by Richard
I realized the other day that I looked like a crazy person. Well, more than I normally do anyway. Okay, fine. It was a distinct difference from my normal behavior and I use normal in the loosest sort of way. Are we done now? Can we get on with this? Great.
Where was I? Oh, yeah. Right. Crazy person.
See, I was walking through the grocery store being very normal, but I was also talking to my wife, known to many as She Who Must Be Heard, on my bluetooth earpiece. Now, I keep my bluetooth in my right ear for reasons that escape me, but it’s always what I’ve done.
So I walked down the aisle (grocery, not wedding) and I passed this mom and her youngish little dude, maybe four or five, on my left. I kept talking. The little dude looked up at me and responded, but I only noticed it a little. I kept talking and walking, but I had to stop for some canned beans and the mom stopped for something else nearby.
I kept talking while I was shopping. The little dude tugged on his mom’s coat and asked, “Mommy, why is that bald man talking to himself?” Sure, it’s an old realization for most, but I’m slow sometimes. I had to look like an idiot, one of those people wandering the streets listening to the voices that tell them to run naked in the airports. (A voice I learned to ignore long ago. Once was enough.)
And the problem is, I hate being one of those people wandering through a public space and filling it up with my jabbering to the air. I can’t tell you the number of times I walked by a person, heard that person say hi or something similar, respond to that person and then see them look at me like I was an idiot while they continue talking on their hands-free phone.
So I propose we put a ban on bluetooth devices except when you’re in the car. It’s the only way to. . . Hold on. I need to take this call.
“Hello?”
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