Wednesday, June 22, 2005

You're Breaking Up

I wonder how percentage of cell phone conversations include the following sentences. I estimate 45-55%:

"What? I can't hear you."

"Say again? What was that?"

"No, I think it's you. It's not mine."

"Call me back, it's the signal."

"What? I'm sorry, I didn't get that."

It's funny enough to see people glued to cells on the subway, in restaurants, stores, parks and so on, but the best, the best I say, is seeing people walk around like goldfish in a tank trying to get better signals. Zigzagging on a sidewalk or parklawn trying to find that perfect spot where the cellphone works. It's really amusing, watching us technologically advanced folk walk around in circles like dogs chasing our tails.