numbers of the population either suffer from ADHD or are just amazingly rude. I love his question: "Do people really have other people in their lives that they absolutely, positively have to be able to call at any given moment? And do the people on the other end of the line really care what the caller is doing and/or where they are at any given moment?" I have had the same question about people on the train. It just baffles me. I mean, it's fun to chitchat at any time day or night, but you can whisper into a cellphone and be heard on the other end. Do they want the whole world to know everything about them?!

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Blogger DADvocate — at 10:51 PM, May 04, 2006:
Cellphones and the constant need, by some, to chatter on them amazes me. And they talk everywhere! Frankly, I don't have that much to talk about. Plus, I don't particularly enjoy telephone conversations in general.

Usually, I'm ready to hang up within a minute. If it's a scintallating conversation I might enjoy it 5-10 minutes.

The next worst thing to cellphones is voice mail. I prefer others to send me an email because it forces them to at least think about what they are trying to communicate. I've gotten 5 minute rambling voice mails from account managers at work. It's nearly impossible to decipher what they are saying. I always forward them to my boss so he knows what I am dealing with.
 

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Blogger Mom of All Seasons — at 9:01 AM, May 09, 2006:
I haven't been over for a little bit, but wow the website looks great - very crisp and easy to read.

A bit more on topic, I loath the fact that so many people have taken the existance of the cellphone as some kind of sign from God that it's OK to participate in verbal diarrhea - always and everywhere.
 

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Blogger jau — at 7:22 PM, May 11, 2006:
Thanks MOAS for your nice words! And I appreciate and agree with you so much about cellphones. Ugh.
 

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