Cellphone Insanity

I have come to the conclusion that cellphones can make people insane.
In fact I am waiting until they develop a 12 step program for
cellaholics. I keep seeing people who are so much into their
cellphones that they are no longer connected to the real world around
them.

Yesterday I attended a weekend festival for the holiday. It was held
in a local park and they had several bands playing, plus food, beer,
soda and other activities. It was fun. However, I ended up with
several cellaholics getting into my space.

The worst was this girl. Probably around 22 years old, and obviously
not having a clue where she was or what was happening around her.
I was standing on the lawn watching the band playing. There is a huge
crowd and I was about 60 feet back from the stage. I'm just minding
my ow business and enjoying the music, when this girl walks right in
front of me with a cellphone glued to her ear. She stands right in
front of me, about a foot from my face and although she is staring
right at me, I can tell she has that glazed look in her eyes and has
no clue what is around her. Everyone else is facing the band, but
this bimbo is blocking my view and hollaring into her phone, right in
my face.

At first I moved over a step so I could see the stage. Seconds later
she is blocking my view again, and getting louder. I hoped she would
end the call and move on. 5 minutes later she is still blocking my
view, is in my face, and has gotten louder and more arguementive with
the person on her phone.

That's when I nicely said "maam, could you please take that thing
somewhere else so I can watch the show". I could tell she did not
even hear me. I said it again, an still no response. That's when I
tapped her on the shoulder and said "please go somewhere else". She
gave me a dirty look and kept doing the same thing. I did not want to
start a fight, so I finally picked up my things and moved elsewhere.

Then there was a guy sitting on a park bench. He was sitting there by
himself and staring at his phone. At first I did not make anything of
it, but when I walked by him a half hour later he was still in the
same place, staring at his lighted phone. (By then it was dark). I
figured he was playing a game or had the internet on it.

Another hour and a half goes by. The bands are playing, other things
going on, and people everywhere. I go to get a bite to eat and see
this same guy still sitting in the same place staring at his cell with
the same blank expression on his face. At that point I decided the
guy might either be unconscious or meybe even dead. I walked closer
to him just to see if he was alive. He appeared to be breathing.
Then I got close enough to look at his phone readout. There was no
game, no website, just a phone number displayed there.

Over two more hours pass. The bands are finished, they are no longer
selling food or drinks and the park security is clearing the park. By
this time I had forgotten about this guy, until I see him still
sitting in the same place, and still staring at his lit phone, and he
had not moved a muscle. This means this guy had been in a state of
"frozen motion" for at least 5 hours since I first noticed him. I was
surprised the battery was not dead in his phone by then.

I hoped I could see the park security remove him, but I left before
they did.

There is definately a form of cellphone retardation hitting the
country. This is not the fist time I have run across things like
this. It's obvious these peope badly need help.....

Dennis

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In article <[email protected]>, dmueller@__nospam__.com says...
> I have come to the conclusion that cellphones can make people insane.
> In fact I am waiting until they develop a 12 step program for
> cellaholics. I keep seeing people who are so much into their
> cellphones that they are no longer connected to the real world around
> them.
>
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2 thoughts,
1) the guy on the bench was tripping hard and this was his way of hearing the show
2) http://www.globalgadgetuk.com/rx9000.htm