Honestly, you're in school. Put your phone on vibrate!

Cell phones have become one of the largest technological fads EVER. Yet people can't seem to grasp that there is a certain etiquette that they should follow pertaining to using their cell phone. I have 5 simple rules that everyone should follow which would make anyones phone using experience much better.

1)If you are in a quiet place (e.g. library, church, school) turn your phone on vibrate or silent. As lovely as that new ring tone you got is not everyone needs to hear it!
2)If you are in a public place DO NOT scream into your phone. Not everyone within a 50 metre radius wants to know what you are talking about so tone it down a bit.
3)If you are using your phone, use your eyes too!. Be careful where you are walking and don't yell at the person YOU bumped into because YOU weren't paying attention.
4)If you are carrying a conversation with someone, please do not start texting someone else. It's just rude. That text can wait 5 minutes.
5)If you are operating a moving vehicle (e.g. bicycle, car, scooter) don;t truy to juggle your cup of coffee and your cell phone. Leave a hand free for your steering wheel please. If you must get a bluetooth headset or something. Just don't hit anyone else cause you had to text your BFF about the sale at the mall.

Over 1.5 billion people have cellphones. Thats a heck of alot of us out there carrying a piece of radiating plastic against our heads. So please just be courteous to those around you and maybe they will follow suit. There's a time and place for cell phones. No it's not in your car or in church so think logically before you pull out your phone. The cell phone is a powerful tool and all the same it can become a just as strong weapon. Use it carefully and only when it is imperative to do so. The cell phone has erased the need for an mp3 player, camera and a computer. There doesn't seem to be a thing it can't do, so sure we are going to use it alot in our lives, but it's okay for you to be detached from your phone for more than 5 seconds. There is such a thing where you can talk to your friend face to face, in person. I know it seems like a novel concept but it's true.

Oooh, i just got a text. Wonder who it's from?

MOM?!

Ugh, great. Now another way for her to get a hold of me. Sometimes I think technology is more of a curse than a blessing.

Don't Forget to Rewind the VHS!

Technology has become such a large part of our everyday life that it doesn’t even faze us anymore when we use it. We think little of google-ing something or texting our friends or listening to music on our ipod. It’s become a way of life, almost as simple as breathing. Before we know it cars will be flying and cell phones will do everything except making phone calls.

Technology is evolving daily. Every day we hear of cars made of sea weed or cell phones thinner than credit cards. Technology will soon replace humans and we’ll be just as obsolete as the VHS. Especially in this economic downturn the last thing we need to be doing is giving jobs to machines. I think this video brings up the excellent point that no one pays any attention to the awesome innovations occurring around us and everyone feels as if they are entitled to this technology. In reality we are lucky to have access to these things such as cell phones and even airplanes. We think that it impossible to live without these things, while truthfully they did not so long ago. Talking to my parents I realized they grew up in the time with typewriters and brick cell phones. They had no idea and couldn’t even fathom the technology that is an ipod or a GPS. Today I couldn’t imagine life without my computer (especially Facebook) or not having the luxury of texting my friends to see where they are going period 2. Thinking about it if I woke up tomorrow and didn’t have access to all the technology I do today, I don’t know how I would survive!

Its sad to see we have become so dependant on technology and can’t leave the house without our cell phone or ipod. They are a way of life, a fad of sorts that I don’t see disappearing anytime soon. If anything it will only get bigger. The days of floppy disks and walkmans are behind us, to the new more convenient era. Now if you don’t mind I need to go charge my cell phone.

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