Look, you're not gonna get an argument from me in favor of the idea of cellphones. I only got one because I was pressured into it by drones in our populace who have bought the idea that we have to know "right this second", which I believe is bullshit.
But that's the way the world works now -- in my case I lost a job because I wasn't there to take it "right now". That wasn't up to me. Nor is it up to anyone else when it's somebody else that has the job to offer.
You lost a job? Or you didn't get a job? That's two different things.
And generally the only time you don't get a job because of not responding in time, is when you are dealing with a temp agency. Temp Agencies don't like to wait, because they know the company could hire through a different temp agency, and if they don't fill the job before the other agency, then that recruiter loses the commission.... and honestly they don't earn a ton.
But even then, there are ways to get a job without having a cell phone. One of the guys I was hired with, just asked the next door neighbor to have the agency call him instead, and when they called, he walked next door and gave him the phone. How hard is that? You have to swallow your pride, and admit you need help. Big deal. Being an adult means admitting when you haven't got everything under control.
Are you saying you had no friends anywhere that had a phone you could borrow? Why don't you have any friends? Where is your family? Where is your church?
Even then, if you are such an isolated loner, that you don't have anyone you can get help from, you could still just get a cheap throw away pre-paid phone. Put down $10 in minutes, and you have no monthly fee. Until they call, you don't use a single minute. They can still reach you, and you don't spend tons of cash.
Go hunt down a job without a phone, rotsa ruck with that. In effect you're whining that a person (whose situation you have no clue about) isn't doing her part to find employment, and at the same time you want to take away one of her essential tools for doing so. **** that selfish attitude.
Um.... I've done it? I have done exactly that myself. Screw you for being an arrogant idiot that judges people you don't know. Sucks to be a dumbass like you huh?
Further, along with what none of us know about her circumstances, neither do we know that she herself is paying for that phone. Or what kind of bill it carries. Or if she still has it today.
Again, I don't care. If you so freakin poor, that the very moment you are laid off, you are instantly starving to death, then you should have had the phone BEFORE you lost your job. You should have been saving up cash in the bank for a rainy day, instead of having a rainy day and demanding everyone else pay for you.
And yes, with that kind of Numero Uno blind pig attitude, it is a shame you can vote. You make a good case for taking away the vote from the simpleminded.
Sucks to be you. We can vote. We have a say in where our money goes. And we don't give a crap what you think.