There must be some rule against people who think that their cell phones are incapable of transporting their voice entirely to the other party; and end up yelling into the phones for all they are worth.
And people who do such a thing in public buses that are chalk full, should not be allowed.
I spent the first 20 minutes of my ride standing next to this huge (read gigantic) woman; who I believe, was convinced that the person she was talking to was stone deaf. Assuming all of us to have faulty ears too, she proceeded to describe, in great detail, the precise way her blouse must be stiched. For fear of being labeled indecent, I shall refrain from reproducing her side of the conversation.
She then went on to speak to her cook about how many spoons of oil must be used in food, because she needed to watch her weight. I have a strong feeling that if the cook had hung up on the other end; the lady in question would'nt have shut up long enough to notice that.
There is another very interesting section of people that I shall describe in a while. There is a certain piece of equipment called the hands-free; the purpose of which is rather evident. One might use the contraption when both hands are tied up with say, hanging onto the bus for dear life; or maybe when one is working in the kitchen or the garden or wherever else. The idea is simple. The section of people mentioned in the first line of the paragraph, do not comprehend the correct meaning of the phrase "hands-free". They use the thing when their hands are free. Most often, when they have a comfortable window seat in the bus, the phone rings - the thing is whipped out, attached and used. It is quite hilarious..
Perhaps we must blame the manufacturers for such discrepancies. Perhaps the meaning would be clearer if they called it Hands-not-free?
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:)). One reason I can think of for the shouting is that they are the ones who are deaf and they think the connection (or the other person's hearing) is faulty.
One guy wearing hands-free and sitting next to a window didn't even know how to unlock his keypad to check whose call he had missed. So he just sat with his thumb on the "OK" button and his eyes fixed on the screen and as soon as it rang the next time, he picked it up. If people can't even use a phone properly, how can we expect them to know much about the related accessories?
looks like the travails of public transport are becoming rich fodder for this blog. the silver lining perhaps, of long tiring journeys?
the hands free is actually a boon to mad people....
U could actually be talking to ur self with ur accessories set up and everyone will think there is actually someone else on the other end....
or vise versa...everyone is mad.
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