August 2006 EOP Newsletter
Guess Who's Got a Cell Phone
No one is probably more “wicked” busy than EOP Associate Director, Barb LeSavoy. In this day and age, mostly everyone has a cell phone. On the contrary, Ms. LeSavoy has been a part of the counter culture, until now. The demands of both work and family have made having a cell phone a necessity. Now, even Barbara LeSavoy is a part of the “cell phone” generation. Reporter Stefan McDonald sat down with Barbara to get the scoop on how her new cell phone has impacted her life.
EOP: So, tell me more about this cell phone.
Barb: Major, major change in my whole life. It’s a Cingular.
EOP: So you have the family plan?
Barb: Yep. One for me and one for John. You know, I’m getting with 2006. I’ve always been anti-cell phone.
EOP: Sort of like you don’t want to be like everyone else.
Barb: I don’t want to be reached by people when I am not at home or work. I don’t want people to have 24-hour access to me, so that’s my big negative. And I always felt that if somebody wants to reach me, they can call me at home or they can call me at my office; or I’ll call them back, so why should I have to be reached all the time? But now it’s more about the kids and if there is an emergency at school. It’s all about the kids.
EOP: Yeah, it’s pretty much a necessity now.
Barb: But I’m pretty anti-cell phone. I’ve been very anti-cell phone because my life is so busy. I don't want to add one more thing to it that would add a stress factor. If I get called about a work issue while I was doing something, it would be fine, but if it were stress issues… that’s another thing that I’m a little afraid of.
EOP: I don’t blame you. That little time you do have, you want to keep it. I just want to thank you for your time and good luck.
