miller@uwovax.uwo.ca (Greg Miller) (08/30/89)
In article <331@ccu.UManitoba.CA>, ndonald@ccu.UManitoba.CA (Nick Donaldson) writes: > Considering the incredible number of phone booths that one > can find in any reasonably-sized town or city, a car phone > isn't extremely necessary. I thought that the biggest advantage/disadvantage (depending on your perspective) was not the ability to phone out, but that people could get in touch with you while you were on the move. Is this not especially important to those whose jobs are in sales or servicing and thus need to hear from their customers as soon as possible? ++++++++: J G Miller mail: Room 024, Chemistry Building InterNet: <a4346@uwocc1.uwo.CA> University of Western Ontario NetNorth: <A4346@UWOCC1.BITNET> LONDON, Ontario, N6A 5B7 UseNet: <a4346@julian.UUCP> phone: (519) 679-2111 ext 6325
mark@sickkids.UUCP (Mark Bartelt) (08/30/89)
In article <3713@uwovax.uwo.ca> J G Miller <a4346@uwocc1.uwo.CA> writes: > people could get in touch with you while you were on the move. > Is this not especially important to those whose jobs are in > sales or servicing and thus need to hear from their customers > as soon as possible? Oh, great. Not only do we have people holding telephones while they try to pilot their oversize tin cans, but we can expect to see them consulting their daytimers, writing notes to themselves, ... If this trend continues, I think I'll start spending more time underground. Mark Bartelt UUCP: {utzoo,decvax}!sickkids!mark Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto BITNET: mark@sickkids.utoronto 416/598-6442 INTERNET: mark@sickkids.toronto.edu
jim@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Mercer) (08/30/89)
> Oh, great. Not only do we have people holding telephones while they > try to pilot their oversize tin cans, but we can expect to see them > consulting their daytimers, writing notes to themselves, ... If this > trend continues, I think I'll start spending more time underground. > > Mark Bartelt UUCP: {utzoo,decvax}!sickkids!mark i actually saw this while driving in this morning. the guy was all over the road, not to mention that he was doing 80 km/h on the inside lane, leaving hordes of space in front of him, while maintaining the same speed as the transport to his right. commuting's enough of a hassle without a??holes like this. -- [ Jim Mercer jim@lsuc.on.ca || utzoo!lsuc!jim +1 416 947-3378 ] [ System Facilitator - Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA ] [ "Have you ever read the instructions on a packet of toothpicks?" ] [ - Arcane Jill Watson, wife of Wonko the Sane ]