To The Twit-Boy With The Econ Book Shouting Into The Cell Phone Directly Behind Me
(I don't have the card with me, so I'll put it up here for you to read.) And, no, I don't care that you're talking to your mother, the woman who apparently had a lot more on her plate than teaching you to be considerate of others. Sadly, the volume on my iTunes isn't enough to drown you out, so this is for you:
IF YOU CAN READ THIS CARD YOU ARE TOO LOUD
Just because you have a self doesn't mean you should express it. Apparently, you are under the impression that the world will be a better place once you broadcast the news that you've changed laxatives or forgotten to floss. Perhaps you call this "freedom of speech." I call it "bad breeding." Kindly save your loud, dull conversations for the privacy of your home. Thank you!
And yes, I am "a bitch." And yes, there is "a set of rigid rules" I expect people to go by. They're called "manners" -- an artifact of a time when people used to exhibit concern for others instead of raging self-absorption.
(Do I have a sign on my back this week that reads, "Assholes, Right This Way?") Yesterday, traffic was mad on Robertson, and I was careful not to block the intersection so other drivers might be able to cross. Naturally, some old man saw this as his cue to drive around me and block the road, as did three other drivers who followed right behind him. A female driver hoping to cross Robertson looked on in frustration at the wall of cars impeding her passage. When, after the light turned, I slipped ahead of the old guy and the other cutters (thanks to the fact that I drive a microbe of a car, small enough to sneak along the space they'd all left on the left), I looked in my rear-view mirror, and yes...sure enough...he was shaking his fist at me for cutting in front of him!
As is apparent from your few examples, Amy - the problem with cell phones is that they enable people with nothing to say to do so.
Radwaste at June 11, 2005 4:25 AM
Yes. There's a saying: "Empty vessels make the most noise." I have yet to overhear a fascinating conversation.
Amy Alkon at June 11, 2005 9:22 AM
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