The Future Of Phoning Is Scary
Much as we love the mobile landscape, it can’t be denied that there are many nuisances that come with the convenience of being able to communicate with anyone anywhere at any time. And this goes beyond the hassle of having to listen to the high-volume yammerings of whoever you’re sat next to on the bus. Most obviously, there are the safety risks: not just to drivers, but pedestrians too - the current NYC mayor has wanted to ban phone use by pedestrians since so many ignored the traffic while using them! But even for the safest users, a mobile universe has caused a great change in the way we operate.
Jan Schaumann, a style-trainer and behavioural expert, has commented on how society’s morés have changed: “the cell phone generation turns to their beloved text messaging more and more often in conflict resolution.” This means relationships end with the flick of a text message and what were once heartfelt comments are delegated to syntactically poor SMS. Take, for example, the ‘Camera Phone Killer’, Stephen Price, who stabbed his victim 80 times and posed with the body for his mobile. To apologise to him mum, he sent the message: “Listen ma av been thinkin aboot everythin, n wit a put you through n am really really sorry ma!”
The anonymity that a portable communications device offers also lets some people unleash their “inner jerk”. Obscene/prank calls have sky-rocketed since phones have become more readily available by teenagers. Nine people in Berkshire repeated this offensive to the fire brigade so often they have had their phones disconnected!
Phones themselves can cause a great deal of bother. A Halifax man, Christopher Cookland, was accused of common assault and theft after a fight with his girlfriend surrounding their mobile phone, which he scarpered away with.
With mobiles being such stressful things, that’s all the more reason to let Omio make things a lot easier!
Source:The Earth Times
Tags: society
