Staying Connected Without a Cell Phone

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Does everyone have a cell phone? Ireland, you have cell phones? You do? ? Norway? Everyone? Every single person here has a cell phone?

I did an experiment , 24 hours with no cell phone, just to see what it would be like.

any of you give up your cell phones? No problem? You'd be to do it?

Could you go a whole day without using your cell phone?

A whole day without using my cell phone? That's .
Probably not. No, really not.

Do think you can go a day without using your cell phone?
No, no, especially with the iphones as well. You kidding me? No.

Can I just buy a phone? Is that cheating? I'm not using MY cell phone, I'm just buying a one and then I can check my email on it.

The hardest part was calling people. It was not being able to check my email. Which everyone loves , you check your email all the time. all the time.

So I had to an internet cafe. which is like finding a black person in a republican convention, it's very hard to do.

It's almost to find.

I've gotta find one, because I'm in my own world.
Right now I'm disconnected from the rest of . I feel like I'm disconnected from everyone els.

DO you know where an internet is around here?
No, no.
Place to check your internet?
No No.
All right, fair . Thank you.

Internet cafe? Yes.
I have no .
You haven't seen any.
Ok thank you. Have a good day.

SHe doesn't know where the cafe is. but it's ok.

Would you speak to New yorkers? You from New York? like on the subway? strangers? or no? Would you? You do, ?

I used to play my games on my cell phone so I don't talk to anyone, or I listen to the music.

Today, I learned two things in the subway. First New York is beautifully diverse. , I finally read the evacuation emergency instructions on the subway. So if there is a fire in the subway, look for me, I will your lives.

I think I found something. I saw the words internet. Internet. Right there next to the... Internet. Small letters.

It's right next to the adult video . Which is basically convenient, I think, somehow...

Is it busy all the time? are people always using this?

Yes, we have our regular clients.

You have regular , They come in and Yeah, Yahoo, Gmail. I like that. Well I have to my email because it could have the break of my life.

So I just put two dollars in this thing?
OK? Turns out the last time I checked my email is 4 hours, 3-4 hours ago...
I'm not as as I think. There's nothing life-threatening. Everything here could have been answered , frankly, if I had waited a whole 24 hours.

But I do feel a sense of relief that I read these and there is truly pressing.

I did, I do feel much better, because I know what's going on in the . Ok, thanks alot.