| The invention of cell phones (celular) may be | | | | that holding the cell phone (celular) while |
| equated at par with the invention of radio, | | | | driving is one of the main reasons of car |
| telephone or the television. Its usage has | | | | accidents, as the conversation itself is |
| grown to astronomical proportions. Almost | | | | distracting; hence, the accidents even happen |
| every human being from a bubbling teenager to | | | | with hands free cell phones. Technological |
| an old infirm individual keeps a cell phone | | | | change is forcing the society to define new |
| (celular). Previously it was considered a | | | | norms and is leading towards a paradigm shift |
| status symbol, but now with prices hitting | | | | in societal acceptance of what is termed as |
| rock bottom, it has become a necessity with | | | | cell phone behavior. The thin line between |
| everyone, right from the daily wage laborer | | | | private and personal has vanished. The |
| to the company president. | | | | wireless and Gen Y kids believe it is their |
| | | | birthright to use cell phones (celular) and |
| Along with its wide spread use has also come | | | | other technological products anywhere and |
| its wide spread abuse. You can find people | | | | anytime, without care or respect for anyone. |
| talking, nay, yelling on their cell phones | | | | |
| (celular) at every nook and corner. The | | | | This use or abuse of the cell phones |
| ease-of-use and its superb functionality have | | | | (celular) urgently demands enforcement of |
| made people go into some sort of a virtual | | | | civilized practices, which may be called as |
| phantom private world, where they lose | | | | mobile manners, mobile etiquette, or rules of |
| consciousness of their surroundings. They are | | | | cell phone decorum. This enforcement cannot |
| so absorbed with the voice coming from their | | | | be done by the organized agencies of law, |
| devices and their incessant loud reply to it | | | | like the courts or the police, but it has to |
| that they forget they are social beings | | | | be enforced by the public, by you, by me, and |
| living in a civilized society, where other | | | | by everyone. |
| persons also have a right to silence. Cell | | | | |
| phone users, almost every one of them, assume | | | | People should follow certain dos and don`ts |
| that the society has a high tolerance for | | | | while using their cell phones (celular). |
| their constant chatter and they care-a-dime | | | | Private conversations should never be done in |
| even if you hear their private conversations, | | | | public. They should also understand that |
| shocking revelations or intimate sweet | | | | speaking at a low volume gives more clarity |
| nothings. | | | | at the other hand than yelling and shouting. |
| | | | They should realize that the vibrate feature |
| It is common to hear people talking on cell | | | | can always be used at gatherings, meetings, |
| phones (celular) at hospitals, job | | | | auditoriums, and all other public places. |
| interviews, funerals, weddings, sporting | | | | |
| events, cinemas, theatres, auditoriums, | | | | Multitasking while talking can only distract |
| conference halls, and at business meetings. | | | | and never prove beneficial. They should never |
| Hearing Chopin`s or Mozart`s Overture | | | | talk on their cell phones (celular) while |
| suddenly going off in Broadway shows is not | | | | shopping, driving, crossing the streets, or |
| uncommon, although mobile phones have to be | | | | while doing other personal business. Keeping |
| strictly switched off or has to be set to | | | | the conversation short and brief has to be |
| vibrate or mute according to the rules. | | | | encouraged. And everyone should tell everyone |
| Libraries, auditoriums, museums, hospitals, | | | | about these mobile manners or these few rules |
| and all enclosed places for public use like | | | | of cell phone decorum. Then only will a |
| elevators, conference rooms, restaurants, and | | | | change happen. A change much needed for the |
| cafeterias are filled with people laughing, | | | | betterment of the individual, the society, |
| crying, or going hysterical while speaking to | | | | and for the technological marvel - the cell |
| someone invisible. With hands free cell | | | | phone (celular). |
| phones (celular), you can see a person | | | | |
| talking with full dramatic gestures that a | | | | This article is under GNU FDL license and can |
| few years back, would have been considered a | | | | be distributed without any previous |
| sure sign of insanity and madness. | | | | authorization from the author. However the |
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| Most road accidents happen because people | | | | mentioned in the article and biography must |
| talk more and drive less. It has been found | | | | be kept. |