Curmudgeon post: Bluetooth
Posted by Michael.
This past week was full of awkward moments caused by those stupid little ear-bud-y things that dumb people put in their ears because they are too cool (or too lazy) to hold their phone up to their head, and instead walk around talking to themselves. “Oooh, look at me, I’m busy and important, I need to have a phone in my ear every damn second just in case I need to do some more bootlicking.”
First, I was twice greeted by someone in the bathroom stall next to me, and somewhat surprisedly I give some kind of “whats up” in return, only to get a “dude, I’m on the phone” response. Seriously, who takes phone calls while taking a dump?
Then, leaving work on Friday, I saw some guy that I might have seen in passing a couple times previously and gave him a little head-nod in greeting, and his (apparent) response was “take care.” Now, that’s pretty weird, I think, so I’m left hoping that he was actually on the phone – I couldn’t see his right ear – and the “take care” was for his phone buddy, not me. Of course, I responded to his “take care” with “have a good weekend”, so either way, very awkward.
F*$@ing Bluetooth. Technology sucks.
September 21st, 2009 at 1:15 am Using
I just fail to understand what problem the little earpieces are fixing. They’re another thing to lose, another thing that needs it’s battery charged, and probably don’t have as good of a mic as the phone does in the first place. Also, weren’t you told not to wear headphones in the car because you couldn’t hear horns and stuff like that? Wouldn’t that suggest that wearing an earpiece in one ear would cause similar issues?
I did just had a Jabra handsfree thing for my car. Adding the Audi integrated stuff would have been ~$1500 which is just highway robbery. The Jabra was ~$50 and actually works really well. It’s a little speaker/mic jobby that clips onto the sun shade. The sound is clear, it only has to be charged every other week (actually probably less) with how much I use it, and I don’t have to have a damn little blue light in my ear.
September 26th, 2009 at 2:22 am Using
Living in College Park, it’s important to be able to identify the crazies. Which bluetooth makes all the more difficult these days. I’m sick of the people too lazy to hold up their phones too. I just keep my head down and assume they’re talking to someone else. Or do a subtle smile and nod, so that if they DO mean me, they’ll see it, and if not, they won’t.
Talking on a phone on the can in a public bathroom is just really weird. I have a general aversion to talking of any sort while in the bathroom. Imagine how germ-ridden their phones must be. Ew.