Cellular things came into being at I time I was least adapted to settle for
the cumbersome expensive suitcase phones that I was forced to use.
Once. I was forced to us it once.
Some guy on my staff, God Rest His Soul, came to my office one day with
this convaluted contraption I was to install in my car and never be without
it.
Up to this point, I carried a pager that I only turned on in meetings
with a boring dean and then set it off by pushing the beep button. I
was responsible for establishing a well managed in house pager system for
our hospital rank and file. If you were one of the first to notice
doctors carrying pagers in Indianapolis, I'm probably the reason why.
I'm also the reason why rank and file in all critical service departments
carried a beeper among a shift.
So I was toolin' down State Road 67 on a sneak home in the afternoon to
check on my son and his football practice transportation when this damn
phone rings and scares me so bad I almost ran my Lincoln Town Coupe off the
highway and into a very deep ditch. Backed up by a stone wall.
I was so angry I threw that suitcase phone against the stone wall and
then kicked it a few times for good measure. I sent my husband
out that night to pick up the pieces.
The NERVE of THOSE people who questioned me for the condition of the
first cell phone after only one night in my possession. I told them
the truth. If they want me to test an abomination of a new product
they better be ready for my feedback. They all know I believe in
function over form.
So today... I'm still not over the pager thing and I have an EnV phone
with a keyboard for text messaging. How cool is that?
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