The worst thing about the miracle of modern communications is the Pavlovian pressure it places upon everyone to communicate whenever a bell rings.
Source: No Cause for Pain; In Times (London), 28 Nov. 1991.
-- Russell Baker, (Aug 14 1925-2019), US journalist, author, humorist; He was a columnist for the NY Times; won a Pulitzer, 1982, for his autobiography, Growing Up.