Saturday 24 August 2013

The use of the Telephone

Points: Uses on urgent occasions — Uses on normal occasions — Misuses and their Remedies.

             The telephone is the quickest messenger. We use it to call in a doctor, to invite a friend, to make an enquiry, to accept an invitation and so on. In emergency, we realize how invaluable & a telephone really is. When there is an accident or a fire, a sudden illness, injury or death, it is the telephone that connects us with the right person within seconds.
             Even on normal occasions the uses of a telephone are many. It is possible to call a taxi, hire a car or book tickets in advance for the cinema or theatre over the phone. One can chat or make appointment with a friend simply by lifting the receiver. The telephone helps office- work and business. A trunk-call may do what a long and expensive journey may not. The telephone is now our daily companion.
             The telephone is often misused. Sonic wicked people indulge in nasty or ‘ghost’ calls. Such things should be detected and severely punished. Innocent jokes may often prove fatal. These must he stopped. Another misuse is to keep the line unnecessarily engaged for a long time. Some house-wives are fond to continuing their small talks over the phone for Public-call telephone booths, too, should be properly guarded.

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