With cell phones, Twitter, Facebook, e-mail, and much more, one would think it would be the simplest of things to get ahold of someone. But as each day passes, I find it to be the complete opposite, and it is honestly one of the most frustrating experiences.
I have been trying to interview an adult for weeks now and he has yet to even attempt to call me back. I call and a lady answers, then she transfers me and after a bunch of repeated dial tones BAM. Voicemail. And then my heart drops as I leave yet another voicemail that I feel like no one will ever listen to.
Maybe next time I’ll spill my entire life story to the infamous voicemail telling me to leave a message after that annoying “beeeeeeeep.” The sad part is he would probably still never hear it.
Even getting ahold of my own mother, my own flesh and blood, is becoming more and more difficult. She never answers her phone and it is unfortunate when I’m stuck on the toilet without toilet paper, left to drip dry with a sad heart.
But the worst offenders of this are teenagers themselves. One would think with teenagers on their phones all the time would take the chance to answer the phone. I call my friends and after getting their voicemail they text, “Hey did you call?” And I think, “YES I CALLED YOU SAW IT.”
With this new age of electronics and communications I feel like technology is not bonding people together but distancing humans apart from each other. We start at screens all day whether it be iPads, phones, computers, or televisions. Teenagers are terrified of face to face interaction with strangers and would rather text someone than ever talk to them in person. A perfect example of this is the MTV show “Catfish.” Some the people have talked to a stranger on the internet for years, even as much as ten years! Yet when they are asked to meet the person without miles between them, both of the people become terrified.
I myself am going to work on more face-to-face interaction and talking on the phone to strangers because in the future as an adult, I won’t be able to hide behind my age to get out of talking to strangers.