What a disposable society we live in.
Ever notice that there are no more "fix it" shops anymore?
Who goes to get anything repaired or fixed now? Nobody. Something breaks... you throw it away and get a new one. I've got this $400 cell phone with all sorts of bullshit gadgets on it and eventually (sooner than later), it's going to break. In the trash it goes because it's going to cost me more to get it repaired than it would be to buy a new one. I know it makes more money but at my fucking cost. Stupid.
I have an old rotary telephone that was in use when I was my son's age. It sat on a little telephone desk in my grand-parents house. I'd estimate that it's been around since the early sixties. It works perfectly, and I'm sure it will still work when my son's grand-kids find it and play with it.
Ever notice that there are no more "fix it" shops anymore?
Who goes to get anything repaired or fixed now? Nobody. Something breaks... you throw it away and get a new one. I've got this $400 cell phone with all sorts of bullshit gadgets on it and eventually (sooner than later), it's going to break. In the trash it goes because it's going to cost me more to get it repaired than it would be to buy a new one. I know it makes more money but at my fucking cost. Stupid.
I have an old rotary telephone that was in use when I was my son's age. It sat on a little telephone desk in my grand-parents house. I'd estimate that it's been around since the early sixties. It works perfectly, and I'm sure it will still work when my son's grand-kids find it and play with it.
Oh well.
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