Try telling that to my dh's job. The worst call came in the middle of the Muppets 3D. Maybe it wasn't so bad the rest of us got to see it twice
That would be the reason why I have mixed emotions about today's technology. Back in the dark ages you could take a vacation and no one could get in touch with you unless you absolutely wanted them too. If contact was made it was you that made that happen. Even back when I owned my own business, I adjusted because I set up a time each day when I would call and find out what was going on, but, they couldn't call me. Sounds like a formula for disaster right? Nothing ever happened that they couldn't handle and did because they didn't have any choice. I remember in the late 90's working at a place and receiving a call from one of the tenants of the complex I was in. He called just to tell me that at that point in time he was driving through Jacksonville, Florida. I was in Vermont. It was amazing to me. A couple of years later I bought one of those box like car phones and did the same thing to my parents. Such an incredible feeling at the time. One of the high points was that you never were told to shut off your cell phone at a movie, theme park ride or anyplace else. They didn't exist.
Even as I was typing that, I could almost hear a collective groan from all those that have never known another way but being constantly connected. Even I, now, have been known to turn my car around and drive back 10 miles because I forgot my phone. The thing was I was only going to be away for about an hour. However, panic set in as I wondered..."what if someone is trying to get in touch with me?" We have gotten quite dependent, quite quickly. My kids will panic if they call me and I don't answer. They are sure I am dead or something. Someday they could be right, but, what we assumed before the advent of cell phones was that they must be out someplace.
Edited to include: Flashing back to 2005 or so. I had a company phone that had a (for lack of a better term) intercom type thing. I haven't really seen one since then, but, they might exist. I'm thinking it was a Motorola brand. You just went to you contacts picked one out and pushed the button and spoke into it. Whomever was targeted could hear you and respond in absolute real time. That amazed me. I used it once when I was at the entrance to Universal Hollywood. There seemed to be no noticeable delay time and you could have a back and forth with someone clear across the country. I didn't understand then and I don't understand now exactly how that worked. It was almost instant yet that signal had to cross the country and find me or the person I was talking too. That still remains as one of the most impressive technological thing I was ever able to utilize.
OK, now for all you young folks rolling your eyes and thinking that guy must be older then god... just don't be jealous that I got to deal with it when it was a brand new thing and was exciting. You guys only got to see it after it was an old thing. Which is why Apple can persuade you to spend hundreds of dollars every few days to buy a new thing that they just added to their (not yours) new phone. My guess is that they have a whole closet full of "new" items that they are introducing every few months to get you to run out and spend more money.
@93boomer ,
@Mr Ferret 88 I added a few things since you read this...
Beyond primitive by today's standards.
