Robbery of mobile phones has increased almost 50% of late, the crime being perpetrated mainly by teenager upon other teenagers. The cause of the increase: the sudden explosion of 3G technology & the materialistic malaise & insecurity within modern society that says our value is judged on what we own rather than who we are.
Ruthie thinks these attitudes are desperately sad, & thinly disguise the desperate need of many of the teenagers for more genuine sources of esteem.
But for capitalism to work we are required to be kept in a constant state of discontentment: otherwise why would we buy so much stuff we don’t actually need? So if you are planning on going shopping this weekend…stop, think. Do I really need that new garden ornament or could I donate the money to a starving child in Africa & go for a walk instead? (And giving myself greater satisfaction & saving myself aggravation in the process).
Geeklawyer now has a top of the range 3G mobile, purchased after reading about Ruthie’s. His phone is far superior. Ruthie therefore intends to steal it.
I resent the idea that all teenagers nick mobiles out of a wish to be more up-to-date with their toys- at least some of them must be doing it for drugs…
“at least some of them must be doing it for drugs…”
And pure fun too.
“His phone is far superior. Ruthie therefore intends to steal it.”
Geeklawyer imagines that this might have adverse career implications for ruthie
And in any event being robbed by a chick would be so embarrassing that Geeklawyer’s girlfriend would step in to defend him against ruthie!
[…] Geeklawyer has a spiffy 3G mobile phone; a source of envy and even potential larceny. His phone company is T-Mobile. So some concern then when that the Register reported that T-Mobile have it in their terms and conditions that voice-over IP and instant messaging are banned. For those not familiar with voice-over IP it is a totally whizzy way of making free, or very cheap, phone calls over the Internet. The down side for phone companies is that it means you may pay 2p a minute to someone else to ring Moldova rather than pay 25p a minute to them. Predictably they are not that happy with the threat VoIP poses. All VoIP needs is a permanent net connect and suitable software and hardware: most people with PCs will only need to buy an external microphone. Skype provide an excellent VoIP service that lets you talk for free to other Skype users or at a very low rate, 2 eurocents a minute, to non-skype phone users. Skype provide a package for Geeklawyers T-Mobile MDA Pro Windows Mobile phone which he has installed and used very successfully. […]