I used to have a Blackberry myself when I worked as a real estate agent. For some reason I was under the impression that I had to recieve my emails instantly. After a few weeks of having it, I turned the email off. I couldn’t take it anymore. It had me in this constant “work” frame of mind. I mean sure you have to work, but you also need to relax, and this damn thing was just driving me crazy!
It seems everywhere I turn people are are typing away on their Blackberrys. Big corporations and the government give their employees these Blackberrys for free, as a part of their job. This is their way of putting you under “work arrest.” With these Blackberrys people are working before they get to the office and even after they leave. Waiting for the train of bus and constantly type, type, type! Are they paying you to work these extra hours?
It’s a wonderful device, but we’ve allowed it to imprison us.
