What Would You Do Without It?

Me? I'd be quite alright. I mean really, where does it end? First they came with the fax machines, and no one said a peep. Then they came with the e-mail, nothing. Next they came the cell phones, silence. And then they came with the crackberries, nada. And whether it's some patent lawyers (whatever their real intentions may be) or something else, unless somebody does something soon, they'll come for us, literally. Yeah, I understand all of these things can be extremely useful in both one's personal and professional life, but at some point, especially with the professional, don't we just have to say "look it, this is getting totally outta control, i need a moment to myself, i need some time to relax, i'm not a friggin' doctor, i'm not on call, this is not what i signed up for, Just Leave Me The Fuck Alone?"

Comments

[Bluehorseshoe]

unfortunately what most chumps dont realise is there is an inverse relationship between status and blackberry ownership...do you see Larry Ellison or Condi Rice desperately replying to email? Nope, they have it all bitched out to others. Wanna improve you status? Get off the crackberry.

[Frank]

Have had a Blackberry for about 6 months and, so far, the only true value it offers me is a kick-ass alarm. Loud, persistent and a 5 minute snooze - best addition to my morning routine in quite some time.

All the other functions? Can't say I'd miss 'em.

[Cozmo]

I was one of the first movers on the blackberry (I had my first one 6 years ago and thought I would die after it was taken from me after a trial run), so I'm well over the "addiction" phase.

It does, however, allow me to be out of the office on some nights and weekends and still be responsive to emails and calls from my clients, so any time spent out of the office is good time in my book.

Plus, I've had the first edition of the "BlueBerry" color one for like 3 years now, and the thing is absolutely indestructable. It's been dropped off a moving car, dunked in a riverbank in Suzdal, Russia, been schtoinked on the NYC sidewalk countless times, the decorative metal piece on the front fell off 3 months ago, it is currently missing one of the four screws that holds the thing together, and it still works almost as well as the day I bought it. Name another cell phone that takes a licking like that? For my dough, the Canudians designed a hell of a hand-held device.

And I use the Alarm every day. Quite sweet, and you can set the snooze intervals too.

[KN]

Yes, without the blackberry, how would my bosses send me cryptic, misspelled e-mails from the beach in Mexico? Without the blackberry, how would I play brickbreaker on the commode? Without the blackberry, how would I be able to e-mail people while driving?