Do You Have a Love-Hate Relationship with Your Phone?
Dealing with technology can be a real pain
The phone was ringing in the background — insistently.
I was too far away to even think about making a run for it. Besides, it was probably a spammer — another “wolf” call urging me to redirect my attention for no important reason at all.
But I couldn’t be sure.
My hands were covered with padded mitts and momentarily engaged in removing a hot baking dish from the oven. At the first ring, I hesitated, almost sliding our dinner back on the rack to hightail it to the phone. But I knew there wasn’t enough time to also take off the mitts, lower the oven temperature, and answer the call.
It was a tough decision, but there was no way I’d let the meal dry out because I was desperate to stop the damn ringing. By the way, I wasn’t the only one within earshot of the incoming call. And no one else made an effort to get to it either.
Granted, I’m pretty much the keeper of the phone.
But the calls that come in are considered shared responsibility. Apparently, I was the only one who felt that way.
