I see you there with your Robocop-ish hearing aid . . . that flashing blue light sure does make you look important. And I can tell how much you enjoy the confusion you cause by speaking on the phone without holding a phone to your ear. Everyone around you thinks you’re trying to talk to them, but you’re not . . . you’re just extremely important and you ARE talking on the phone, only with super special technology that only super special people should use.
Now your hands are free to kick your own ass for being such a dickface/douchebag. Nice work. Next time I see you, we’ll see if the earpiece will stay in position even after you are slapped really hard in the face . . .
I like my bluetooth headset. I like having both my hands available for typing, taking notes, carrying items, etc. when I’m talking on the phone. Granted, I loathe talking on the phone, so do it as little as possible, and I hate for others to overhear my conversations, so it evens out. It’s very convenient when driving, more so than the wired headsets, IMO.
I think they’re great when you’re actually multitasking. But when I see a guy Bluetoothing while walking down the street or on a train, I want to slap 'em. You no longer look like Mr. Busy Guy. You look a lot more like Mr. Pretentious Dude.
It’s particularly annoying because the bluetooth earpiece is so small, you can’t see it from the opposite side of the head. So it quite literally looks like Mr Bluetooth is talking to himself or to you.
I can see how implanting phones would catch on in a big way. Once they’re small enough you could do it in newborns, while at the same time sticking in ID chips and a homing device in case the kid is ever lost or abducted.
I love my blue tooth. You can get one for like $80 so it’s not like they’re only for the super rich. I use it when driving or when I am walking the dog or in the house. I don’t use it when I am around others and I sure as hell don’t wear the thing when I am not using it like a few of my co-workers do. Still, I do love my blue tooth.
I find it annoying that folks appear to be talking to themselves or to you when they are on the phone. But while I feel these folks have a lack of social politeness, I never got the impression that these folks were snobs or pretentious or self-important or whatever. Where does that idea come from?
For me it comes from them wearing it constantly when they are not on the phone. It gives the appearance that an urgent phone call could come in at ANY SECOND and they MUST be available to answer it right that instant. That’s the pretention, that they are so important that they have to be available all the time and they want you to know it.
Um…just about every phone that you upgrade to now is bluetooth compatible. It isn’t super-special technology. It’s normal. And I like being able to have both hands on the wheel, thankyewverymuch.
Well since I am self employed and my business phones are routed to my cell 90% of the time, yes I DO have to be available all the time. I have only recieved a handful of messages requesting service in the last 15 months, the rest of the time, they hang up. So fuck you and your presumed pretention, for me its called paying the bills. Since I am an onsite PC tech being able to use a screwdriver or type and the phone are huge bonues.
I do that in the car, or if I’m actually waiting for a phone call. Otherwise, I usually just sit it on my desk on top of my phone, with the annoying, flashing blue light facing down.
Entirely different thing. You’re actively at work, not strolling down the sidewalk. Or like one girl I know, having lunch with friends. Or like several other people I know who make it a point to mention how important their phone calls are when I know damn good and well they aren’t.
Your having your hands free to type or use a screwdriver on a PC hardly qualifies under what I mentioned.
A couple of you folks really need to get over yourselves. You want to physically assault someone because they’re out in public, minding their b-i-bidness, speaking on their own phone via an unobtrusive convenience device designed specifically for such use? Really? This is what annoys you?
If witnessing a bluetoother engulfed in a seeming schizophrenic fugue actually impacts your life in any meaningful way then I’d say you have a few pressing personal issues to look into?
Well at least I know who you aren’t. Good Lord, we had a Supervisor that would wear the damn thing even though personal cell phones weren’t allowed to be used while on the clock. Going for coffee? Wearing it. Bathroom? Wearing it. Headed for a conference? Wearing it. All the while the phone is off and in his desk drawer.
Pretentious douche. We loved laughing at him.
Good to know you use it when needed and pretty much leave it at that. kinda refreshing
I’m not feeling the outrage on this one. It’s a more convenient phone. So what? People wear it on their ear all the time. Well, if it’s comfortable, maybe that’s just the most convenient place to keep it. People are trying to look more important by projecting the image that they could get an important call at any minute. Aside from specific cases like the guy duffer works with, how do you know they aren’t? And anyway, how is that different from just owning a cell phone?
Meh. In ten years, you’ll all be wearing them, too.
