I think I just realised how much we take our mobiles for granted. We’re always hearing about people saying we rely on them too much, and I guess that’s true, but it’s like pretty much everything in life these days. The internet, computers, fast food, travel, health, relationships even. Everything has gotten easier, and when something doesn’t work when and as soon as we want it to, we get pretty irrationally pissed off. I, myself, am constantly guilty of it. But I get angry at anything, really. Just give me a reason.
Anyhoo, I just realised how rare it is that mobile phone coverage actually goes out. I can’t remember the last time I was walking around somewhere where I usually get coverage and then all of a sudden I didn’t. I was talking to my landlord just before, and some strange things started happening, and I realised that my reception (which is always full bars) was down to one or two, and he was cutting out. Of course, I felt the rage build up inside me, thinking that it was my RIGHT to have coverage wherever I am - it doesn’t help that I’ve always ‘just had it’ for most of my life. But still, it strikes me as strange that cellphone coverage is one of the very very few things in life that is pretty much guaranteed in a built-up area.
Just think of that next time you get pissed off because the lift in your building stopped working.
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