Manish Jethani's Blog » January 20th, 2004

I've had enough. Enough of this intruding piece of gizmoshitology. I blame most of my woes on cellphones.

Being accessible anywhere anytime is not good for your happiness and well-being. You don't want to trade your privacy and freedom for someone else's comfort and security. Not even for your nearest and dearest, especially if they aren't mentally prepared for situations when you're actually genuinely not reachable.

Cellphone users, don't be taken for granted.

“I was trying to reach you, but you didn't take the call!”

Fsck you! I don't owe you an explanation. There could be a thousand possible reasons, yet your tiny little brain can't accept one. Hand me your phone and I'll show you why I couldn't take your call.

Have you seen the movie “Child's Play”? Truly, life was so much better without this devil.

In my two and a half years of cellphone usage, I haven't discovered a single terribly unique feature of this technology—other than the ability to instantly annoy fellow human beings with your irritating polyphonic ringtone and your loudmouthed conversations in public.

The reason I'm still using a cellphone is that my company requires me to. I'll soon close my account with Hutch and throw sell this phone off. Soon.