why i don't own a cell phone

I don't own a cell phone. I used to, but I don't anymore. They shut off my service because I had a GIGANTIC bill. They pulled a fast one on me (that is, AT&T) and changed the start time of my night minutes from 8 to 9. This was when I was living in Baltimore and everyone I knew was living anywhere but there. But that's not the entire reason why I don't own one. Aside from television and the Internet, cell phones are making our world and the people that live in it less comfortable with being alone. On my way from the parking lot to the computer lab (which is, let's say, a 4 minute walk) there were at least 7 people on their cell phones out of the 10 I walked by. People drive when they are talking on the phone and when they do they are driving approximately 50 mph, when the rest of us are driving 70. Just today on my drive up here I was behind a driver who was coasting along going 75. Then suddenly the car's speed dropped to 60. My thought was...uh-oh cop. Then I saw the antenae coming out of the head of the driver. Annoying! Cell phones are ringing every where I go. At work... people are getting their TEETH CLEANED and their cell rings. At school...phones ring in classes. When I'm hanging out with my friends... hold on, it's *insert person of seemingly more importance here*. UGH. I also think that, sadly, we are going to see in the next 20 years an increase in brain tumors due to these devices. Do I sound like my Gram? Heck, yeah! And I like it that way. We keep stressing that we need more one on one/personal interaction. Maybe smashing the cell phones would be a start.

I will say that cell phones are great for emergencies. I'll give it that.