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Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
Well, for a moment I play DESS's advocate here.
Let me preface this by saying this is super creepy, and I do not endorse this behaviour at all.
HOWEVER
In today's electronic age we cannot expect privacy so simply any longer. People can find us, and anything about us with a mouse click and some creative Google-ing. To freak out that someone has your phone number is pretty, well, old-fashioned.
I think alot of people are getting worked up about this because they think a text-message is more personal than a phone call. It's not.
Part of the technology trade-off is having our lives, personalities, relationships, and personal information be much more open and accessable than it ever was. These are the truths of the future we have to accept as a society, because we made this bed, so we must lay in it.
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Actually, I was going to respond to this, but had to catch up. And no DESS, people don't reject your opinions because of who you are, it's because they are crazy. Your logical bases have been flawed in every argument you've raised, and when it's pointed out to you, you just ignore it.
As for PsYcNeT's post, I would submit that you are gettting it totally wrong. People aren't upset that it's a text, they're upset that people are taking information acquired from what should have been the innocuous act of leaving your contact information with a business that would need to contact you for business reasons and using it to contact you for other reasons. I don't think it's old fashioned for a customer to expect the business they deal with to have trained their employees not to take personal advantage of information obtained in the course of their duties. In fact it is a fundamental employmet principle that that information is the property and responsibility of the employer. It's not about being a fuddy-duddy, it's about responsible business owners and employees. (And a little bit of creepiness too.)