Homeless People use Cellphones [?]
Every time you pass that homeless person asking for change on the corner of the block that you try to avoid, that person has a cellphone.
You're on!
Yes homeless people too are discovering the life changing benefits of having cellphones. 50 year old Rommel McBride who has spend the last six years on the street says….
A cellphone is the only way you can call to keep up with your food stamps, your housing application, your job. When you’re living in a shelter or sleeping on the streets, it’s your last line of communication with the world.
The advantages of owning a cell phone are enormous and communication again proves that it remains the most important development of mankind. With the ease of instantaneous communication now days it allows an even greater impact on peoples lives. “Pay as you go” phones are a dime a dozen but I wouldn’t imagine have imagined the impact they can have. For example Chris who is 42 and a recovering crack addict…..
…..he got a pay-as-you-go cellphone and gave his boss the number ”I live up near the Capitol — give me a call anytime if you need extra hands,” he told his employer, being vague about where he bedded down each night.
He received numerous calls to come in early or to work an extra shift. After less than a year on the job, he was promoted. “No one there knows I’m homeless,” he said. “I would never have been able to do this without the cellphone.”…..
And to think I sat though a kids speech yesterday who said we should use cellphones less…..
[Source: Washington Post]
