It's long overdue because I don't really care for/about cell phones all that much and so mine is old and outdated and has been on its way out for awhile...but I like to have one with me when I'm out cavorting, so it really is time for a new one.
Earlier today I went into the settings on my current phone and saved/deleted some stuff in preparation for the new phone.
A short while later I heard the notification that I received a text message.
The message was from October 18th, 2016...a full four months ago*.
And so, little grasshopper, the lesson here is clear: do not assume that someone has received your message and then make even more assumptions based on your first assumption.
You could, you know, maybe call them and say "hey, did you get my message?"
Sometimes technology and gadgets - like people - aren't infallible.
Full circle back to my second sentence above about not really caring for/about cell phones: too much reliance on and faith in them + assumptions that they always do what you want them to do = bad.
I wonder how many misunderstandings/lost connections have occurred because of our over-reliance on small electronic handheld devices in which all of our important communications have to bounce invisibly through the air via some kind of voodoo.
I remain unconvinced that cell phones have actually made our lives better.
-Sharon
*http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1550042-Anyone-else-receive-text-messages-delayed-by-months
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