
It used to be a novelty but now I see them all the time. I'm talking about people who have a cell phone the size of one's thumb hanging from their ear. They all seem to be carrying on a conversation with an imaginary object in space. Everytime I am standing next to one of these people I am waiting to hear the phrase "Beam me up Scotty" at any time. Even worse are the people who have a smart phone or PDA the size of a paperback book strapped to their belt. Everybody has a cell phone and they are always looking at the screen , not paying attention to their surroundings. A few years ago the only time you had to worry about a cell phone conversation was when you drove up behind or along side someone while they were talking on the phone. These days not only do you have to be on the lookout for cell phone drivers who are driving 30 mph under the speed limit but also the phone talkers walking around in public that have no clue where they are and will walk right into you or even worse a fixed object
Some will argue that we have reached the end of the PC/Laptop and other digital devices don't belong to the PC/Laptop. The PC model that fueled the incredible popularity and affordable of the internet will continue to drive the evolution of and choice in personal devices such as the cell phone, digital players and mobile PC The evolution in communication devices is no different than the evolution of the TV or automobile but I don't have an automobile or TV standing next to me when I order coffee at Starbucks. Sometimes I just want to pull out my lightsaber and slice off an ear sending that ear phone flying to Starbucks in a galaxy far far away. The ear phone people are always ordering a drink with at least 25 words in it's name and about the time they get the 20th word out they have to take a new call and start all over with their order. If there was such a thing as a lightsaber I would make sure mine always had a full charge and was set to the vaporise mode everytime I entered a public building. With a lighsaber holstered to my leg the ear phone people would stand aside when I ordered black coffee.
Who am I to stand in the way of evolution? I could still be swinging through the trees like my ancestors or even worse eating apples in the Garden of Eden. Never cared too much for apples and I know there was not a Starbucks in the Garden of Eden. Someday I may be an ear phone phone person or at least a smart phone person but the only reason I would ever have one of those devices is so I could call the person standing next to me at the Starbucks counter and tell him his house was on fire. He would rush out the door and my black coffee would be served right up faster than I could pull my lightsaber.
Well well what a soap box today....I agreee with you somewhat...I usually do not talk on my phone while I am in a store,,,if I do it is not while I am standing in a line,,,it is while I am shopping...I could not live without my cell phone in my car....how on earth would I talk to you....haha
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