One of my pet peeves is people who walk around wearing their bluetooth ear piece all the time. To me the person might was well carry a sign that says "Look at me! Me, me, me! I'm important!"Bully VP's secretary wears her bluetooth ear piece all the time, as if her crap doesn't stink (I can assure you it does). Odd thing is, she NEVER answers her phone. She just wears that damned ear piece to impress us with her importance.
People who wear those things to the mall, or the movie theater, or a restaurant, really need to get a clue. They look like a dumbass with that thing dangling off their ear.
As it turns out, I have a bluetooth device for my cell phone. Amanda caught me wearing it around the house the other night.* Having heard me rant on this subject too many times, she just looked at me and said, "When did you become a snob?"
*In my defense, I was on the phone with Verizon tech support restoring our DSL service and I needed my hands free to configure our modem.
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Here is the term I use to describe those folks, which, sadly, I cannot take credit for:
She/he is a blue-tool.
LOL at Amanda.
It irritates the shit out of me too.
Count me among the irritated.
I hate them because people tend to carry on loud conversations in public places when using them. I really don't want to know their personal business.
Besides, all I can do is laugh when I see people using them, reminds me too much of Star Trek.
If I know the person I walk up to them and tell them I want super-size my order. They look at me like I'm a crazy woman.
Irritated as well.
I always get freaked out when I see a person walking around seemingly talking to him/herself. I agree...there are definitely some places where technology does not belong.
Chapin, that's brilliant. I'm going to say that to Bully VP's secretary.
And they sound like shit when someone is talking to you on one.
I've worried about that Guy, but at least in my case, clients seem to hear me just fine. It was free with my phone, so it is certainly not the best of available devices. I didn't think I'd use it, but it comes in handy for virtual meetings where we use LiveMeeting and everyone in the "room" can see what's on my laptop. I need my hands free to navigate the presentation. It's the only time I use it, because otherwise, I simply can't stand to be on the phone.
count me in on the agreement list.
if my phone rings and i am in a public place, i try to walk away from people to quiet location.
that said - i would like one of those blue toothy things...because i generally have trouble hearing people on my cell.
(my god i am getting old)
one more thing.. i truly despise the walky talky option people have now. that is the empitome of rudeness.
I agree with Sassy about the Star Trek thing. I immediately think Borg assimilation when I see someone walking around wearing one.
That said, working in the center of the southern brain trust with lots and lots of gadget geeks you see a lot of these bluetooth headsets. They're especially irritating/funny looking on the engineer nerds.
And weese is absolutely right on with the walkie talkie option on the phones.
Of course, even worse is that one individual in the restaurant who thinks it's less rude to let his phone ring/squawk endlessly during dinner instead of turning it off/silencing it. Argghhh...
Count me amongst the irritated.
Where I work, the only ones you see with those are pharma reps -- they stick out like a sore thumb.
I am so outnumbered on this subject I see.. i think they are incredibly handy.. but I do confess to whipping out the phone sometimes and pretend to use it even though the person is directly in my ear... cause I dont want people looking at ne like im whacko.. cause my hair covers the earpiece...
But my Dad insists he can tell the difference so.. cause hes DAD.. i use the regular phone..
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