Do you know anyone that does NOT own a cell phone?  What has happened to humans that makes it necessary to own a cell phone?

I use the bus every day to go to school cuz the parking there sucks royally.  Last week while on my way home, I believe I lost my cell  phone on the bus.  I sent out a text message around noontime, and by 2pm, I couldn’t find my phone anywhere.  So for the whole of last week I’ve been living without a cell phone.  Lemme tell ya, it was torture!  Not only for me, but for pretty much everyone around me.  My mom was calling me all day, I was going to meet my running buddy but we couldn’t reach each other, I’m pretty sure I pissed a bunch of people off by not returning phone calls, all in all it was awful.  After being 6 days with no cell phone, I finally got one yesterday, and it’s like the clouds have parted and it’s sunny and good  now.  That’s my point: how did we get so dependent on a technology we didn’t have 15 years ago, and when did it happen?

What once was a luxury now has become a necessity of life.  I remember when it was so outlandish for someone to own a cell phone.  It was inexplainable to even have a beeper.  Now I can’t even take my mom to the store without both of us having cell phones, just in case we get separated.  Trust me, we always get separated.  How in the hell did people function without cell phones?

Could you live a whole week without a cell phone?  I’m not talking about a phone all together, cuz back in the day people had home phones.  I guess my challenge is to leave your cell phone at home.  It’s ok if you can’t do it, to tell ya the truth I bet I could do it, except that it’d be really inconvenient and I really don’t need to prove anything since I did it last week.  That and I’d probably piss more people off.   Everybody has become a slave to technology.  Technology is the opiate of the masses!

P.S. Sprint SUCKS!!!!! I don’t have a contract with them, have called them every month for the last 4 months to stop sending me bills for a phone I reported lost 2 years ago, got it disconnected, and was promised I’d never get a bill again.  Yes, I have a reference number from the person I last spoke with.  I still keep gettin a bill for $11-$25 from a cell phone that doesn’t exist anymore.  Sprint won’t listen, so I’m going to tell everyone I know how they’ve treated me.  I’m actually considering legal action cuz it’s turning into harassment, especially cuz this shit can’t be good for my credit.  Sprint keeps telling me they’ve fixed the problem, canceled my account and zeroed my balance, yet I still keep getting statements with a balance!  Their service always sucked, reception was horrible, people are the rudest both over the phone and at the stores, and all they want is your money.  WTF!  Those greedy sons o’biches!

Ok, done ranting… for now.