Hell Phones

I have betrayed myself.

I always vowed, with stubborn determination, that I would never EVER get a cell phone. But alas, it seems I too have fallen into this world of being forever chained to people who want to reach me. In my defence, however, it was necessary for my job to buy a cellphone. After all, it would hardly be fair to call my house at 3 in the morning and wake up 4 other people, merely to let me know that I have to go into work. I can attempt to make myself feel better by justifying it that way, but it still stings of hypocrisy. The worst part of cellphones is that as soon as you've got one, this instant dependence rises up. I mean they practically give you the phone for free and they give you all these unlimited minutes for the first month so that you can get yourself nice and addicted to calling people for ridiculous and unnecessary reasons. I keep checking it every 2 minutes hoping someone has phoned me just so I can check their message, or checking and rechecking the volume to make sure I can hear it. Heaven forbid someone would call and I would miss a perfect opportunity to interrupt everyone around me and say: "Excuse me one moment, I have to take this."

What have I become!! Soon I will be spending hundreds of dollars every week on clothes and starting every sentence with: "Like totally!" I'll be having my phone ring in the middle of the movie theater, during meetings, while someone is trying to have an in depth conversation about how much they hate life! I'll make the cashier at the grocery store and the people in line behind me stand around waiting while I finish my conversation, or driving like a maniac oblivious to everyone because I am talking on my phone!

I should be careful. It's not that I'm saying ALL people who own a cellphone are obnoxious and inconsiderate and COMPLETELY dangerous, just the ones that I've met have been.