This nuisance must stop
Of late, mobile telephone companies are taking advantage of their knowledge (of our cell numbers) and taking this 'keep connected' mission beyond civic sense even by jungle standards. Mobile telephone companies are rather inquisitive and personal. It is possible that at 2:00am in the morning your sms alert will sound, you would obviously want to know what it is that is so urgent, and the words at the push of your 'read now' button would unveil the company's profoundest desire to learn whether you would like to get the latest ring tone from some Indian movie of a foreign language. And this is a Bangladeshi operator, licensed to operate in Bangladesh in taka and not rupee.
You are in a serious meeting and the mobile set is set to 'vibrator' mode. your body shakes because the receiver is in your pocket. You take out the set, and press the 'show now' button to see what the message is all about. It's again that operator, intruding on your privacy, disturbing you, making you inattentive to some serious business and asking you whether you want to know about the latest lahanga that is available in this and that outlet. Your body shakes again, this time because your scruples are attached to your body.
The sensible and polite thing would be to stop this nuisance at once. However, if money is still biting them to bring in more money, mobile companies could advertise in newspapers and in their monthly bulletins telephone numbers for various purposes where we can send sms, if we require.
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