Cellular
The idea of cell phones always made sense. Back in the 1980’s when I would stay with my uncle, I would see him use those old bulky cell phones. It had a big carrying case and a charger and if I saw anyone with one of those today I would probably laugh. But it makes sense for someone to able to be mobile and be able to be contacted. Business people needed communication in their car, or when they were at leisure. Cell phones and Car phones were what helped doctors and CEOs handle their life. Then cell phones started to shrink, and become cheaper.
In high school, more people I knew had pagers than cell phones. The people I saw with cell phones were young rude yuppies blabbing away while they paid their gas. None of my friends had cell phones and I thought those who had them were trendy wanna-be’s who needed a status symbol.
When college rolled around a lot more people had them. I would see them everywhere. Random rings would interrupt my attention as I was in class, or in the library. Gradually cell phones seemed less of a nuisance to me. Many of my friends had them, and when they would travel or party it would become a helpful tool. So I bought one.
I have no idea how I ever went with out one. Everyone should have them. It pisses me off when I need to contact friends who don’t have cell phones. I would pretty much say they are a modern necessity. But I had to get one before I thought this way. Adults are always slow to come around on technological trends, but cell phones took over quickly. I have one and my family has one. I think the cell phone trend started with college students and young adults, and rapidly spread in both directions across the age spectrum. Now Motorola has commercials geared toward family packs. Still, I would say the 18-30 range is still the biggest buyer of cell phones.
As far as cell phone educate goes I think people and situations pretty much take care of themselves. It doesn’t really bother me when a cell phone rings in school, or in the library. Usually when that happens, the person is embarrassed and answers or hangs up right away. I have no problem with cell phones in restaurants, however, in movie theaters I wish people would remember to turn them off. But a cell phone rarely rings more than 3 times before someone turns it off to avoid the condescending stares of other people in the theater.
In some school, mostly high schools, they have banned cell phones. I think this is just another example of high school teachers being Nazis. If a cell phone goes off, a student is embarrassed and it usually doesn’t happen again. In my accounting class, the teacher goes around trying to answer and embarrass anyone who happens to leave their phone turned on. I think this is a better approach to banning cell phones or confiscation.
In the future I don’t really see cell phones changing size in one direction or the other. Hopefully, service will be better and rates will be cheaper. PCS stands for PieCe of Shit network. If SPRINT spent more money in their network and less on commercials, I would be a lot happier. Despite my bitterness, I still like cell phones and believe anyone who doesn’t have one should get with the times.

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