Who Says Flip Phones Aren't Cool? I was in high school when most of my friends started getting cell phones. In true overly protective father form, my sister and I weren’t allowed to join the trend. Since television and instant messenger were also not allowed in our home, we were used to being out of the cultural flow with our schoolmates. Still, it rattled me to not be allowed the coolest gadget of our time—a telephonic device to carry on your person! No more waiting for my mom to get off the phone so I could call my friends and tell them what J said in biology class. No more stressing about the possibility that my parents might be listening in on extremely private phone conversations about my many crushes. No more slipping quarters into the pay phone to ask my mom to pick me up after the movie was over. My own portable personal phone. I quivered with excitement at the prospect.
Flip Phone Confidential
Flip Phone Confidential
Flip Phone Confidential
Who Says Flip Phones Aren't Cool? I was in high school when most of my friends started getting cell phones. In true overly protective father form, my sister and I weren’t allowed to join the trend. Since television and instant messenger were also not allowed in our home, we were used to being out of the cultural flow with our schoolmates. Still, it rattled me to not be allowed the coolest gadget of our time—a telephonic device to carry on your person! No more waiting for my mom to get off the phone so I could call my friends and tell them what J said in biology class. No more stressing about the possibility that my parents might be listening in on extremely private phone conversations about my many crushes. No more slipping quarters into the pay phone to ask my mom to pick me up after the movie was over. My own portable personal phone. I quivered with excitement at the prospect.