down to the cellular level

"He did WHAT with the chicken??? I can't believe it"  " If she doesn't tell her boss to go F... himself then she deserves the office near the boiler room"    "Leave me alone and don' t call me again....What! two tickets to see Lady Gaga?    weeelllllll, ALRIGHT ,  you can call me!!!......   Somebody free associating???   Somebody having a break with reality???    NO!.... just the garden variety types of conversations you might hear walking anywhere in the city of New York or frankly any city....or any office...or any bus...or any ladies room ...or any church ...or any anywhere....You get my drift???

Why is that most owners of cell phones feel they have to right to bring you into their world kicking and screaming  against your will.......who gives a shit that somebodies great aunt sadie is 85, in a nursing home and running buck naked to the men's floor for a little afternoon delight...or at least a feeble attempt at said activity.  And the quiet little neighbor that  timidly greets you in the hallway when you see her....why does she feel the need to sound like a human boom box the moment she gets on her cell phone.   "Pardon me miss, could you talk louder i just got a call they can't hear you in Wyoming."

I remember once being on a public bus in Italy....and I do not know if people were waiting for the bus to start or it was some pre-planned idea but the moment the driver threw the bus into drive there was a simulateous clicking of flip phones opening which scared the living daylights out of me  and for the next half hour....it was like traveling in a mobile IBM.....there is not an office on this earth that had the chatter level of that bus!!!

Or go to dinner with a group of people....what do you see??? Instead of engaging in conversation with the very people in front of them who are practically sitting on their laps, individuals have this "growth" from their ear that pre-occupies them for most of the meal...   They should have these things lanced!!

Don't get me wrong cell phones serve a useful purpose ..when you are lost...or in an emergency or if you forgot to tell someone something important....or if you are waiting for the results of your pregnancy test or the mechanic to tell you your car is ready and you can stop taking taxis and buses all over the place...they are really there to serve.

but when communication is relegated to a tiny little device  that really on some level separates  rather than connects.. then maybe the yelling into the phone is to prove you are really there.