but sometimes I want to tag my calls as low priority, and I feel really dumb when they pick up in the middle of something else because they don't know that.

Yeah, I wish there was an option when you're calling to go right into voicemail. My previous cell phone could send email, so sometimes I'd just email someone's pager....

You know what drives me nuts about the cell phone? When you call someone and they're in a meeting or busy or something and they make YOU feel guilty for interrupting. UM...NO! Turn it off if it's that important, or put it on vibrate and DON'T answer!

Yes yes YES! "So why did you pick up the PHONE?!?!?"

My previous cell phone could send email, so sometimes I'd just email someone's pager....

Sometimes I turn to text messaging instead. But not everyone likes that, or has it in their plan, so it'll cost them to reply.

I hate the cell phone culture and the fact that I am expected to be within phone reach of everyone and anyone. I keep my cell phone off unless I am expecting calls, or meeting up with people. I hate the phone. I am totally grumpy regarding this. (and in many other aspects)

Christopher? Is that you????

hee! I knew I liked him.

I cut my parents a little bit of slack on the answering when they're busy thing. I think they've had so many scares with me over the last few years that they're afraid they'll be "unavailable" when I really need them. But, then I feel stupid when I call to have a little afternoon chat, and I've been chatting away about my day for five minutes and then dad says, "Sweetie, I'm at a center doing a visit. Can I call you when I get home?"

Yeah, and why didn't you say that to begin with?

I don't mind talking on the phone; I just think there's a time and a place to do so. During dinner? Not the time. In the bathroom? Not the place. My cell is generally off--I pretty much have it in case my car breaks down at 2 am or suchlike.

Preface: This is not a bitch about IT people. This is just a general bitch about the state of my computer issues.

My hard drive kicked it on Friday. Dead dead dead, butry it, put a fork in it, done. It's out of warranty, so they ordered me a new one - it'll be here on the 13th. No big. I can make do with someone else's desk - she's on maternity leave. But for whatever reason, her computer won't log into my default inbox in Outlook and my IT person says she doesn't have time to try to fix it. I don't care really, except I have to access my email from the web and I really don't like it. I don'thave any of my saved addresses.

pout.

I hate the cell phone culture and the fact that I am expected to be within phone reach of everyone and anyone. I keep my cell phone off unless I am expecting calls, or meeting up with people. I hate the phone. I am totally grumpy regarding this. (and in many other aspects)

Christopher? Is that you????

Possibly, but I think it's me as well.

I've talked on the cell in the bathroom once...to MUCH mocking from my mom and SIL. We were in NH at a concert my brother was in. I had dropped Emily off nearby to help a friend move. Well, during the concert, Emily had made a trip to the new house in Vermont. And they ended up just staying there. They were out in the middle of nowhere, and her cell phone didn't work. As a matter of fact, only one cell phone, from everyone there, worked...and only if you stood on this box and stretched yourself to the sky.

So, Emily was trying to explain this to me as I was sitting on the toilet and my mom and SIL laughed and laughed.

So, I TRY not to judge people who are on the cell phone in the bathroom. But, it's hard.