I was rifling through the San Diego Reader recently in search of my favorite crossword puzzle when I came across this real life ad:
After immediately taking a picture of it to text to my friend Jenny and upload on Facebook, I began to make notes in my iPhone about our society’s troubling obsession with mobile devices.
Dear Samsung Flip Phone,
I’m going to be frank – I’ve been unhappy for some time now. It’s silly for me to hang around hoping you’ll change when you are just as unreliable and low-achieving as you were when we met four years ago. One minute you’re fine, the next minute you’re going on about your low battery, unable to complete the simplest tasks. I know it’s only a matter of time before you shut down completely, and I don’t want to be around for that.
You should know that I’ve been cheating on you with my work phone for months now. It was never serious – just the occasional call or text – always when I was angry with you. I know Blackberry is totally wrong for me, but sometimes it’s nice to be with a GROWN-UP phone – one that can satisfy my basic needs. I’m not proud of it, but my willingness to be unfaithful was the first sign that something needed to change.
Occupation: Cubicle Monkey 