Comments on: Sore Thumbs Ahead

By: Wichi Dude

Wichi Dude — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:16:30 +0000

Got the land-line and the cell, love caller-ID on both. IF I don’t know you, don’t want to talk to you, I don’t call back. I DO however talk to tele-marketers; for as long as I can. Never buy anything, but met a couple nice people that way. And, I kept them from hassling other folk while tying them up (hehehe).
It’s all good.

By: mike

mike — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 21:33:41 +0000

Wait till Misha reads this!

By: Margi

Margi — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:34:00 +0000

KATE! How wonderful to see you’re “back.”

As for your post? I have a cell phone. But only because we don’t have a land-line anymore – and I have kids to keep up with. But if it were up to me, I wouldn’t have one. I don’t want to be that “connected,” damnit. For all of the reasons you’ve stated in this post. And then some.

Great to “see” you again, girlfriend. Hope everyone is well.

By: twoma3

twoma3 — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:31:25 +0000

This is sooooo definitely not a guy thing, but it was great to read. BTW my ploy was a bell; Opps, there’s the door. I gotta go. Bye

By: Candace

Candace — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:47:25 +0000

I am SO with you. My favorite (well, maybe not FAVORITE) memory of a similar nature is, having unplugged my phone Friday night (around the time of answering machines becoming popular, but not so popular as to be inexpensive, 83 or 84), I awoke Saturday morning to a leisurely breakfast, read my book, started to plan my day… when the doorbell went & a relatively-good-friend (from MY perspective, “best” from hers) appeared at my door. She stated she’d been “trying to reach you for hours.” I replied that I’d unplugged the phone as I needed a quiet weekend (I was going through a divorce and just needed some damn down-time, how bad is that?).

She marched into my living room, announcing “F*k I HATE it when you do that” and proceeded to take over my afternoon.

WTF? personal space, people? privacy? hellllOOOOOOOOOO!

Answering machines & message centres were designed for you and I, to return calls at 1:00 am, safe in the knowledge we have ‘reciprocated’.

Any “friend” who is a friend, knows to call first before ‘dropping in.’ And they know to ask “is it a bad time, do you have time to talk” before launching their latest.

On the bright side, I spend 90% of my business day on the phone (which is a kickass excuse), but that’s only in the last 7-8 yrs – prior to that? OOPS, I unplugged the phone and forgot. More recently? “I turned the ringer off and forgot.”

It’s kinda sad when you have to get militant about personal space, isn’t it?