People actually thought/think that someone having an iPhone/Android/whatever was/is 'flaunting their wealth'? Really? Wow, just wow. And even if the intent was for someone to flaunt their wealth, who really cares? Are people that dissatisfied with their own lives, that focussed on what others have and what they do not have, to give it even one second of their time? (Children and teenagers notwithstanding of course.)
I do give it a second thought when people use their phone in public; standing in line and being so focused that they don't a) realize the line has moved, or b) that the person behind the counter is waiting to be acknowledged/paid etc..., or standing at a traffic light and not realizing the light has changed and they're blocking the way, or walking down the street/in a mall and not realizing they've cut you off or you've had to take evasive measures not to have them plow into you, or look at their phones while in the middle of a discussion/eating a meal/while engaged with a second person....
I also give it a second thought when people use their phones while driving (even hands free). *I* (specifically) must pay extra attention, not only to my driving but to their driving as well, as to prevent myself from being in a road accident at least once a day. Never before have I seen so many people wrapped up in a little box such that they create havoc pretty much wherever they drive. And it is not okay to use your cellphone while waiting for a streetlight to change to green. That happens at least twice a day where I drive.
For the record, I do not own a cellphone and have no intention of owning one. I did own one a number of years ago at the request of my husband. I was making two hour trips (one direction) during the winter, in the middle of nowhere, and he wanted to know that I could call him if something happened. That lasted two winters. Never used the thing and on the couple of occassions I wanted to use it - not enough 'bars'.
There simply is nothing so important going on in my world that I or those I have relationships with must be able to get in touch at a moment's notice 24/7. Perhaps the cellphone zombies of the world simply live far more exciting and important lives? I concede that a doctor on call or Elon in the middle of finalizing the Gigafactory deal may indeed benefit from a cellphone being handy. I expect neither of them to be driving or standing in line in front of me at Walgreens.
But yes, I do give it a second thought usually several times a day and it's not generally a pleasant thought, involving said device shoved up a dark place. :wink:
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Agreed.