Voices in My Head
A couple weeks ago I was on a business trip to my employer’s headquarters. Like any redblooded American I chatted on my cell phone as I drove into and away from the office. Come to find out later that Connecticut has recently followed suit with New York by banning cell phone usage while driving, unless a handsfree device is used. I could have been fined $100 had I been caught! Avis could have warned me.
Today I finally got one of those Bluetooth headsets for my cell phone. Now I can walk around and look like all the other cool businessmen … not! Come on, fellas! It’s bad enough that you look like a tech geek — especially since the devices have those annoying blinking lights — but please don’t let it hang there when not in use. It screams things like, “LOOK AT ME”, and “I CAN’T BE UNCONNECTED!”
Still, the headset is pretty cool. It is nice to be unencumbered by wires and it makes driving while talking easier. However, with the rate technology is advancing, some day we may not need Bluetooth headsets, or mobiles for that matter. It could all be implanted in our ears — like cyborgs. Say you are having a face-to-face conversation with someone and a call comes in. You just go (if you are polite, that is), “Excuse me, I am receiving a call” [holds hand to ear or squeezes earlobe]. It seems far fetched, and would signal the complete end of privacy, but I could see it happening.
Well, the topic led me to think about this – how about when guys walk into the bathroom with their bluetooth on? That always cracks me up, every time. At the urinal or whatever and chatting away…”so Betty, be sure to get those TPS reports over to me today by end of business!”
I don’t know if it’s so much the act itself, or the way they look at me as they walk by and they’re talking a million miles an hour. Like what they’re doing is perfectly natural and I’m some kind of weirdo for looking.
Yeah, it’s kind of funny that people are talking on phones in the bathroom period, but I guess that the headset frees up your hands to actually focus on the task at hand.
As for staring at the headsets…same thing as a woman wearing a blouse with a plunging neckline…if you don’t want people’s attention drawn…
[...] I have had my bluetooth headset for about five months now. While I still rag on people who wear them all of the time, I have to admit that I love this technology. My only other complaint so far centers on the Samsung headset that I bought to go with my same brand A900 phone. The ear piece on the WEP150 is small, making it uncomfortable to wear for extended periods. [...]
[...] I have had my bluetooth headset for about five months now. While I still rag on people who wear them all of the time, I have to admit that I love this technology. My only other complaint so far centers on the Samsung headset that I bought to go with my same brand A900 phone. The ear loop on the WEP150 is small, making it uncomfortable to wear for extended periods. [...]