Classist Cell Phone Owners
By MissBlack
@MissBlack (356)
United States
March 16, 2013 5:54pm CST
There is something that has been bothering me for a while now. There are people who go out and buy the latest cell phone regardless of whatever and then they take it upon themselves to insult others for either choosing not to do so or just simply afford it.
Case in point, an ex friend of mine would literally go from phone to phone every month and granted each month the phone got more and more expensive even though they all did the same darn thing. She would then sit and brag about things that her phone could do that the rest of the group's phones supposedly didn't do. One of my friends got fed up with her and went off on her saying things like "Yeah? I didn't pay $400 for this phone and I definitely didn't sleep with an ex to get it" Usually, that would mean argument over. I've also seen other grown people actually picking on others for their choice of cell phone brand/service. I for one am under Metro PCS. Before that, I was on Boost Mobile. I got a lot of flack for having prepaid phones and now I have what some call 'bottom of the barrel' service. I don't have a problem with it simply because I know how much my bill is going to be, my phone is great, and I won't get shut off over a dollar like some that I know..
So what I want to talk about, good people, when did it become the thing for grown people to act downright childish and obnoxious over something as trivial as cell phones?
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5 responses
@Raine38 (12257)
• United States
16 Mar 13
Maybe because they are so insecure with themselves that's why they turn to material possessions, like the cellphone to boost up their confidence and feel better then the next person. Which is really delusional. I have been bragged about and even looked down by people who own more expensive phones than I have, only for them to get the shock of their life to learn what I really do and what we are in real life. One time, a "friend" asked me why I don't have the latest mobile phone since I can afford it. I told her I just want it that way. She further advised me what I should do. It's always like that until I got tired of it and I told her, that I don't think I would listen to someone who has to borrow money from others just to be able to buy the latest model of cellphones.
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@MissBlack (356)
• United States
17 Mar 13
that's it..you put her in her place..that's what anybody who has dealt with this foolishness should do..I especially love it when these same people go off and buy these things and think that you can't. I remember once another girl got an iPhone when they first came out. I didn't care about it but she insisted on showing me how 'much better' and 'more sophisticated' it is than any other phone. Not only that day did she accidentally dial her boyfriend from her purse and tell me a story on how she cheated on him every chance she got, but when she got home, he tossed her precious phone out the window...material possessions might seem like a good idea at the time but they can get you into a lot of trouble just trying to be better...
@TLilly12 (1229)
• United States
16 Mar 13
I know exactly what you are talking about, I know a person just like this and every time a new phone comes out, she buys it and come and showing it off, to everybody, bragging like look at what I got, no body really cares about her new cell phone, she even did this when she got the ipad2, she would call me on the phone bragging about, what she was going to buy, she is even talking about, buying the new GalaxyS4, I have her number blocked on my cell phone, so she can't call me about anything any more because, I don't want to hear it, she make a big Deal out of everything she buys, like she is the only one that can, buy a new computer or cell phone and no one else can, people like this really make me sick.
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@MissBlack (356)
• United States
16 Mar 13
Exactly! I work hard for what I have and I had to tell this girl in not so many words that I have more important things to worry about and pay for. I don't have an army of ex boyfriends who I can lie to (she will tell these guys that they can call/text her so they will give her money to help pay for these phones) to get what I want. It's like, she really tries her absolute best to be the first to buy these things and then tries to trash-talk the rest of us. I mean, I am sorry I don't own the new whatever, but I do have a child to feed and being homeless isn't too cute either. I think that she thinks we were being jealous. I think she is an idiot and that is part of the reason why we don't even speak anymore! Thanks for replying!
@rosekiss (30380)
• Eugene, Oregon
17 Mar 13
I agree with you, that anyone who does that is simply childish, and I don't think they ralize what they ared oing, as they have done it for so long. I, myself, will not tell anyone when I get a new cellphone. If they find out by seeing it, then so be it, but I don't think that anything I do is anyone elses business. My son has a tendency to brag somewhat, especially when he bought his phone, and he told me how much he spent for it, as if I really cared. I didn't and I still don't. He could have just tole me he bought an iphone, and been done with it, as it certainly isn't any of my business what he spent on it, and neither is it his business, about my cellphone either. I don't advdertise, as it just isn't right. I live alone, so no one knows what i do but me, unless I tell them, and I don't like to even involve my son in my business. Take care, and have a good day. 
@natliegleb (5175)
• India
17 Mar 13
ya for sure,these people always try to stick to their cell phone everywhere creating absolute mayhem
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@microengineer (587)
• Indonesia
17 Mar 13
It is still nothing than bullying because of cellphone ownership in my country.
Even my wife, she got isolated by other housewives around my community because she do not want to use Bl*ckb*rry.
What the hell, they already old and still act like a child and do not accept differences.
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