Today at the gym I saw a janitor with a Bluetooth phone in his ear. How much of a status symbol is it if you have a dustbin and a broom in your hands? Somehow I don’t think he was making an ironic statement. I’m also of course assuming that he wasn’t on the line unloading Nikkei options before the Asian markets closed. (It never occurred to me that the first cyborgs would be lower class. I always guessed that it would be the elites that inevitably took advantage of technology to improve their bodies, laser vision, rocket feet, etc. The Eloi learned this lesson the hard way.) (obscure reference for you) Of course it’s entirely possible that my lack of enthusiasm for this technology is a result of my dislike of the phone in general. God I hope I don’t have to own of those things…
Anyway, if you are not driving or operating something that requires the use of both of you hands you shouldn’t use the headset deal. Are we that detached from our surroundings? The Bluetooth headset was designed so that telemarketers could jog and still try to get you to switch long distance providers, not so fat marginally employed guys could signal to women that they are important. Further, does this type of thing actually work to attract females? It must… why else would there be so many thousand dollar spoilers on five hundred dollar Camrys? I don’t really know how to address this phenomenon that other than, “Nice hustle buddy. Hope that works out for you.”
On second thought, screw those guys. They’re probably getting more play that I do.
1 comment:
Maybe he can't hold his phone while he sweeps. asshole.
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