NEWSFLASH – Neo-Luddites live among us!
1. Some guy gets his daughter a mobile phone.
2. Daughter uses the thing.
3. Dad looses his marbles when his bill is off the charts from over use and feels this must be news.
4. Diane Williamson to the rescue.
The only reason to actually read this drivel is, of course the money line:
Mr. Coulter admitted that he never read the contract and was unaware that “unlimited” meant “messages to other Verizon customers and 500 messages to out-of-network customers.”
Great, so all it takes to get some copy is failure to follow instructions? I can’t wait for the T&G Christmas exclusive Son reports: “Daddy broke my Cyber Stompin’ Optimus Prime”. Of course in this case dad has taken a sensible approach to his failure to pay attention; blame the damn kid. On the bright side, after dad takes away her txt plan and daughter dearest learns to hate dad, gets hooked on meth and ends up stripping in Vegas we’ll all be able to look back on this and have a good laugh. Right?
Anyway, as has been the case of late, the real story is in the reader comments comments. You wanted human interest? Well how about we throw in some interesting humans free of charge! Coming soon to a book burning near you:
I have an even better idea. Punish the kid and take away the cell phone. Text messaging is the most ridiculous,anti social invention I’ve ever heard of. Only half wits and immature people engage in such practices
-ALGORE
What kid needs to be using a cell phone to text anyone???? These kids are spoiled rotten.
Give em a cell phone with one plan only - to call 911 and two or three other numbers (like their parents???) and no texting - in case of emergency only, thereby removing the threat of killing themselves by using a cell while driving or cheating on tests. This is ridiculous. The technology is there, and some company could make gazillions with that kind of plan. It’s perfect for parents, if they would just learn to say no to their spoiled brats!
-Peg
I agree with Landline - just the phone please!
I don’t need the extra BS.
: )
-WPS
I have no sympathy for either the parent or the child. This whole usage of cell phones and text messaging is ridiculous and out of control. Outlaw cell phones I say.
-Me
I’ve also been the ‘victim’ of texting….although it was blocked from my daughter’s phone, something happened & it got ‘unblocked’. Well, it didn’t take long for her friends to figure it out & she thought she hit the lottery. It got way out of control, in our perspective & cost her about $150.00. She tells us she got carried away and was trying to counsel two friends who had recently broken up. I asked if it was worth $150.00 to her. It’s now blocked again….
I also work in an office and can tell everyone that today’s worker is different because of technology. It’s like the new worker has trouble with everything that doesn’t have ‘immediacy’. If they don’t get a quick answer, they can’t cope, etc. A college professor has also told me the kids in school can’t even read an entire chapter anymore. They ask for the hi-lites to study…again, immediate, quick info needed. Texting is killing our society.-Mom D
Where do these people come from?
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Those comments are great. Why are these people OK with cell phones, but think text messaging is evil?