You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy.
Wire-less rudeness.
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.
Colorful quotes from a colorful guy.