/RANT
I hate Blackberrys.

It shits me how people look at them while they talk/are talking to you.
It shits me seeing the “sent by blackberry” signature on emails when people reply on them.
It shits me that people talk about using them less in productivity blogs so often.
It shits me when I’m in a meeting and people are busy checking their Blackberry instead of being involved or interacting with the rest of the attendees.
It shits me getting SMSes at 1130pm at night from Blackberry users

Pay fucking attention when I’m talking to you cunt.
I’d don’t give a fuck if you send your emails on an abacus sitting on a magic fucking carpet in antartica. My signature doesn’t say “sent on a computer” so go fuck yourself.
If it has that much of a negative impact on your life throw the thing away fucktard.
Don’t waste my time – if you’re in a meeting, pay attention, otherwise fuck off.
SMS is not email fuckwit, don’t SMS me about work at night, especially non critical issues, when you can just as easily email me instead. How about I call you at 530am when I get up? Beh, just go fuck yourself.

More and more I’m moving towards a 2-3 times a day email check for work email. I’m busy, my time is important, I do complicated work. I don’t want to be distracted answering your not so important emails. Besides, I send an email, I get another in reply. The less I send and the less often I send them the less I get in return. If its that urgent, you’ll call. If you deal with me regularly, you’ll learn that I don’t sit around all day waiting for your email. I’ll deal with it on my schedule, not yours.

I was intrigued reading this article on Brazen Careerist today. Here is this woman supposedly promoting the idea of work & life success work life balance and all that guff.

I knew I was about to seriously disagree with the article when she starts the article off with “Don’t talk to me about the idea that the Blackberry undermines your ability to have work-life balance. First, the idea that you could ever have it is ridiculous. But a Blackberry at least gives you hope.” Fuck me, you are fucking joking right? Absolutely no justication for this bold statement.

Then she moves on “In the 80s, if you went to your kid’s soccer game, you could not do work. Today, you can go to your kid’s soccer game and take the call from the CEO that will change your life (or have a fight with a co-worker) and then go back to soccer. You get both. It’s not one or the other. If you could not take that call, you could not have gone to the game. That’s why the Blackberry is great for your life.”

Since when do you need a fucking Blackberry to make a phone call? How the fuck does your child feel when you’re making calls or have your head glued to your Blackberry at their game? Since when is it a bad thing that you can’t do work when you’re with your kids? Who the fuck has that many fights with coworkers?

Next up: “If you are having sex, you have a good sense that very few emails in the whole world need your attention right then. If you are at a birthday party for ten year old boys and they are screaming up and down a soccer field, you are probably bored and emails look a little more enticing. This is not about addicted or not addicted; this is an issue of knowing when email is essential and when it’s a distraction.”

You are fucking joking right – where do I start on this one? Your kids sports game is not about your entertainment fuckwit, its about your kid you selfish fuck. I get the distinct feeling this woman wants to check her emails during sex from the first comment << I can’t even begin on this one ARGHHH!

The article continues and she sounds more and more like a heroin addict as she continues. Even the people commenting on the article sound like they’re on heroin.

I can’t believe people look up to this woman and follow her tips and suggestions. Personally I think she should be thrown into rehab. What do you think of Blackberry?
Is this woman just another thick American or does she have a BB addiction?
Do people seriously think they can fool themselves into thinking these things that this woman writes as facts?

/RANT OFF

EDIT: Yes, I’ve said fuck a lot, but I’ve been watching a lot of Black Books lately!