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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
News Paper phone books are outdated
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Thanks to the Internet and my iPhone (which, incidentally has a "Yellow Pages" application that's super handy), I never have cause to turn to the phone book. In fact, when a bag full of them showed up on my doorstep last week, I took them straight to the recycle bin.
And, frankly, I was ticked about it. I didn't ask for the phone books. I don't want or need phone books. I don't even have a Bell South account. All those books represent to me are a giant waste of resources.
Before you freak out about those who aren't tech savvy needing the phone book, there's always 311 and 411. And, let's face it, if all else fails they can call someone who is tech savvy or visit the library and ask them to look up contact information for them.
So, what about you? Do you use a printed phone book for anything anymore or do you think it's obsolete?
Further reading: Is it time to get rid of phone books?
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