Friday, July 11, 2008

Cell Phone Implant

Becoming accustomed to cell phones has taken me some time, & the hands free has really been hard for an old man to become accustomed to. I find it odd to hear people talking to their selves as they shuffle through the mall or down the aisles at the grocery. My first impressions when I walked into rest room & heard loud talk coming from a stall was how disgusting.
Driving home not long ago a car in front of me was weaving back & forth, & I thought it was a drunk. I finally found room to pass only to discover the driver was chatting on the phone. I was 3 exits from mine so I counted those that were talking on the phone, I passed 7 women drivers of all ages & ethnic background, & 6 were using the phone, compared to 4 men & only 1 talking on the phone.
I will have to declare chatting on the phone is probably safer than trying to apply make-up while driving, or while reading a romance novel or tech magazine & I have also witnessed this before. I understand the hands free is safer, & yet I have read studies that indicate it's not much safer.
What is it about the need to chat & it appears that some people need to chat all the time. I can see some 12 step program in the future to help with cell phone addiction. When waiting in a check out line, I really don't want to hear your side of a conversation & it does seem people try to speak loud enough for all to hear. Hey! I'm important & chatting on the phone, did you hear that? I found a picture of people walking down the sidewalk in NY city in the early 80's & not 1 hand was attached to the side of their head, I found another from early 2000's & almost everyones hand was attached to the side of their head. Looked like something contagious had it's affect on almost everyone.
People are always talking & oblivious to the world around them. I have thought they were speaking to me & ask what only to get a hateful look. Maybe chatting on the phone keeps them from having to interact with people around them, & maybe their is no one on the other end they are pretending so they can ignore those around them. I have always talked to myself some wherever I am & at times past it has gotten me an odd look or 2, but today it's possible that they simply think I'm chatting on the phone.
I envision in the future even the hands free will be a thing of the past & cell phone implants will replace them. When that happens I think I'll become a recluse & hide behind my 4 walls. I hate it now when I go out with friends & their phone rings & they spend more time chatting on the phone than having a conversation with the rest of the party. With implants it will be impossible to keep up with a conversation, what? Would you repeat that. OK! No not you. What? Who? Oh, you on the phone. 1 moment please. Everyone at the table is on the phone. Seems I have been having a conversation with myself. A table with a lot of chatter & not one talking to the other. With everyone talking, Who is listening? I may have to get my implant just so I can get a word in.

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