Take 77-year-old Dolly Parton, for instance. She's not one to text; instead, she's a fan of the good old fax machine. According to Dolly, text messages can be a tad disruptive, hard to ignore, and not as easy to revisit later on.
From Fox 8:
While chatting with Drew Barrymore on the actress’ self-titled show Monday, the 77-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Famer revealed why she’d rather send a fax than a text message.
“I’m a low-tech girl in a high-tech world,” Parton said. “I surround myself with all these people that are into that high-tech world, but I don’t want to talk to everybody that wants to talk to me.”
The decision to keep texting out of her “9 to 5” is a conscious one.
“I don’t text because I don’t want to have to answer,” Parton continued. “If somebody calls me I’ll answer if I want to talk to them, or I’ll call them back when I can. Otherwise I’ve got too much to think about than to clutter my mind up with everything else.”
The “Jolene” singer made it clear that she could text … if she wanted to.
“I’m certainly not a stupid person. I could learn it if I wanted to, but I’d rather just have my fax machine, call in my creative stuff to my crew,” she told Barrymore. “And I’ve got the best crew in the world, and I surround myself with great people, but I just don’t have time to just sit with my face in the phone all day.”
Honestly, Dolly's got a point.
Personally, I'm all for texting, but it does come with its own set of demands. There's this unwritten expectation to respond almost instantly, and it can get a bit overwhelming, especially when you've got a barrage of messages or just crave a moment of peace.
This technological convenience surely has its perks, but it's not without its drawbacks.
