Chicago Hotel Offers "BlackBerry Detox"
Thu Jun 8, 2006 12:14PM EDT
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Obessed with your cell phone or smart phone? They don't call it the CrackBerry for nothing. Tales are legion of forlorn wives and hair-pulled executives, all tormented by a supernatural urge that forces them to check their BlackBerry email as frequently as possible. But when you're on vacation? Yikes.
One Chicago hotelier, Rick Ueno of the Sheraton Chicago Hotel, things he has the solution: On request he'll take your BlackBerry and lock it up in the hotel safe, free of charge. It's unclear if Ueno's policy is akin to a drug addict being locked in a room during withdrawal. You know, "No matter how much I scream, don't open that door!"
Ueno's policy grew out of his own BlackBerry addiction. Per the article: "I run a hotel with over 900 employees and thousands of guests. I think I'm more effective. I feel better. I sleep better. My family likes it," he said of his post-BlackBerry life.
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2 Posted by dh1033 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:42PM EDT Report Abuse
yes
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3 Posted by britt_alex22 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:13PM EDT Report Abuse
my step dad is so addicted to his black berry and bluetooth 90% of the time he starts talkin you think its to you but then he turns and hes head and he's talking to some one....
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4 Posted by ckfour2000 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:26PM EDT Report Abuse
During vacation -that's a good one. I am so obsessed with mine I checked it on my two week vacation to Europe. Lucky I did too. Someone from my office did not read my "Out of Office" clearly and almost sent some sensitive documents to my home while I was gone. So, I say if it makes you feel better -- check the thing!
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5 Posted by tufte@prodigy.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:23PM EDT Report Abuse
Got it so bad I'm out in the middle of a stream Trout fishing last week fishing and reading my emails!
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1 Posted by enginear02_shpe on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:54PM EDT Report Abuse
im addicted to crackberry..... its so true.... i often check my phone for the heck of it... and often times i feel it vibrating when its not even in my pocket... is something wrong with me???