Something different (Mobile phone safety)

Member Name: clissoldjones

Product:	Mobile phone safety
Date:	03/09/01 (44 review reads)
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Forget the safety of the mobile phone user-there are already 85 opinions on that-I would like to concentrate on the much more important issue here, the safety of your mobile phone.

Many times I have witnessed with horror as an innocent phones falls from a careless hand or pocket and crashes onto the ground below. Stop and think about the phone for a minute, not the pathetic human who now starts to swear and point fingers at their friends.
Mobile phones do not deserve this kind of treatment. They are highly useful objects enabling you to talk to anyone, anytime and in the comfort of your own hand. They can now do all sorts of wonderful things like going on the internet, entertaining bored and slightly sad users with such top quality games as 'Snake' and they fit snuggly into a pocket. They may have a rather bad taste in music and the habit of going off in the middle of the bit where the alien is just about to attack that soldier looking very scared, but its not their fault.

So why are they lost, dropped, thrown and misused with such carelessness? To prevent such events from happening, I invite you to read my 'mobile phone safety' guide:

1) keep on you at all times. Like small children and Eskimos, being left on a train on their own is a traumatic experience and you cannot expect them to find their way back to you.

2) careful when handling. Do not have greasy or sweaty hands as the phone may slip through your grasp. Try not to tickle, and at the other extreme, don't hold too tight as you may crush the phone. DROPPING THE PHONE WILL RESULT IN POSSIBLE BREAKAGE

3) do not use as a weapon. This is firstly not very bright and secondly not very good for the phone. In two years time they may have invented a special phone/ray gun (Bob Hoskins: its good to talk, and blast people to bits when they annoy you) but until then, the mobile phone is unlikely to cause any harm. Still a 1980s version may be used as
a brick.


4) do not use as a means of transport.

5) do not mistake for 'bone'. A dog is unlikely to use it for calling his mates, and a skeleton with a ringing kneecap will look odd.

6) treat with respect. Phones that are mistreated and generally abused will be liable for damage. You don't have to start calling it 'mate' but you must feel happy around your phone. If you or the phone feels tense then the relationship is not working.

7) do not expect too much of it. Once you start thinking that it can find you a girlfriend of cook you dinner you have gone too far.

8) do not leave in silly places, eg the middle of the road, in the village pond, on grandads favorite seat or in the oven.

Generally look after your phone as though it were a pet or friend. Make sure it is well batteried, in a safe place, not flying through the air and you can enjoy it so much more.

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