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Monica - Interview with G. smoking - Caffe Nero, Piccadilly Gardens. Sunday September 19th 2010
G – Female - 60’s (approx). White. Possibly retired from school work.
Monica shows G. a picture: ‘Does this say anything to you?’ G ‘… phone on the train or on the bus
M- D’ you find that annoying or
G – I find it very annoying when they’re walking along and texting crossing the road with…(inaudible)
M – What’s so annoying?
G - They don’t bother looking where they’re going and (?) the bus driver must have their heart in their mouth because they blame the driver
M – Yeah
G - and they’re even the same with children, and their child’s 4 yards at the back of them and they’re on the phone
M – Not really looking where they’re going?
G – I’ve said to them ‘Is your phone more important than this child?’
M – What did she say?
G –Nothing. It was only about to and I grabbed him. She was across the road there where the buses…I said ‘Is that phone really more important than your child? I can’t keep my mouth shut.
M – It’s a good thing
G – Mind you, there’s still some ut (what) think they’ve got to text or somewhat even if you go to the theatre and it says ‘Please switch your phone off’ and blow me somebody’s’ ll be going (off). I’m very important, I must….I mean I can understand a Doctor being paged, yeah ya know, or somebody’s been took ill and they’re trying to get…but as regards just texting and sat there and the phones are going off like mad. I think it’s terrible
M – yeah
G – In the theatre…ya know (not sure of last 2 words)…and that’s about as much technology as I know
M + G laugh
M – and what is so imp to talk about with people that are not there.
G – They’re talking about nothing. They’ve just left the one they’re talking to 2 mins ago. It’s like you get the kids on the buses. One’s sat on the front seat and one’s sat on the back and they’re texting on the phone and they’re only down the bus…don’t know who pays for the phone.
M – yes, yes
G – You know, one’s on one seat at the front and they’ve just come in from school. Mind you, where I worked at school…if your phone goes off. I’m confiscating them for a term…you’ve all had letters. Your mother’s had letters. She said ‘you can use them at the dinner time, you can use them as soon as you go home at night but you mustn’t have them ringing. What they do is, they were texting during the day. Yeah
M – Yeah and did that work, your ban on mobile phones?
G – Yeah, so as I say, she was strict the nun we had…she just used to go to go in the paper basket, the waste basket
M – and collect them all?
G – and put the phone in
M – Yeah
G – She said she’d take them for a term, she’d take them from April to August. She said’Oh if I send letters, I’m not having it
M – yeah
G – D’you remember them tamagotchi’s…’feed me’ in the middle of a lesson. They all had them. Well she collected all of them, took all them off ‘em, but it’s so ridiculous cs you’ve even got children coming in the nursery at 4 (years) with a mobile phone ‘round their neck. (Parents say) ‘I want them to be in touch w me’. Well you know w a child of four….be in touch with her all day crying. I say ‘hey she’s got 28 of them’ I said ‘if they’ve all got mobile phones’(Parent) Well I want him to’. Don’t be ridiculous I say
M – They’re being looked after…that’s why they’re there
G - But the best of it is, they couldn’t work ‘em
G + M laugh
G – That was what used to make me laugh…(inaudible), but I said it took me twelve months
M + G laugh
G – that was only…(inaudible) with my daughter
M - So that;s all you use your phone for?
G – To keeping touch…like me daughter she’ll phone me, or I’ve got it for emergencies like in a taxi or a doctor
M – Yeah
G – But other than that every time she comes up…her number’s (rubbed??) off
M – Have you got it on?
G – Points to and touches phone. Yeah
M – Have you got it on? I mean is it turned on? Or do you turn it off?
G – Turn it off
M – Laughs. Yes my mum does that. Yeah, you only turn it on when you know they’re gonna ring you, but how do you find out that you know somebody will want to ring you?
G – Oh, I’ll have a message. ‘One message missed’. So then I’ll look in the in-box. That’s took me 2 years to get that…so me daughter says’you wipe your numbers off once more…’what’ve you touched?’ I said’nothing’…’I’m putting you in an old people’s home
M – Yeah. Thank you very much
G – That’s my interview
M – Yes, That’s very useful thank you
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