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[Octopus]

Mate if you knew how much my phone rings during the day you would sympathise lol, If I am stood talking to someone for more than 15 minutes without it ringing I am doing well.

May be activate your voice mail service?

 

[GMES]

May be activate your voice mail service?

I don't think that would go down too well with my breakdown customers which we have quite a few.
There is the potential for them to lose thousands of pounds per hour if they are not running.

 

[Midwest]

In a previous life, before mobile phones, we had pagers, which when they went off you had to find a phone box. Then along came mobile phones, and we had to share one between a crew of two, always was a little disagreement on who had the phone. Soon changed me mind about that years later, when everyone had the damn thing, and expected you to answer your work phone 24/7. Even took mine on holiday.

Now I more leisurely employed, I screen all my calls, and don't answer at all at weekends, not that many people ring me these days, bliss.

Mobile phones, them and social media, the ruination of modern life.

 

[GMES]

@Midwest yes times have changed mate some of it for the better and some not, I had my first business when I was 23, I am now 49 and things were different in many ways, Like you say I used to ring a customer and if he wasn't in the office you waited until he returned, even if email was available you certainly didn't have it linked to a mobile My first mobile was the Motorola Brick, it took most of my van dash up lol.
Fast forward to now and I have some customers that I do work for and I have never seen them face to face due to the size of the company, but at the same time with a quick email to that customer, we can have an instant payment in our bank with the touch of a button, so there are pros- cons to technology.

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[Midwest]

Emails, don't get me started.

In the late eighties, we had a new boss who had worked in London. He visited the local office, and wandered round. I showed him our fancy new fax machine, to impress him. He noted everyone were using a type writer to file reports, he asked where were the word processors? I said we just used dictionaries?

 

[Wilko]

Here's a pic of my first mobile - half a car battery to power its analogue greatness - polar bears would cry each time you made a call.

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[Lou]

I have just had a Moto G4 Plus, brilliant phone and good battery life, turbo charges in 30 minutes