Complaint After Complaint

Unless it is a momentus occasion (ie. Your friend and you find out her last name is also a street name and you need to take a picture of her jumping up and pointing at the sign), there is no reason why you should be using your phone as a camera.
Andrea and I were at the zoo last week feeding the giraffes and we saw some woman taking pictures of them with her phone. It’s not like, “Holy shit. I’m in a location where giraffes normally are not seen. I should take a picutre of this because no one will believe me. But I did not bring my camera with me today because I did not forsee anything crazy awesome happening. I’ll just use my camera phone because I have no other options!” I packed my camera. I knew that I wanted to take pictures of animals, and I knew I was going to see them at the zoo. Duh.
I was buying a new cell phone, and the Verizon guy said the only downside to the phone was the picture quality is not as great as the other phones. I responded with, “If I need to take pictures, I’ll use a digital camera.”
It’s not like you can’t afford both. Teenagers can afford both. People also have birthdays. Ask some friends or relatives to pool together for one. A nice 7 megapixel one is around $150. Furthermore, you don’t need to upgrade your phone or camera every year so it’s not an unnecessary waste of money to have both.
Cameras are also smaller than wallets. It’s not like they are awkward to carry and a huge hastle to tote around. You bring newborns to the zoo—but that’s a complaint for another entry.
At the very least, buy a disposable camera. They are cheap, small, and when you get the pictures developed you can tell what you were trying to take a picture of. Unlike your camera phone. “I think that blur in the background is my friend’s new puppy.”

You know what? It isn’t funny. I don’t want to listen to Steely Dan while i wait for you to answer your phone. You aren’t doing me a service friend. I’m not calling to get an insurance quote or make an appointment to get my teeth cleaned so cut the fucking shit.

Where to start? Do I mention the fact that their technology is five years behind and there is no longer anything special about a camera phone and even less special about a flip phone. No, sir. My complaint is as follows. I know that we’ve all been there. We are in a crowded area and you hear it. CHIRP CHIRP. Normally, people have vibrate on. I have never listened had my ringer on because I hate when peoples phones ring. The invention of the polyphonic ring made my ears stop bleeding, but Nextel is really out to kill me. The Chirping makes me feel like I am in a friggin’ aviary. Why is it there at all? Why is it so loud? Why can’t people just put it on a normal ringer, or even better, vibrate? For the love of God. Get a real phone plan and shut that thing up.

Do not wear them in restaurants. Not only is it tremendously disrespectful to the people you are with because it’s obvious that your number one priority is that you can take phone calls instantly and you don’t care about talking over group meal like a jackass, you look like an idiotic cyborg. Don’t even get me started on the ones with the blinking lights. You’re a douchebag.