Connectivity Connoisseurs Gifts

Workaholic Ned Fulgum takes his first day off in over fifty-seven years.

"I can't decide if we're good people who are bad at communicating, or monsters who communicate perfectly."

'What we've got here is a failure to communicate.'

Dialogue

'I solved the problem of dead zones on my cell phone with a personal satellite,'

"They want to put up a new cell tower in our neighbourhood?! We don't need more of those radio emission eyesores here! I'm gonna complain... ...as soon as I have better signal strength."

"I love it when you use your 'All Things Considered' voice."

'Why don't you try seeing it from your point of view?'

'I don't understand. You've wasted the whole interview going on and on about what you know... I think you'd better start telling me who you know.'

"Oh! It's you! I was expecting the machine."

"It probably got lost in the voice mail."

'Your wife says you act like a fool. I thought you said she never pays attention to you.'

"Never mind the sea, does it get wi-fi?"

"I consider every member of our family to be like family."

"I feel like I don’t even know my own husband ... and it’s driving me wild!"

"Miss Duxbury, put me through to someone."

"Don't take this the wrong way, Howard, but I'd like to go back to having an on-line relationship."

Harvey went to the kitchen to top up his gin and tonic. When he came back, things took an unexpected turn.

"Good old Frank. He was always thinking of others."

"I'm a great ... umm... like ... umm... like... umm ... communicator."

"My spokesperson won't speak to me."

Exposed Intimacy Safety Vulnerability Hidden Enmity

Telephone message - 'This is a recording. If you'd like to speak to a real live human being, forgetaboutit.

Your Leaders Putting Words Into More Words

"It's not easy texting my mother. She's an English teacher and all she does is correct my spelling."

"I missed your last few words. Would you please mumble them again?"

A Highly Networked Staff

"He's in a meeting, but you have 25 seconds to leave a video message."

MARRIAGE COUNSELOR, 'Our biological clocks are in different time zones.'

"Yeah, this many ways to contact her if I'm lost might be overkill."

"I love my new texting app, it automatically selects peoples preferred pronouns."