Is it a bad thing to admit to eaves dropping? Is it eavesdropping at all when there can be no expectation of privacy? Is my act of observation as much a crime as using a cell phone to capture images? Where is the line? How do we know we have crossed it?
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The rise in personal cell phone use has made the public phone obsolete. And seriously, using a public phone in a place where people have health issues may not have been a good idea, anyway. The little enclosure is still there next to the handicap accessible water fountain and above a trash container. I’d advise steering clear of the water fountain and you know why! Soon, it will be obsolete because we carry the bottled stuff. Use the trash can with care not to actually touch it, but if you do touch, don’t worry, ‘Hospital Hill’ has you covered.
If you look closely at the photo I uploaded from my Smartphone, scrubbed free of germ bodies, and you will see that the hospital has installed a hand-sanitizer dispenser where the pay phone used to be. I also noticed and made my family use the hand-sanitizer located at the second floor elevator entry.
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The frustrating thing about having a cell phone is that the darned thing goes off pretty much at random. Just because I have a phone, doesn’t mean I am going to answer it. My family knows this and will assume I check my call history at my convenience and I’ll get back to them.
My children know that if their heads are on fire, or they’ve lost an arm, I am not the best person to call. If it is urgent, they can follow a call with a text message or as it has been known to happen, track me down in person, tap me on the head and tell me to answer the phone.
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