Uninterruptable

The New York Times has an amusing article in its online edition today entitled “The Cell Refuseniks” about Americans (now only 15% of us) who resist having cell phones in our lives. The article states that…“Those who still do not have them, according to Pew, tend to be older or less educated Americans or those unable to afford phones. ‘These are people who have a bunch of other struggles in their lives and the expense of maintaining technology and mastering it is also pretty significant for them,’ said Lee Rainie, director of the Pew project.”

Not sure I fit into that category, but maybe I do.

Then the article goes on to say…“But there is also a smaller subset of adults who resist cellphones simply because they do not want them. They resent the way that ring tones, tiny keyboards and screens disrupt face-to-face conversation. They savor their moments alone and prize the fact that no one knows how to reach them.” The consumer research director of the National Broadband Task Force is quoted as saying, “These cellphone ‘refuseniks’ probably account for less than 5 percent of those who do not have cellphones.”

The article made me smile. These are my sentiments exactly. I’ve never minded being in the minority, even a minority of one. How very sweet it is to be uninterruptable.