clicking the image just refreshes the page.

If you miss my call you haven't had your time wasted. You are more likely to waste my time sending an arbitrary number of text messages to convey information that is much more easy addressed in a call at speaking speed than however fast you can type on a phone.

So rather than address the issue that caused you to be livid with your client you just send a disingenuous message in a form that makes it easy for you to be misleading? Remind me to never do business with you.

You should always choose your words carefully, regardless of medium. So that's a non-issue. The phone should be no more intimidating than texting, if it is then you have issues. So again a non-issue for sane people. As for asyncronous communication, if it isn't important enough to require an immediate response, use…

I don't deal with work on my phone.

You think people take the time to click through all the comments anymore? With how much of a hassle it is?

Because then we could point out how fundamentally broken and inferior this new system is?

Funny you should use English to call another language weird. ;p

Yeah anything work related goes through work-email, that way it's all nicely documented, I don't think of work-related issues with regards to my phone because I never deal with work on my phone. It's much more difficult to have most of those problems outside work, which IMO is the only source of communication I should…

Heh, never visit Calgary Alberta Canada. The drivers here are homicidal, never signal, deliberately try and run you off the road and prevent you from merging, will pass you just to cut you off and drive slow, and will pass you on the rapidly shrinking merge lane/shoulder. It is seriously the worst place ever for…

You going to do anything about the guy/bot who keeps posting some shit about curta and a link to fucking facebook?

Boo fucking hoo. You wasted a few seconds of your day. Unless you are a stock trader who the hell fucking cares.

Ah but we know from history that's not going to happen. I'll take the cell-addicted children over the screaming any day since those seem to be the only choices. Do we honestly think bad parenting is going to end any time soon?

This. SO much this.

So you prefer the screaming flailing version of the poorly parented kids? Because obviously the parent isn't capable of rearing their spawn properly that much hasn't changed but at least with the phones/ipod touches that babysit these days the kids tend to be much quieter.

It's funny how many idiots here are saying the exact opposite about texting. Drives me crazy.

Conversely I am pissed off by people who choose to text or use IM instead of talk, it's a fucking phone for gods sake.

At least where I'm from (Canada) the fact that running someone down with your car is illegal is enough comfort to pedestrians to not worry about what you in your car think. Sure every once in a while someone gets hit, but it's not common enough to care if you piss of some fuck in a car.

People who feel it necessary to be a living ad for their phone. It's almost as obnoxious as wearing clothing with visible logos on it, and the people who do it tend to be poorly informed as to the capabilities of other phones.

Doesn't change the fact that it is slow.