Remember the days when we really only had a land line telephone? The answering machine would blink when we got home if we had any messages and we would fight with our brothers and sisters to have use of the phone. Slowly the answering machines were automated, we had call waiting and caller ID. Then soon if you were lucky, your parents let you have your own phone line in your room or even a pager. Ah yes, the pager! Remember those? Finally, cell phones emerged.

     I remember my first cell phone. It was big, bulky and the screen was that weird green color with black text. It was a basic phone and I felt so cool having one. Then the Nokia’s became very popular and that was the phone to have. Within the next few years cell phones continuously began to evolve. They came in all sorts of sizes, could take pictures and play songs as the ringtone. I don’t think I even need to go over phones today. Technology is truly amazing. I don’t even want to know what types of things my son’s cell phone will be able to do when he gets old enough to have one. 

     People rely so heavily on their phones now a days it is kind of ridiculous. Amongst all the other things people do with their phones, texting ranks high up on the most used cell phone function. Forget calling your friends and family. Text them! People text all day long now a days, but when does it become a bad and often dangerous habit? How many of us can honestly say that we are not text-a-holics? It’s as if we have all of our conversations now a days thru some sort of electronic written form. Whether it be an e-mail or a text message, everyone is doing it. Some people have gotten so good at it they can do it without looking at their phone.

     We see people walking and texting or even driving and texting, but when does texting become rude and when is it okay to do it? Some people think there is nothing wrong with sending text messages on a daily basis. Other people think that not calling is rude and get offended. What do you think? Would you rather someone at least text you if they can’t call you? Or do you think that the time spent texting could easily be used for a phone call?