Don't you just HATE cellular phones?

[Pekka]

Then there's the whole industry involved. For example I got a SMS at one evening saying 'Hey, this is important, look at your mailbox tomorrow!'. I was like wtf.. is there gonna be a bomb waiting? Or poison snake? Nope.. it wasn't anything like that. It was a new SIM-card for the phone, which I was supposed to put into my phone right away for it to work. Yep.. the service provider decided to give every customer a new SIM-card! Like it even matters. The point is, it would only work in some newer 2-frequency(?) phones, which mine is not of course. So what happened? Unnotified I went to realize that my phone didn't even work anymore. NICE!

I had to change everything, starting my number. I have even those guys selling magazines calling MY personal number at evenings. That makes me furious. I just want to kill everyone trying to sell me something in MY personal cellular phone.

Then there are the frauds. You get an SMS, saying 'call to this number'. It looks normal number, not like it's some porn line costing billion dollars a second. You call.. it's a taped message but not porn.. no wait.. yes it IS porn.. and it just costed you $30. NICE!

[Pekka]

So you like big bills? Buy a cell phone! Few days ago I was sleeping and since I use my phone as an alarm clock too, it's near me. I managed to get it of the table while sleeping and I move a lot when I sleep. Well I managed to order some news to my phone and sports news as well! It's nice, there's an option with just few button pushing away to order them. I don't even know how much they costed me.

But since it's big industry, the service providers should be good.. right? Wrong. I STILL manage to have old bills from providers, that I already paid, and have since changed the provider. What happens then when you call to settle the mess? They say yeah, sorry we'll fix it for you. Wait another 6 months and you have a new bill from them, and since it's LONG overdue, it's huge. Happens from time to time.

And what happens everytime you're listening your stereo or watching tv? They get interference because your precious phone is looking for network or something and this annoying sound 'Tattada tattada' goes around the room. You rush to the phone, waiting for it to start ringing. Never happens.

[Pekka]

Sorry for the long rant, I guess I got a little worked up.
I go to sleep now, so don't worry . But I know I'm gonna wake up to someone calling me accidentally, or have nothing to say but wanted to call. And I just want to sleep. So why don't I just turn it off? It could be an emergency. Yeah sure.

[Juggernaut]

I love my cell phone when my friends are late to a meeting - and that happens ALOT.

And it looks f*cking hilarious when a guy uses a hands-free, I always initially think it's a mental case, talking to himself.

[Pekka]

Did I went to sleep? No.. I needed to send some SMS first .

That's good, but it brings some bad stuff too with it. If you're friends are late, it sometimes happens with certain people that you try to call, and they ignore you. You might wait for an hour just to realize he/she is not gonna show up, and not gonna answer your calls. That will get you so worked up you're ready to eat babies.
It works both ways around. When you're running late, the phone starts ringing every other second and you explaining 'yeah, in a minute, I'm just around the corner', and do they believe you? No. They call you again after 20 seconds.

[Pekka]

And after they had the nerves to stood YOU up, what do they do? They send you SMS after few days! It's so much easier than confronting a person in real life and apologize. And so the habit of stooding someone up only becomes stronger.

[Q Classic]

lol. man, pekka, you've got a lot of this pent up rage against handphones, no?

[Pekka]

Yep. And it's true also. I honestly believe that they have a bad influence to society. In theory, they are ok. But in reality they are just nasty things. Of all the ranting I did, the main reason I hate them is still that you're available for 24/7. I don't hate normal phones, or email, I like them a lot. I don't know why did it come so bad when they were combined and made portable. But it is!

[connorkimbro]

do i hate cell phones?

not really, no.

i find them extremely convenient, and not at all a nuisance. people can only reach me if i choose to answer the phone. if i choose not to, i can call back at my convenience.

[Pekka]

connorkimbo, well.. you're still having that laid back cell phone culture.. it will change. Enjoy the ride while it's still innocent and convenient!

[connorkimbro]

if people ever start getting all in my face because i choose not to answer the second they call, then they've got another thing coming to them.

[Skanky Burns]

I like SMS, don't like using the mobile as a phone. If someone calls me and I don't know who it is, I don't answer and don't really care who they are.

SMS are great because with your phone on silent you can get them in places like the movies, exams, etc, and no-one else knows you got a message. And you can then reply when it suits you, which isn't always immediately.

[Pekka]

That's cool.. but reality is harsh and it will hit you like a thousand papercuts and sticks under your nails.

Resistance is futile.

[Pekka]

Skanky Burns, You should enjoy this too while it lasts. After few years you'll be in a 'cell phone wall street hell' too.

[DanS]

You seem to be under the mistaken impression that all of these non-Finnish people will tow the Finnish Phone Nazi party line.

Ain't happenin'. My boss kept asking for my cell phone number. Did he get finally get it? Not a chance. The trick is to not remember the phone number and to leave the damn thing out of view. I've managed on the $12/month plan for a good while.

DanS's law: Outbound calls only. A+.