This week I had some really interesting experiences. One of my classes required that I volunteer for three shifts to help interview homeless people in Utah County for the national, annual Point-In-Time Survey. To say that I learned, grew and appreciated a few things more would be an understatement.
As I was meeting so many new people and hearing so many new stories, I noticed something that I found to be most intriguing. Even people who reported that they had slept on the streets all alone seemed to have cell phones, and curiously enough, they weren't always the cheapest cell phones. I, personally, have had cheaper phones than some of the ones I saw them using.
I understand the necessity for a phone in these modern times, but I guess I just wasn't expecting so many people who were struggling to even afford food and clothing to be worrying about a cell phone or trying to keep up with a phone bill - pre-paid or not. Several of them took calls, made calls or were texting while I was there with them, which leads me to believe that they are indeed paying these phones off.
Call me crazy, but do we all have our priorities straight in life?!
As I was meeting so many new people and hearing so many new stories, I noticed something that I found to be most intriguing. Even people who reported that they had slept on the streets all alone seemed to have cell phones, and curiously enough, they weren't always the cheapest cell phones. I, personally, have had cheaper phones than some of the ones I saw them using.
I understand the necessity for a phone in these modern times, but I guess I just wasn't expecting so many people who were struggling to even afford food and clothing to be worrying about a cell phone or trying to keep up with a phone bill - pre-paid or not. Several of them took calls, made calls or were texting while I was there with them, which leads me to believe that they are indeed paying these phones off.
Call me crazy, but do we all have our priorities straight in life?!
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