Steven Latimer

I am always easily amused by different peoples' attitudes towards cell phone usage, especially the texting feature.
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Because -- you see -- I have always thought that telephones exist to relay sound over a distance. Hence telephone.
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Not everyone feels that way. Some people primarily use their telephones to send text messages, even though that's what email is for.
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Don't accidentally misread me -- there is nothing wrong with an occasional text if it is needed. For example, if it is impractical or impossible to talk on the phone, or if someone is in a bind, texting can be a great tool. Holiday or seasonal text greetings are nice, too, provided they be festive. But frequently texting has been used so much it has become banal.
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This blog post is not designed nor intended to harangue any one specific person; however, in the last two days, I have received 13 texts from three different people. One was a festive Independence Day greeting, which is fine by me -- but the bulk of the other 12 were probably not necessary when that person could just call.
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(As an aside, with standard text messaging fees, all these texts wasted a good buck or two. That's roughly the price of a double cheeseburger -- albeit at McDonald's.)
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The gentleman on the right gets it. So should we.