I'm wearing two pagers today and a cell phone.

I can be contacted anywhere, by anybody.

I have more responsibility than you.

I am gadgetlicious.

Let me show you how:

Do you know when the transaction logs for your development server databases are more than 15 minutes late? No? I do.
What about any event log warning message? Do you get those?
Do you get to interrupt conversations with a "Hold up. Let me see what this is." Read the message. Delete said message. Then have the power to waive your counterpart on with whatever he was saying? Hmmm?

And that makes me better. Oh yes, dear blog audience. Never mind that my cell phone is text-capable. Never mind that ONE pager could take the place of the other. Never mind that 97% of all my messages are useless drivel. Never mind that I frequently am not within earshot of my electronics when at the gym or (God forbid) sleeping.

For all of this, fear me.

Assignment:
Break out the kid's Barbie pager and hook it on your belt (wear dark clothing so the pink is more noticeable). When caught in an unwanted conversation, surreptitiously invoke the beeper's alert button and act like you're reading the message. Act as though there is something vitally important you must do. Report back in the Comments section your results.