Phones

Remember, back in the day, when you called a place, not a person. You called Joe's house, or Joe's work or even Joe's mom's house. If he was there, you talked, if not, you assumed he was out and about. Shucks, I remember when there weren't even answering machines, let alone voice mail. Now, you call Joe. No matter where he is or what time it is or where you are, you just dial and there he is.

This is good and bad. It is good to be able to reach someone when there is an emergency and you really need to get a hold of Joe. But for me, for the most part it is bad. Now you can't look at a number and not answer the phone with out the caller knowing you just plain don't want to talk to them. It might be a bad time or you have a headache or maybe you just don't want to deal with that person's drama at the time, but they know that you know it's them. And that works both ways. If you call someone, and they don't answer, the first thing that goes through my head is, why don't they pick up, don't they love me anymore?

All to say, I forgot to put the ringer back up on my phone yesterday and missed a few calls. Sorry, I'll get back with you as soon as I can.