I hate telephones. I don't know why. I just do.

Cell phones especially piss me off. Instead of being a useful tool for communication, the cell phone has become a toy to stave off boredom.

It's not that cells can't be used for good. On the contrary.
Examples:
I worked at a store where we had road guys...people who would travel to schools and other places all day long. Without cells, there's no way we could contact them to let them know of problems, deliveries, messages, etc.
I've had a friend of mine get lost while trying to visit me. If it wasn't for his cell, he might have wandered into Canada or something.
They're also good if you're in a caravan and you lose some people.

However.

That does not mean that they should become appendages. The human race has gotten pretty far without having to be in constant contact with one another. Personally, I much prefer to not be in constant contact with people. And nobody really cares for phone calls that consist of, "Where are you?" "What are you doing?" "I dunno. What are you doing?" Ah, the insipidness of it all.

I do love Caller ID. Where were we without this function? But I hate people that call...and call...and call again, without getting it into their thick skulls that, perhaps, we know it's *you* calling, and we don't want to talk to *you*, so why not just leave a message finally and if we want to deal with you and your company, we can decide that for ourselves.

There will be more later when I remember how to work this thing.