I washed my jeans on the hot cycle.
With my cell phone in the pocket.
I called my cellular company, whose general attitude was “Too bad, suckah!” I spent several hours online looking for a replacement phone. I went through serious cell phone withdrawls, complete with the shakes and cold sweats.
Like eMail, I’m hyper-dependant on my cell phone. I call my husband, friends, son’s school., work, pizza delivery, doctor’s offices, prescription refill service…all on the fly, from the driver’s seat of my car. I multi-task shamelessly. I call myself–leaving long messages on my home phone with reminders, grocery lists, ideas for books to write someday.
I’m getting a new phone today, and I can’t wait. If loving my cell phone is wrong…well, I don’t wanna be a-riiight.
mary june brown 
I guess the perspective is how the cell phone is used. Personally, when I had one for work; it felt more like a leash. I couldn’t go anywhere where I was running free. Having had jobs where on-call is REQUIRED is worse. The leash seems even shorter.
It’s nice to have the security of a cell phone while traveling in case you needed to reach someone in case of an emergency. However, it can also be liberating to shut that sucker off sometimes.
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You are absolutely right. If I worked a job where they were calling me…ugh…I’d hate that. But I love the freedom it gives me to be able to take care of things from my car. But even so…there are times when I love turning it off!
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