I was watching a movie from the 90s a couple of days back and noticed how the mobile phone in one scene resembled a brick and carrying one in a hand looked heavier than holding a pistol and wondered how far we have come in terms of mobile technology. There was a time when we had to use pay phones...(yeah remember them? you used coins to make phone calls....) to call someone when we were outside but then things changed, there was suddenly a mobile on everyone and we all became connected, the spiders had to suffer another setback after we started calling the internet web we entangled another mesh of networks and used their designs (good thing they can't sue the human race.....as yet) and made another web of communication and as time went on we progressed on this and got the "web" on the mobile phones and were suddenly hit with the smart phones. These phones did everything, helped make calls, text people, listen to music, browse the net, check mails, turned into a clock, an alarm clock, a personal organiser and now even has an assistant. I love all these functionality except, yes there is always an exception to everything, the world came up with the word "but" for a reason and that was whatever we do or happens, there will always be something which is going to piss us off, its in our nature. So keeping in check with the norm (a feat in itself in my case if you know me) I will say that I have a problem with the smart phones and no its not the network, that does not irk me but what does is that silly feature called "Voicemail". Yes, I had never liked the concept of message-banks on the land-line and when it turned into voicemail on the mobile platform it remained my pet peeve. I do not see any productive use of listening to a message which:
a. is usually left with a tone that is either rushed up as if you only have 30 seconds left to live and the information
you give out will solve your murder mystery or is mumbled across leading to the next point
b. is soo incomprehensible that you wonder if a 2 year old was talking in the phone
c. has nothing but a person breathing through the phone, kind of like someone trying to stalk you...just that hello
your number shows up and if I have you on my contact list so does your name = FAIL
e. there is silence and not like the one of the lambs........
The other thing you realise is that not only are you left disappointed going through retrieving these messages, the service provider actually charges you to access these lame messages adding up to the cost of making those "dropped" calls that the network issues very conveniently address. In a world where every person who has a mobile phone is efficient enough to use the SMS functionality why do we still stick with this utter rubbish function which the majority of public hate. I mean I have never heard someone get excited and go "Wow!! I have got a voicemail!!!", not one and anyone you ask always goes "I HATE IT!! Send me a freakin text instead!!".
So the next time you hit my recorded message, please don't go on what I am saying there, all I mean is "I really don't care about if you leave a message or not, just send me a text and I will reply, if I already haven't after looking at the missed call." Until next time, keep smiling! :)
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