Cell Phones

Anyone has spoken to me probably knows that I have a deep resentment of cell phones. It's not so much a resentment towards cell phones but rather the general idea that most people have is that they should work all the time and can not live without them. People complain about not getting reception and getting calls cut off. Somehow they just don't think something like that should happen. Maybe it shouldn't but the technology is not up to par just yet (or perhaps its the fact that we went with a different technology then the Europeans did). The point is people should realize that they do not work all the time and thus not have an expectation that they will.

However, this is a complete tangent to what I really wanted to talk about. Included in the many things I don't like about cell phones is the voice mail itself. Why is it necessary to have instructions on the voice mail "if you would like to leave a message, please wait for the tone." This comes after the personalized message of the person you are calling, and always seems to be the same woman's voice. Who decided that we as a society needed instructions on how to leave a fucking message! Oh you mean I'm leaving a message? And I have to wait for the tone? And I can leave my call back number even though the person's phone 9 times out of 10 will have a missed call listed on their phone anyway? We don't have instructions on home phones, other than the one you yourself put on their. Why is it that cell phones are completely different in that respect.