Are you a Phone person?
By missybear
@missybear (11391)
United States
December 28, 2008 5:05pm CST
Everywhere you go people are always on the phone anymore.
What did they do before the cell phones.
I'm not a phone person myself,the only time I use the phone is to talk to my mom once a week and to call my house before i come home from work to see if we need anything on the way home.
I see people on the bus that talk for the whole bus ride.
I wouldn't know what to talk about that long.
How about you?
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21 responses
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
28 Dec 08
I'm not really a phone person. I might make one or two calls a day if that. I hardly ever use my cell phone. I know of some people who are always on the phone and they aren't even talking about anything important. For me I have too many other things I could be doing than talking on the phone.
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
29 Dec 08
I so agree with you, some people on the bus talk on the phone till they home.
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
29 Dec 08
I personally see people walk by with a phone attached to their ear and an hour later walk by still on the phone..whats up with that?..Most young ones can't go without and i never was one that liked to hang out on the phone..I'd rather be with the person and talk that way..its like they feel they will miss out on something if they don't call every 5 minutes..someone came into my store talking away and after about 15 minutes came up to the counter and asked me why i wasn't helping them..I said i didn't have her phone number!
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
29 Dec 08
That's to funny,
When the phone rings at work i never answer it and the receptionist is always mad at me
when she's in the restroom or away from the phone and i don't answer it.
I always tell her I don't know which button to push.
Which is true, it's 1 of those switchboard phones.
@highflyingxangel (9225)
• United States
28 Dec 08
I'm not a big phone person myself. I rarely talk on the phone unless it is someone that I want to talk to or someone that I have to talk to like family but that's about it. I usually use my phone to text more than I use it to actually call someone. I just can't believe some people can spend that much time on the phone.
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
29 Dec 08
That's another thing i don't understand, why text when you can just call.
Isn't texting to much work looking at those little letters?
@sk66rc (4250)
• United States
28 Dec 08
I really don't wanna be a phone person but because of works I do, I have to admit that I could be perceived as a "phone person"... I have 2 jobs & one of them are in retail stores... I do sales but I ended up on road a lot & I get a lot of phone calls... I also do translation job... I get a lot of phone calls from them as well... For those reasons, I have unlimited calling plan on my cell phone...
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
28 Dec 08
I can understand if you need it for work but some people just call to Blah Blah Blah.
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
29 Dec 08
Hey missy! Again, I agree with you! I can't stand when people
talk on the bus! I don't understand what they can possibly
have to talk about for an entire bus ride. I am on the bus
for at least 45 minutes and I have seen people get on when I
do and are still talking when I get off! If I do talk on the
phone it is when I get home on my landline. It is unlimited
for a flat rate. I do not use my cell phone except for
emergencies or if I am meeting someone or have to speak to
my bf when I am out. I certainly don't want to talk when I
am on the bus. I don't have anything that important to say
and wouldn't waste the money!
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
29 Dec 08
Now Opalkitty..maybe this explains why i've never called you and only wrote you..lol..I'm not much of a phone person..
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
29 Dec 08
same here, I try to read on the bus and all those people are just yacking on the phone.
And they so loud I just want to yell "Shut Up".
@Chevee (5905)
• United States
28 Dec 08
Hello Missybear, I am the same way I am not a phone person either. The only reason I got a cellphone was because I worked 18 miles from home and I was traveling late at night. I have a monthly plan and I never use any of my minutes. I don't even get that many calls on my home land line phone.
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
28 Dec 08
That's 1 of the reasons i sometimes think of getting a cell in case I something happend on the way home, but as of now they still have pay phones.
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@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
29 Dec 08
My conversations especially on cell phone are usually short. They are similar to this conversation :
"Hello, who is it?
What do you want?
Ok
Bye
I used to stay for long hours talking to my fiance before marriage however nowadays that we have been married she always gives me some tasks to finish off. So when she calls it means that she needs something to be done most of the times.
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
30 Dec 08
That sounds like me short and sweet.
Most of the time i just let the phone ring and see what kind of message they left.
then i call back later. Maybe.![](/Content/images/emotes/wink.gif)
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@unusualsuspect (2602)
• United States
29 Dec 08
I don't particularly like to use the telephone. I don't have a cell phone, and I hardly ever use my phone now that I have cable internet. Sometimes I even turn it off for a day or two so that I don't have to talk to anyone. I hate being interrupted to answer the phone, especially since most calls are from telemarketers.
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
30 Dec 08
I get a lot of those and bill collectors which 9 out of 10 they not for me which is a good thing.
@Yukimurahotfc (27)
• Saudi Arabia
29 Dec 08
No being a phone person is WRONG! Totally wrong. For instance, you're walking in the sidewalk talking to someone on the phone and then you were bumped by a man. You ignored it and got on the bus. When you're about to pay you discover your wallet missing. Being a phone person means that you're half or less than half aware of your surroundings. I only hold the phone once a week to call my mom from the dormitory.
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
30 Dec 08
Same here,once a week I talk to my mom for 5 minutes.
That's all we need.
@Takashy (496)
• Latvia
29 Dec 08
Well, I have a phone but I don't really use it a lot. I mean, I do but only when I need to call someone. And I sometimes play Tetris on it when I am bored and don't have anything better to do at the moment.
Its kinda funny. Once you get a phone you can't live without it but than its already to late.
I mean, I got my first phone when I was about 16 or 17. But I only got it because most of my other friends had one to. Back than I didn't really need it and now I can't imagine my life without one. :/
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
30 Dec 08
I'm 44 and still don't have a cell.
I guess i'm behind times or i just can't afford one.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
29 Dec 08
I'm the same way missy. I 'm no phone person. I see people driving and talking,working with one held between their shoulder and head. I don't know what they have to talk about that long either. My grandfather used to say if your talking on the phone for more than 30 minutes then your talking about something you shouldn't be.
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
29 Dec 08
I like that.
I'm always scared to cross the street when i see someone in a car talking on the phone.
You never know if they see you.
@liguansheng (63)
• China
29 Dec 08
I also vely much like telephoning,because this is wevy conveninet,I in get off work frequently time telephones,a dozen hits is vely long.But how at home not to like hitting~~~~
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@dhillesland (7)
• United States
29 Dec 08
I'm not much of a phone person either. The only reason I have one is so my family can reach me other than that I talk to people all day long at work, it's not really something I want to do while I'm at home all the time. Don't get me wrong if I haven't talked to an old friend in a while I will talk for a good hour but it's few and far between.
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
30 Dec 08
That's a little different I think.
But talking to the same people everyday just to talk.
I don't get it.
@raulmetalhead (281)
• India
29 Dec 08
i am not a phone person generally.. i just talk to my buddies for few minutes. mostly that includes.. how are you.. whats new.. and where shall we meet.. but sometime back.. i found a girl whom i really liked to talk and spoke to her endlessly for hours and hours... every night for like 6 to 7 hrs continuously. this went on for a month maybe.. i paid huge amounts for my phone bill.. then the problem began.. i started really liking that girl and wanted to go to the next stem.. but to my surprise she was like she wanted me just like a friend and nothing more... so i stopped talkin to her... end of story...
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
30 Dec 08
Oh god my ear would fall of.
I wouldn't know what to talk about after like 10 minutes.
@wifeofharvey (1156)
• United States
29 Dec 08
I have never been much of a phone person, and still don't like to talk on the phone as much as I like to instant message or email. When we travel my husband and I do buy a disposable phone, for safty reasons.
I do find I talk to my siblings on the phone more now, also to my children and grandchildren as we are becoming more and more scattered across the United States.
I really dislike hearing other people talking on the phone while in the doctor's office, and especially in eating places. They always seem so loud.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
29 Dec 08
i like to get 1 of those disposable phones just for emergencies.
@JanetBRudman (158)
• United States
29 Dec 08
I definitely am not a phone person. I don't like to talk; but I like writing and e-mailing.
When I was dating, I spent so much time talking to my boyfriend, that when we saw each other, there was nothing left to say. Luckily, we spent half the evening in a theatre where you don't have to talk, and the other half in a restaurant where our mouths were kept busy eating.
When I worked for the Phila. District Attorney's Office, I had to answer a call-director with 30 lines! In the Phila. Dept. of Human Services, I had only a few lines, so it wasn't too bad. At home, I have 2 phones - my father's and mine. I usually try to answer my father's in case it's about a medical or insurance issue, but if I'm making a meal, I don't bother, unless he is expecting a call. Then I have to call the person back, which is a worse chore for me, being I still don't like phones.
I see people driving cars and have one hand on the wheel and the other with a cell phone on their ear. I wonder how they can concentrate on driving! Maybe that's why there are so many accidents.
A few times when my computer went crezy, I spent a few hours calling first the phone provider, then Dell; they walked me through how to solve the problem. When I finally hung up, I screamed!
I have a life-long best friend who lives by herself, so every morning, we take turns calling each other. We spend up to an hour talking - we are each other's therapists, so to speak! When I finally get off, my father and husband ask me what we find to talk about so long? We tell each other what we did the day before, our troubles; discuss plans, economics and/or politics/world news, anything of interest. If I don't hear from her, and she didn't tell me she couldn't call due to an appointment, I worry (she has a heart condition that could cause fainting); and vice versa.
Finally, I really was glad when cell phones were invented. Lots of times, while coming home from work, the public transport (elevated train) broke down. I had to find a public phone to call my parents that I would be home later on so they would not worry. Then when I bought a cell phone, and there was a transportation delay, I whipped out the cell phone and didn't have to find a public phone.
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
29 Dec 08
Public Phones are getting fewer and fewer you right.
I'm fortunate to have a couple right by my bus stop in case I need to call home.
Thank you for your nice responds.
@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
29 Dec 08
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
30 Dec 08
Sometimes i want to ask them what they did before the cellphone came along.
@Margarit (3676)
• Philippines
29 Dec 08
At home i am not a phone person too, i just use phone to talk with my friend but it sildom happen for usually i use my cellphone more. telephone now here in my country is not being use specially the residential lines for cellphone are widely use here mostly for texting for it is affordable and cheapter than called, some people have more than one cellphone and they bring it everyday. Mine, i bring 3 cellphone, aside from the other 2 cellphone i have i left it in the office.![](/Content/images/emotes/happy.gif)
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@vanonas (949)
• United States
29 Dec 08
I am most definitely a phone person! I am a teenage girl too.. so that may fit into why I love the phone so much. It's so convenient to find out what your friends are doing or to get in touch with someone fast. I use it to text mostly and keep in touch with my other friends.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
30 Dec 08
Even as a teenager i was never on the phone much.
Just to call my girlfriend and say " I see you in an hour" that's all.
@onemanshow (189)
• India
29 Dec 08
yes i am a phone a holic and i just can go without my moblie as i also have to attend the phones by my girlfriend so it gets a little bit of private and i should only be answerable to those calls and not anyone else and my famliy is not a very modernised one and just keeps arecord of my expemses an usually reponsible for all of my expenses
happy posting and happy new year to you
@missybear (11391)
• United States
30 Dec 08
Thanks for your response Mr.Phone a holic.
Talk to you soon but not on the phone.![](/Content/images/emotes/wink.gif)
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