Devil Phones
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techrecoveryMany of us are on call 24/7 for systems problems.
This is a part of our lives.
I'm hear to preach against the sin of "phones with a walkie-talkie function"!
We've got Nextels with the demonic "Push To Talk" function.
This means they will constantly have my phone beep (or vibrate in my case) WITHOUT the ability to (or necessity of) actually leaving a message.
I no longer answer these after hours because they are the trivial and pointless things that really can wait until Monday, or can be fixed by "Did you reboot it?"
It's currently the weekend.
It's almost ten PM.
Random people have been beeping me off and on all day.
They've yet to actually CALL and leave a message.
Yes, they have my number.
They are idiots.
This is a part of our lives.
I'm hear to preach against the sin of "phones with a walkie-talkie function"!
We've got Nextels with the demonic "Push To Talk" function.
This means they will constantly have my phone beep (or vibrate in my case) WITHOUT the ability to (or necessity of) actually leaving a message.
I no longer answer these after hours because they are the trivial and pointless things that really can wait until Monday, or can be fixed by "Did you reboot it?"
It's currently the weekend.
It's almost ten PM.
Random people have been beeping me off and on all day.
They've yet to actually CALL and leave a message.
Yes, they have my number.
They are idiots.
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