Do you like always being on call?
WITH around 900 phone boxes across Scotland set to be removed in the next three years as the digital revolution continues to change the country, we asked our Email Jury how they felt about mobile phones and if it’s good to be available at all times.
Sometimes the problem with mobiles is that people can get in touch with me even when I want some peace and quiet.
Joseph Clancy, Glasgow.
I prefer using my mobile. I don’t make many calls and so use my mobile’s free minutes. My landline is only ever used for incoming calls. Fiona Reid,
Forfar.
I do use a mobile but very infrequently. They are used far too often nowadays – it’s like being surrounded by zombies.
Bob Duncan, Carnoustie.
I think mobile phones are excellent in an emergency, but there are plenty of calls made on them that are unnecessary.
Margaret Brown, Rutherglen.
I use my mobile for almost everything and get frustrated when the signal fails, so in areas with no mast the phone box should stay. Tom Anderson,
Sussex.
I have never had a mobile phone and don’t feel I need one. I certainly don’t want to be one of those people saying the inane, “I am on the bus”. Why would you need to talk on a bus? I had three around me once and it was a horrible
journey. Elizabeth O’regan, Lincoln.
How on earth did the world manage without mobiles? Better than you think. Bea
Smith, Doncaster.
Mobiles are handy to have but I think they should be banned from pubs and restaurants, similar to smoking.
Robbie Russell, Elgin.
I don’t think they make you more available because you can always turn them off.
William Mcgurk, East Kilbride.
I can see the cost of maintaining public phone boxes would be uneconomic, but perhaps they should be looked on as a public service sustained by the Government. Andrew
Clubb, Ellon.
Unless there is an emergency I cannot think why some people carry their phones in their hands when out and about, seemingly always at the ready to make or receive a call. I find it a bit sad.
Joyce Brown, County Durham.