Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Here's what's got my goat today.
To all you who don't say "Bye" on the phone, yea, your time is coming. You know what I mean.
For eons now, man has chosen to communicate by telephone, guided by a strict code of conduct and of courtesy. And let me tell you, for eons they chose it NOT so that some pompus asses may throw out all pleasentries and conventions. No, instead, they chose it because it is a morally acceptable way of communicating.
Now, due to society's heavy influence on pop-culture, and pop-culture's heavy influence on society, the use of the phone on television has been greatly stimulated. It may be noted that almost every telephone conversaion I have witnessed on TV, including shows like "24" and "The Simpsons", nearly every conversation pays no homage to the eras of telephone code of conduct building. Nearly everyone one of them hangs up without a simple "bye".
Some advice: Television does not reflect reality. Some of us require a confirmation of completion, a sence of closure to everyday things. Just because the show wants to save the quarter of a second it takes to say "Bye" for advertising purposes, does not make it ok in real life.
THE NEXT PERSON TO PHONE AND HANG UP WITHOUT SAYING "BYE" IS GONNA GET IT.
**a-hem**
To all you who don't say "Bye" on the phone, yea, your time is coming. You know what I mean.
For eons now, man has chosen to communicate by telephone, guided by a strict code of conduct and of courtesy. And let me tell you, for eons they chose it NOT so that some pompus asses may throw out all pleasentries and conventions. No, instead, they chose it because it is a morally acceptable way of communicating.
Now, due to society's heavy influence on pop-culture, and pop-culture's heavy influence on society, the use of the phone on television has been greatly stimulated. It may be noted that almost every telephone conversaion I have witnessed on TV, including shows like "24" and "The Simpsons", nearly every conversation pays no homage to the eras of telephone code of conduct building. Nearly everyone one of them hangs up without a simple "bye".
Some advice: Television does not reflect reality. Some of us require a confirmation of completion, a sence of closure to everyday things. Just because the show wants to save the quarter of a second it takes to say "Bye" for advertising purposes, does not make it ok in real life.
THE NEXT PERSON TO PHONE AND HANG UP WITHOUT SAYING "BYE" IS GONNA GET IT.
**a-hem**