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Telephones and cellphones ringing at the same time.E-mails being sent and replied to every single day.This is 1 for many people, and sometimes it is for me, too.
I really 2 having all these ways to 3 with my family and friends.However, when I need to use them for other important 4 , I don't get the same satisfaction.Last week, for example, I sent a(n) 5 message to the company which sold me an airline ticket.It was 6 useless because they couldn't understand nor solve the problem by e-mail.I asked myself,“Why do they have such a nice 7 on the Internet if they can't help customers who are far away?What a deception(欺骗)!”
I can tell you about another unpleasant 8 I had.Last month I bought some 9 over the Internet.The next day, they 10 me a message confirming(确认)my order and telling me that they didn't have all of the CDs that I wanted.They would 11 those they had and“LATER”send the others.I really hated that word“later”.Later?How much 12 ?When?I still haven't gotten them.
What I have to say about all this technology is that it was 13 to make things easier for us, but, sometimes the result is totally the 14 .I usually like to 15 a cellphone, but it really gets on my nerves when I'm talking to someone and the 16 goes bad and we get cut off.Instead of helping me, 17 just delays me.
I'm not addicted to these“high-tech toys”. 18 , it would be great if they really could be used successfully 19 we need them.Unfortunately, for me they are much more toys than they are 20 to do my work.Talking face-to-face or using regular phones is still the best way to communicate.