Becoming accustomed to cell phones has taken me some time, and 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 and heard loud talk coming from a stall was how disgusting.
Driving home not long ago a car in front of me was weaving back nd 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 and ethnic background, and 6 were using the phone, compared to 4 men and 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 and I have also witnessed this before. I understand the hands free is safer, and yet I have read studies that indicate it's not much safer.
What is it about the need to chat and 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 and it does seem people try to speak loud enough for all to hear. Hey! I'm important and 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 and not 1 hand was attached to the side of their head, I found another from early 2000's and 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 and oblivious to the world around them. I have thought they were speaking to me and ask what only to get a hateful look. Maybe chatting on the phone keeps them from having to interact with people around them, and 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 and 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 and cell phone implants will replace them. When that happens I think I'll become a recluse and hide behind my 4 walls. I hate it now when I go out with friends and their phone rings and 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 and 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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