To many of us in the developed western world it would appear that everyone and their dog now has a mobile phone. We should all be aware that around half of the worlds population will have never made or received a telephone call.
This highlights how lucky we are to have access to affordable telecommunications and the technological gap that exists between the developed countries and those in the developing world.
But there are plenty of people who believe that mobile phones are actually more of a scourge and not very useful. Have you used a bus or a train lately?
I routinely travel by train to and from London and I’m forced to listen to various telephone conversations that, before the mobile phone revolution, would have never taken place. Ever evening on my way home from work on the train from London I have to listen to various people calling home to tell their partners that, surprise, surprise, they are on the train. And every day I have to listen to the same people making the same pointless calls, just because they can. What did they use before mobile phones, carrier pigeons?
I’m also forced to listen to the inane conversations of teenagers that make no sense whatsoever. Their conversations seem to be focused on their boring lives, the television programmes they’ve been watching or criticising their boyfriends. In one conversation that a young lady chose to share with the occupants of a packed commuter train she cheerfully derided a young man’s sexual prowess with grizzly attention to detail. As she proceeded to describe her experience in far too much detail everyone in the compartment was squirming with embarassment.
Being forced to listen to what should be private conversations is just one aspect of modern mobile phone use that is highly anti-social. Another is people who use their mobiles to play their music far too loudly without any thought for others who might not like hip hop music.
We all need to be reminded of how lucky we are to even own mobile phones. People who use their mobile phones to describe their sex lives should be banned from owning them.
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