Catch me on my cell.
By taface412
@taface412 (3175)
United States
July 8, 2008 5:57pm CST
Not that I am a dinosaur...but why do people become so attached to their cell phones. Honestly, if I lost mine I would freak out because it has all my numbers, contact, and the beloved calculator. But I hate texting. I will admit it, I think it is there for a reason, but sometimes people use it a little too much. And on your off time that is your own business....but at work. In certain fields that require constant attention...like hospitals, nursing homes, etc. Or stores where a customer should be the most imporatant thing at the moment.
For those of you who don't know me I work in a nursing home. Well, one day I was sitting with a resident in her room just talking and laughing and a co-worker walked by holding a basket full of markers and stuff up by her chest with one hand and with the other she was texting someone hiding her phone behind the basket.....What a dork. I couldn't help but think how useless this is and distracting. The way I always looked at it was you go to work and you do your job.
I carry my phone with me for Emergencies only, but I have the decency to step into the break hall. I see people texting when they should be feeding a resident. It makes me wonder how Karma is gonna get them one day. LOL
So do you find this a problem where you work? And does your company have a policy on cell phone use?
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@wncgb1 (12)
• United States
9 Jul 08
I don't think we really have an "official" policy on cell phone use where I work (a pharmacy), but for the most part we don't really need it. If you have time to goof around on the cell phone, you WILL be given something to do.
I agree totally with your view that people are too attached to them. I have to answer the phone a **LOT** at work, I'm quite sick of it by the time I get off. If I want to talk to someone I'd prefer to go see them.
Heh...I OWN a cell of course, but almost never have it on. This has led to me getting "ragged on" by people like my brother when they try to reach me on it and can't. I tell him in as serious a manner as possible: "well, if I left it on all the time the battery would run down!"
