Our hearing-impaired brothers and sisters have long had technology working overtime making their hearing aids smalling and more inconspicuous. Meanwhile, the cell phone toting public has taken to walking around with large, imposing-looking earpieces permanently lodged in their cochlea. Why? So they can save the entire second or two it would take to manually lift the phone up to their ear. All that time they'll save over the course of an average lifespan could be used to give coffee an extra stir in the morning. Outstanding!
I estimate, in my life, there are perhaps three to four people I see normally who wear those Blue-Tooth earpieces constantly. Only one of those people actually have a use for it. The others are trying to create the illusion that they're high-powered phone people that have to be ready to answer the phone at a moment's notice. Nevermind that their jobs don't have "on-call" requirements and any business-related phone call they're going to get will come through the office land line. They look HAWT - like some futuristic cyborg in civilian clothing. Without fail, I never see them using that silicon ear tumor since they rarely get phone calls. Take that crazy thing off already and let your earlobe breathe!
There's a reason why I hate hands-free gizmos. I can not count how many times I've mistaken someone on their phone as some nut case walking the streets of New York City having conversations with themselves. I've since been desensitized to these soliloquies and I don't even avoid actual transients anymore. When they're spouting off gibberish to no one in particular, I now assume they somehow acquired a calling plan that accepts deposit bottles as payment. I forget to steer clear of them and, before you know it, I'll end up giving one of them spare change. It's downright frightening!
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