| Re: Tenor of afp [message #252138] |
Mi, 12 April 2006 19:57 |
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Actually, better make it a bluetooth mood ring. It could then not only
tell everybody on the internet about your mood, but anybody near to you
as well. The ideal icebreaker!
Could you couple that, please, with an automatic cone of silence that
will descend around any person using a cell phone in a certain tone of
voice, so I no longer have to listen to the drama and trauma of
complete strangers? I am tired of sillies standing next to me in line
using shrill tones and graphic language to inform today's best friend
about their latest dust up with their boyfriend/mother/last best
friend/ex.... Invent that, and I'll bake you my very best cookies and
send them express to wherever. (1)
WitsEnd
"Oh this age! How tasteless and ill bred it is."- Catullas.
(1) The truth is that I won't listen to that sort of stuff, anymore.
If, I'm standing in line alone, I interrupt them politely and say "Hi
there. Listen, I don't feel comfortable hearing about your personal
life. Could you please lower your voice, step aside, or make that call
another time?" At this point, they are shocked, shocked to find that
someone has been listening in on their conversations! If they have any
self-respect, they shut up at this point. If not, they say something
rude, but now they have the whole line glaring at them. At that
point, they say something like, "I'll have to call you back, this B*%# [at]
is #$%ing with me.
So, true, so true :-)
Alternatively, if I'm with my husband and this happens, we start making
up stories about weird deaths and disasters supposedly happening to
people we know, and we keep raising the absurdity bar until they either
get the hint or the people around us start giggling. The change in tone
usually shocks the cell twit into shutting up. If not, we have had a
good time.
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