You've Got Something Goofy Hangin Out Your Ear!!

Okay. So I have been thinking about this for a while and finally am deciding to write down my thoughts about this. I have always thought it was absolutely dorky and maybe a little ridiculous. It drove me nuts when I was working in retail because I would always think that people were talking to me when really they were talking to someone using their blue tooth headset. You don't always see it at first. In fact sometimes you may think that a person is talking to themselves. But earlier this year, California enforced a law saying that it was illegal to use a cell phone unless you were using a blue tooth headset or any other hands free device. Since then I have seen hoards of people walking around with their headsets in.

While this is fine and dandy . . . the point of ridiculousness sets in when you see people never taking it out. They could not be on the phone nor in the car at all and they still have it in their ears. At work it is getting to be all kinds of silliness. I see my co-workers walking around all day with their headsets in. It is like we have all become too lazy to pick up the phone and answer it . . . . or we are sooo attached to our cell phone that we feel we can't possibly live with out it. They are even making designer blue tooth headsets such as the the Armani one seen below.


But tonight I caught the all time point where I couldn't not say anything anymore. I was coming home from my friend Mindy's and I needed to make a quick stop in the grocery store to grab a gallon of milk. Mind you it is about 10:50 pm on a Wednesday night. I am at the back of the store where they store the milk and yogurt, and other such products and I see this guy, mind you he isn't some old fart, he is probably somewhere in his 20's . . . . and he is obviously taking his time because he actually has a grocery cart, which let's face it . . . . guys don't get unless they plan on buying a lot and don't want to carry it, or they are planning on taking some time. He is purusing the aisle when I look up and what do I see, the small little black device hanging out of his ear. WHO ON EARTH IS HE PLANNING ON GETTING A CALL FROM!!! Let's recap. It is 10:50pm on a Wednesday night and he isn't currently talking to anyone. This is seriously getting out of control. I mean I am attached to my cell phone just as much as the next guy, but I definitely do not need it littlerally glued to my head 24/7. If I miss a call, I'll call them back. Anyway that is all for my soap box for the night.