In the pocket or a purse
Of a plumber or a nurse
Very young to grizzled old
Quite firmly in its hold.
Walking, driving or at ease
Constant chatter does not cease
Not just here or just there
It is almost everywhere
This incessant talk or text
Endless blather with no rest.
A couple in a restaurant nice
Each texting on their device
So I ask you reader dear
Would you ever silence hear?
Or its ominous death knell
Is the ringing of the Cell?
What a delightful poem with a humorous slant on a very severe problem--our dependence upon cell phones.
I, with my interest in the latest technology, would have been one of the first to use a cell phone. But I found that I could not hold one in my hand or use the touchscreen at all with my paralyzed hands and fingers. Lately, disabled people with hand issues like mine are being discriminated against because many companies are using third level verification requiring picking up a text on their cell phone even if they don't have one.
But I have found the same problem with my email. Both scams and junk on both my desktop phone and email. Still, where I sent occasional letters and very few calls to distant relatives and friends before email, I still don't call very much, but my emails to my immediate family became weekly or more often when the disadvantage of snail mail was eradicated. While I still like the immediacy of emails, it is all the sidetracks that sometimes get me upset. And all of the benefits to the enabled customers without considering disabled ones. I'm good at finding workarounds. But when I call a company and spend hours on the phone trying to get something changed, it becomes disconcerting.
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I, with my interest in the latest technology, would have been one of the first to use a cell phone. But I found that I could not hold one in my hand or use the touchscreen at all with my paralyzed hands and fingers. Lately, disabled people with hand issues like mine are being discriminated against because many companies are using third level verification requiring picking up a text on their cell phone even if they don't have one.
But I have found the same problem with my email. Both scams and junk on both my desktop phone and email. Still, where I sent occasional letters and very few calls to distant relatives and friends before email, I still don't call very much, but my emails to my immediate family became weekly or more often when the disadvantage of snail mail was eradicated. While I still like the immediacy of emails, it is all the sidetracks that sometimes get me upset. And all of the benefits to the enabled customers without considering disabled ones. I'm good at finding workarounds. But when I call a company and spend hours on the phone trying to get something changed, it becomes disconcerting.
Ron