Useful at Times #mfrwauthor

Welcome to Week 42 of the MFRW 52-week challenge. The topic is "Cell Phones: Necessary or wanted, or stuck to you like glue."

Image by LoveYouAll at Pixabay

I am not one of those people who wait in line latest smartphone release. I do have a cell phone. My entire life is not on my cell phone. I've used its internet capability one or twice while traveling. And I can test by using a one-finger hunt and peck method.

There are people who cannot exist without their cell phone permanently attached at their ear. They answer every ring regardless of where they are or what is going on around them. To some, their phone and its instant contact amounts to an addiction. 

My flip phone enables medical updates to be made to the family from a hospital room, hotel reservations made from the road, or a summons for help. Or before times of lockdown and safer at home isolation orders, the phone let the partner know when dinner is ready and it's time to come home. Or that I'm done shopping and will bring lunch (or dinner) back with me.

Image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay

I've seen the telephone go from black rotary devices on a party line to internet-accessing, picture-taking, mini-computers. My flip phone is a necessity and useful at times. But it is not attached to me 24/7.

~till next time, Helen