Why Do So Many People Walk Around With Their Phone Constantly In Their Hand If Not To Their Ear??

[dave50]

Why do they feel they need to be in touch with people every minute of every day? Is every conversation a life or death situation that cannot wait? My phone is for emergencies only.

[DaisyNonna]

Delete all for me spoonboy.

[pixie373]

I keep in touch with my children, family and friends. We don't generally give each other "all the news". We save that for when we see each other. Texts are often just sharing information as everyone is so busy. We all work different hours/days/nights/weekends and have children to look after, so it sometimes is a mission to meet up. I also use my phone for AnswerBank- which is acceptable, surely?:-)

[China Doll]

Most of the day my phone is in my bag. At home I use it to go online or answer my nightly call from my dad or to play my bubble game.My phone is pretty much always on silent cause I'm not called often enough to be in any danger of missing a call.

The one thing I hate is when people are trying to read/text while walking and paying no attention to where they're walking or indeed how slowly. That can be irritating.

[woofgang]

Why do people feel the need to blatantly display telephones in their homes? The red box on the street corner half a mile away is good enough for me.

[emmie]

no idea, but it's irritating when they are texting, not looking where they are going at all, bump, smack into you without a word, apology..

[Booldawg]

you look about you on a train carriage; most people on their are engrossed in some form of electronica. Modern living.

[joko]

it may surprise you but phones these days can do more than just make calls

in fact for some that is the thing they do least on them.

they are like mini computers - in fact they should probably change the name of them

[FredPuli43]

@woofgang. I agree and I bet your phone is hidden in the hall.

[Canary42]

It's an age thing which does seem incomprehensible to my generation (the 42 in my ID reflects my year of birth Andy) but for youngsters who start on this path at a very tender age it becomes part of their lifestyle - nothing odd at all about that even although we Oldies might think it stunts their intellectual growth. 50 years from now today's gadgets will probably be looked at with amazement or nostalgia, depending on the age-group.

[Cloverjo]

I'm sure some texts and calls are emergencies, but you see so many people tapping away all the time, they can't all be. What do they need to say?
Sometimes I think I must be the only person in this country without either a Blackberry or iPhone, and I'm not a technophobe at all.