Being married to a cellphone or I'm just a luddite

[emily_in_nc]

What I don't get--and this is only partly related to cell phones--is how many personal phone calls some people make and receive during the workday. When did it become the norm for everybody and their brother to chat throughout the day? Several people I work with spend half the day on the phone with their spouse, friends, children, etc. I very rarely make or receive personal calls during the day. It just seems like a lot of things can and should be discussed at home after work. To me, it's just another example of how self involved people have become.

Funny, in my office personal (and business, for that matter) calls went significantly out of fashion as email gradually took over. Internally we also used Yahoo IM a lot, to chat about work (and occasionally non-work stuff). Even my manager IM'd me often and hardly ever called. My co-workers and I had some serious laugh-fests when using the various funny animated emoticons and chatting back and forth. But you hardly every heard anyone's phone ringing or overheard personal phone calls in the last few years!

Of course, digital communications may be more prevalent in tech workplaces -- I was a software engineer (now retired).

[Irulan]

There are tons of ways to block people of facebook without unfriending them. There are great resources on the web on "how to". I get that maybe you don't want to unfriend them, but why listen to their crap? One of the big points of Facebook that people tend to ignore is that you have very good control over who sees what. You just have to take a little bit of time to figure it ou.

[Crankin]

I went and searched how to block someone from making comments on your posts. There is (was) a way, that seemed quite simple and straight forward, under privacy settings, but when I went to my settings, the interface did not look at all like what was described. I called DH over and he couldn't find what we needed, either.
I suspect that the instructions were written before the "new" look of Facebook.
Oh well, I will have to get better at ignoring.

[BikeDutchess]

If you don't want to "unfriend" them (which is of course the most effective way), then place them on your "Restricted" friend list. That way they can only see the posts and info that you make "Public" (if you ever do).

[eofelis]

It took me a long time to finally get a cell phone. Then I got a really cheap, simple pay as you go Tracfone. Used it for occasional brief calls and texts. I eventually passed that phone on to my SO, who uses it even less than I do. Last year I got a another Tracfone that had a few more features (camera and web, but I never have used them). I don't even carry the phone with me half the time. During the week I often leave it on my desk at work instead of taking it home. If I get a call from a number I don't recognize I don't answer it.

It's handy to have sometimes, but I'm not a phone yakker anyways.

What do people talk about when they are on their phones all day?