should texting be taken off cell phones?

[Storm61115]

i think texting should be taken off cell phones coz 1. they keep people from actually hearing the persons voice on the phone, 2. your employers cant text u that ur fired, 3. your boy/girl cant stay up all night texting their bf/gf like some people i know 4. do u how many people have gotten hit by a car and fallen into man holes because they werent paying attention? texting is causing alot of problems. i'm glad i have a safelink phone that is limited on mins and it takes 1 min away from me for each text i send or receive so it prevents me from texting. yes i am poor so this is why i have a safelink phone. i can not pay for a phone. i just got fired from another job today because i couldnt make a commitment to the lady on wednesdays. she texted me that she went with someone else, but i never got it. so i went over there to babysit and she told me she went with someone else. i never got a text from her so i assumed she didnt send it or if she did send it, she sent it to the phone that was disconnected coz i couldnt pay it. either way, she had 3 numbers.. she could have called one. if she would have called the number that was disconnected she would have known that i didnt get the text and would still think i was still on. she should have called my house phone--she had it! i gave all 3 numbers to her on one piece of paper. if she had the disconnected one, she had all the other ones too. i lost the job like i said coz i couldnt commit and the reason why i couldnt commit is because i have another job ..and they can never tell me when i babysit their kids so that makes them unreliable and because they ARE unreliable, i am unreliable. so i'm thinking about finding another job. the money is real good with that job but i need something where i know my days for sure and i dont keep getting called off. i have rent and other things to pay and if they dont tell me when i'm supposed to come the bills and rent dont get paid i lose everything. I HATE DEPENDING ON PEOPLE SO MUCH. I HATE NOT HEARING BACK FROM COMPANIES I HAVE APPLIED TO, SO I HAVE TO GO WITH NANNY POSITIONS AND I GET JERKED AROUND ALL THE TIME.

[davidf938]

Texting serves a useful purpose. As with most things, it can be abused and/or misused. There is no point in depriving everyone because some cannot seem to control themselves.

[smy0850]

Texting serves a useful purpose. As with most things, it can be abused and/or misused. There is no point in depriving everyone because some cannot seem to control themselves.

Bingo!! It's not the texting that's a problem, it's the people who don't use it in the correct manner. Texting should absolutely not be taken away. What's next? Email? Technology is changing rapidly and we should at some level keep up with it. Like the databases we have at work, they're constantly being changed and upgraded. If you can't keep up you won't have a job, that's the way the world works. It's the same thing as guns don't kill people, people kill people, food doesn't make people fat, it's the uncontrollable portions people eat that's the problem.

[natashaspy]

definitely should keep texting! as the mother of a 15 yr old boy, i'm finding out that sometimes that's the only way to keep in contact with him! its "embarrassing" to have to call home to mommy, but he can send me a text telling me he's going to be late or whatever he needs to say without his face turning red!

[kangagirl1321]

haha yeah kids and their embarrassment towards their mothers. i was never like that. i dont think my parents ever embarrassed me when i was young. i would call home everytime i needed to without a problem. my parents were more of a protection in my case coz when mom and dad come over to ur house u know ur in deep poop. my dad has a bad temper and doesnt play around.

[jski107]

If texting is such a problem for you why not just get a plan that doesn't include texting?  A lot of plans have that option.  Texting has it's pros also.  For example if someone has there phone off or out of service or they can't talk to you at the moment they can see what you have to say and respond when they can.  It's kind of like a answering machine message but no talking to a box, just typing the information.

[luvh8tragedy87]

I actually prefer texting. It's some people who need to know that right time and place to text. Texting itself isn't an issue.

[light_of_ryuk]

I dont think it should

[kangagirl1321]

If texting is such a problem for you why not just get a plan that doesn't include texting?  A lot of plans have that option.  Texting has it's pros also.  For example if someone has there phone off or out of service or they can't talk to you at the moment they can see what you have to say and respond when they can.  It's kind of like a answering machine message but no talking to a box, just typing the information.

 dont u read and comprehend anything that is posted??? i cant pick a plan without texting. i have safelink and free is the cheapest i can go. bite me!

[metspatriotsfan]

texting defientely shouldnt get taken off of cell phones

[dreamyxo]

I prefer to text rather than talk so no the texting option shouldn't be removed because you got fired.

[girlswin2]

Yes I think so also.  After all it is a "phone" not a computer.  I think it should be for emergency purposes only.  When you can't get a signal when in need.   

[miriah1brandon]

I am 18 and texting is my world so I would say no.  Sometimes thats the only way I can talk to my boyfriend.  I agree some people texting while driving is stupid and wrong it could cause an accident or even hurt someone.  When you are running low on minutes and you get unlimited texting than you can basicly still talk.

[keith74]

I don't care either way because I don't text and I am not payin exta to have texting.  Or I have to increase my minutes to get unlimiting texting and I can't aford it right now so it not important to me.

[tashamjoy]

no dont get rid of texting, texting has its pros and cons 1)i think technology can take away from face to face contact and in this way you are not even hearing the persons voices 2) it can be dangerous texting while driving and so on I just think that people these days are so busy and addicted to technology that they cant wait tell they are not driving but texting has its benefits for example if you can not answer the phone for some reason you can text if you run out of minutes you can still talk and so on but you cant just get rid of texting