Phones in Ears: Opinions?

[pippin]

What do you think of people who go around with BlueTooth phones stuck perpetually in their ear?

[GirlinContempt]

1. I think they must talk on the phone a lot.

[Left Is Write]

9. Yup.

[WolverineDG]

2. They're part of the Borg recon squad n/t

[underpants]

8. Strikes me more at a Lt.Uhura wannabe n/t

[jobycom]

3. I don't generally form opinions of people unless they affect my life somehow.

[noamnety]

4. not my business?

What's the difference to me if their phone is in their hand or on their ear?

That makes as much sense as being mad that someone's carrying a backpack instead of a purse.

[philosophie_en_rose]

5. Step 1 in the cybermen takeover.

[triguy46]

6. "LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!! I'M IMPORTANT!!!!! REALLLLLYYY!!!!"

[AllegroRondo]

7. Yup, my thoughts exactly.

[madinmaryland]

10. As they walk straight into a telephone pole!!

:rofl:

[Rhythm]

11. Borg

you must assimilate.

[zanne]

12. I think they should wear a sign

With something like "I'm on the phone" written on it. I hate it when I try to talk to somebody only to find out they're having a phone conversation.

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. I saw two guys in the store the other day

with BlueTooths (BlueTeeth?) stuck to the sides of their heads. When they got in the same car, I thought, "What, are they talking to each other?"

[Sequoia]

14. Farenheit 451

Far from an abstract nightmare, "Fahrenheit 451" is now disturbing because its culture no longer seems disturbing. And its dated terminology, such as calling headset radios "seashell ear thimbles," constantly remind modern readers the novel was written 50 years ago and that its culture -- our culture -- was intended only as a horrifying possibility.

http://archive.salon.com/people/feature/2001/08/29/bradbury/print.html

One "Fahrenheit 451" prediction was the technological evolution, and moral devolution, of television news. In the novel, a fireman protagonist accused of hiding illegal books is pursued by a carnivorous news media seeking to satiate the blood lust of home viewers. As the fireman flees down the street, chased by helicopters, he sees himself through his neighbors' windows, running on their television screens.

The day after news helicopters pursued O.J. Simpson fleeing in a Ford Bronco, a New York Times columnist noted that the chase was the "real-life fulfillment" of "Fahrenheit 451."

[leeroysphitz]

15. Douchebagery of the hightest order. nt

[Adsos Letter]

16. Everyone is a communications officer on the Enterprise now...

...Uhura, where are you...?

[NC_Nurse]

17. I hate it when someone next to me says something I THINK

to me, and it turns out they are talking to one of those things.

Otherwise, I could care less.

[Call Me Wesley]

18. Strange, to say the least.

Perhaps they don't care much about their privacy, letting us all know what important things they talk about. Well, scratch 'important.'

To be honest, I grew up in a big city. So, it wasn't really unusual to run into the guy who spoke to himself or everyone about how the world will come to an end, and how we others could be saved. And this was my first impression when I encountered one with a headset, and still is.

My conversations are private.