Andy Sandford Website: Get Your Dumb Face Out of Your Smart Phone
I recently went a month without having a phone, and it took a concerted effort from the rest of the world to harangue me into getting another one. I found out that a smart phone would cost me less money per month than I was currently paying, and I have to say I was more nervous than excited. I am…
i do not own a smartphone. do they still cost at least $250, not counting the monthly payment and the 2 year contract? yeah? then i think i’m good for now. i guess i’m completely clueless about the value of a dollar but i cannot for the life of me understand where everybody is getting this money to pay for these stinking phones. i thought we were broke, 99%-ers. that’s the same problem i have with iPods. those shits are expensive.
as to andy’s fine point about everyone looking at their phones to avoid humanity: i totally get what he’s saying, but i’m an old school look-at-the-ground gal. i walk around downtown atlanta constantly; at least once a week somebody (usually a dude) tells me to hold my head up. and not in a “you’re gonna walk into that bus!” kind of way, but in a “hold your head up to the indignities of life, sista!” kind of way. (or maybe in a “your head is blocking my view of your cleavage!” kind of way.) when i’m alone in public, i kind of try to be…invisible? i just want to shrink into corners and watch people. plus, once you’ve been sniffed by a strange man on a bus because you looked “inviting,” you kind of want to keep things around you that keep people away.
but i’m pretty sure i can’t do the smartphone avoidance hustle. i can’t walk & drink at the same time without a straw, so…
