My Mom Hates Technology

I've really noticed over the past couple days how much my mom hates technology of almost every form. She is constantly complaining about the number of email she gets at work. "If these people have enough time to sit down and write me a five page email, why can't they just give me a call." She believes that the Internet is cutting into valuable face to face communication that she sees as important in our society. She recently overheard a professor saying that she replies to emails at around one or two in the morning when she sits down to read they. She thought this was ridiculous. "Who in their right mind would be checking email at that hour?" This comes from someone who usually goes to sleep between nine and ten at night...

My mom also detests cell phone usage. She got our monthly Cingular bill yesterday and about had a heart attack to find that my younger brother (a junior in high school) used three times as much minutes as he was allowed for the month. She threatened to take away his phone and grumbled about him for the rest of the day. She also never fails to complain about text messaging. I convinced her last year to upgrade to a better cell phone plan that included some texting, and she reluctantly agreed. While this may be the case, she always asks how much I've been texting. I usually refrain from answering. She just doesn't understand...

Oh, Mom. I think that you need to liven up a little bit and maybe try to embrace a technologically advanced life. If not, she will be left in the dark.