Spare some change for a topup?

Well wasn't it to my utter surprise and amusement that while a guy begged (stuck his hand out) for change on Queen St yesteday, he was sneaking a text! He was texting! Texting! I'm fairly sure the phone is his (or became his) recently as I have seen him with it before but never using it. It was a fairly amazing thing to see, someone homeless (I know this because he used to sleep under the stairs of my gallery) who uses their spare change that we give them to top up.

It may be a random occurance but I think the idea of commodity fetishism has gone just a bit far. When you can be without cash, or very little, and still feel the need to txt people for a bit of social interaction, it just shows a strange priority list. It's a bit like my younger brother who got a cell phone and proptly spent all his money on it... to what point do we use these things so regularly?

I can't believe that there are people that can actually send 500 txts a month. Why do you feel the need? I'm not down on technology and I use my cellphone a lot (mostly business stuff) but I feel there's a pressure to have this thing and reply to someone's texts asap w. al da srthnd tht u cn musta...

I also don't know if it's a problem that will ever be solved, as it is in businesses best interests to keep fostering desire for the new and greatest technology. I just don't know why a 12 year old who bikes to his friends houses and a homeless guy need 500 texts, thanks anyways garry.