Telephone privacy May08 '04

I find it very hard to talk on the phone – whether it be a "land line," or a cell phone. With all the external noise in the background – it’s a wonder anyone can hear anything being said on the phone! We might as well get rid of them!

Think about the places where it is possible to talk on a phone, or where people are seen talking on the phone. I bet it’s hard to imagine any place where phones aren’t common.

What ever happened to the phone booth? What ever happened to total and complete privacy? What ever happened to the concept of being able to talk to someone, without any feedback or external sounds? Wasn’t that the whole point, anyway?

I imagine a time when talking on the phone was a serious thing, and a respected thing. It wasn’t taken for granted, and it was a common courtesy to allow another person space to talk on the phone, without disrupting them.

Now, nobody is respectful when using phones. Not the caller, nor the people surrounding the caller. And who can be? Cellular technology has all but eliminated any possibility of respect happening, simply because there is no longer a phone boundary. Since we can now talk on phones anywhere we please, how can you expect anyone or anything to respect your phone call? You can’t.

This is the price we are paying for our convenience.

A phone call is a private and personal way to communicate. Phone calls should not be available for anyone else to hear, except for the two people talking. And you shouldn’t want anyone else to hear your private and personal conversations.

In fact, it is more rude to allow others to hear your phone conversation, than it is to be the person who disrupts a phone conversation of someone else.

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