There are times I cannot believe how inconsiderate and stupid people are when they have a cell phone in hand and/or on ear. At the top of my current list is the guy who was sitting in a men's room stall last week as I was standing at a urinal adjacent to the stall. I heard the guy talking on his cell phone as he was actively in the process of a bowel movement. He would produce a very audible grunt at the beginning of a sentence. About 5 seconds later I would hear a "plop, plop, plop" sound in the toilet bowl. This sequence happened several times. The person on the other end of the line must have heard it - and it was a business call to an associate of his.
As I flushed the urinal, I thought about saying in a rather loud voice, "Hey, did you move your foot? What was that hand signal you just flashed at me? Are you soliciting me?" Or maybe I should have made a loud sound like an expulsion of gas followed by a very audible sigh of relief.
I do not carry a cell phone with me all the time. There are times I want to be unreachable, and I believe there are many times and situations in which others appreciate not hearing from me. To loosely paraphrase an old Pete Seeger song:
Where have all the manners gone?
Long time passing.
Where have all the manners gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the manners gone?
Guys have lost them every one.
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
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