You know what’s crazy? Wire-less rudeness. It’s not just crazy, it’s…
I’ve made the effort to be here in your physical presence. Then your cell phone rings and some melodic swank pours from the tin cup speaker. You reach into your pocket, check the view screen and then hold up one finger telling me that you need to take this call.
And while we are diagramming rude, I watch young people pull their blackberrys and iphones out of their pockets every 30 seconds. They check it and touch it and fondle it like they have a nervous tick. I don’t know if their crotch is filled with fire ants or is that just their technology buzzing?
I’m not the only one bitching about cell phone etiquette people. Fortune Magazine recently looked at this wireless phenomenon asking a damn good question: Do we need a bill of rights, a list of commandments to help us all get along in peace?
According to a poll conducted for the company by Harris Interactive, more than 90% of us are frustrated with how our neighbors use their phones. Almost three quarters of the 2,000 people surveyed said they were most annoyed by people who text or email while driving. More than 60% said people talk too loudly in public. More than half have been annoyed by people on phones in restaurants, and close to half felt the same way about what transpires in movie theaters.
“That’s why you should only text in the bathroom. Just be sure you don’t hit the wrong button and end up putting a photo of your junk on Twitter. Trust me, you don’t want those followers.”
Colorful quotes from a colorful guy. But the bottom line; according to Brad Pitt, be polite, and exercise a modicum of respect.