[pct-l] Technology on the Trail

[blisterfree at isp01.net (Brett)]

I maintain that the popularity and widespread public use of 
cell phones has little to do with any practical need, but 
has instead come in direct proportion to our increasing 
alienation from, and lack of connection with, our fellow 
humanoids. And with that, a disconnection from ourselves. 
More and more, people fear being alone, and are afraid to 
have a good-old-fashioned dialog with themselves. Further, 
we've lost the ability to entertain ourselves by daydreaming 
(probably because childhood is such a rushed affair these 
days). So we fortress ourselves with a small circle of 
likeminded refugees, keep each other on speed dial, and slog 
through the day lost in the perceived security of a virtual 
reality.

Cell phones have become the glue that holds the great 
American social life intact. If accidentally ingested, seek 
medical help at once.

- blisterfree

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> At these airports and elsewhere nowadays, the phone
> conversations have become far louder due to headsets.
> At first I thought this was due to people being ruder
> nowadays, which they are.  But much like your teenager
> shouts to you in normal conversation because they are
> connected to their walkman, so too do those engaged in
> phone conversations wearing their headsets.  Whether
> or not one is interested, we are forced to listen to
> boring, inane, personal or business conversations in
> every public place.  On this last trip, in the men's
> room, I heard one such conversation from behind the
> closed door of a stall.  Is there no peace from it?