“Just because you have a wireless phone and take it wherever you go does not mean you HAVE to answer it wherever you are at.”
Long before the advent of cell phones, instant messaging, and email there were simply phones plugged into the wall in your house. When you left said house, the phone stayed behind. If someone called that phone while you were away from the house, say in public, or church, or in the car on the way to a movie, no one answered. Eventually answering machines and caller ID came along to comfort us with the thought that someone was trying to reach us, but couldn’t while we were away. And life continued on. Time did not stop. The Earth continued it’s 24 hour revolution and 365 day trip around the sun.
So, it is my theory that just because our phones are now wireless and go with us out in public, or in church, or in the car on the way to a movie, does not mean we HAVE to answer them. Voice mail still works. Caller ID exists on 99.9% of cell phones. You can call them back later just like we had to in olden tymes.
Sub-law 1: Answering a call you cannot take just to tell the person you will call them back is a major violation of Thinking About Today’s Law of Cell Phone Usage 1. Let it go to voicemail, they will get the same message from pre-recorded “you” and you won’t risk talking on your phone while driving on the freeway, taking communion, or making out with your boyfriend.
1 Comment
September 28, 2008 at 2:14 am
I hate drivers that use there cell phones while driving. Cant count how many times I was almost hit by a soccer mom.