An observational ramble:
How dependant are you on technology? A few weeks ago, my mobile developed a fault, whereby if you called me up, I could hear you just fine, but you would barely hear me at all: not great. Since I use the mobile for almost 100% of my telephone conversations, this obviously needed fixing fast, so off it went for repair…
Meantime, what to do about taking those calls? Well, the short answer is I managed to borrow an old Nokia for the duration. This phone didn’t like my Orange sim card, so I just had to set all incoming calls to divert to the card already in the phone.
Sounds fine… but… Oh dear – how much do I miss my phone???
I have to admit, that the last week and a half, I have felt completely (and literally) lost without my phone: I have no stored numbers in the temporary phone, so I never know who’s calling me… I can’t forward my text messages to this number… I can’t collect any voicemail I may have had… I can’t sync my appointments with Outlook on this phone… and one very relevant point to me right now since I just moved… I have no Sat-Nav on this phone. In short, I really am LOST without it!
A few days ago, it took me two trips to collect some prints coming back from the lab, from my new ‘local’ Post Office – because I couldn’t find it before they closed for the day! How crazy is that?
Now, I freely admit to being something of a gadget fiend – I’ve always embraced new things that can help me make life easier/more efficient/better quality – but sometimes, we just don’t realise how dependant we are on that technology until it’s gone.
My phone has apparently now been repaired, and should be redelivered today: I’m glad to be processing photos at the pc today, so I won’t miss the delivery (or risk losing myself on the way o the Post Office again)!
Not so many years ago, none of us had mobile phones at all. think about how different it is now… How would you be if you lost your ‘phone now?
Rob.
