One sees all sorts or amusing and bizarre things during commute traffic. There’s the typical stuff like the lane weavers, nose drillers and private American Idol tryouts. In fact, years ago, when I’d see somebody singing at at light, I’d quickly try and find the radio station they might be listening to, and on rare occasion I’d succeed, enabling me to watch them from the window or rear view mirror as they lip sync to the music playing in my car. It seldom worked, but when it did, it was hilarious. I’ve also found it entertaining when I see somebody dancing in their car. I’m not talking about bobbing their head, I am talking about complete, full-on, full body, jive jumping, “going with the flow” dancing in their cars. It just cracks me up.
I also see way too many people on phones. I’m guilty of doing so myself, but only due to the recent loss of my bluetooth headset. As a game, see how many drivers holding cell phones you can count while driving home tonight… you’ll be amazed how quickly you’ll get into the double digits.
Today I saw something that took the cake. I pulled up next to a car, glanced over, and saw a woman using her Motorola Razor brand cell phone. She must have had it on speaker phone, and she was talking into the DISPLAY! For your reference, I’ve custom made the icon for this post to help illustrate. It was exactly as pictured above.
In essence, as most people would expect, the microphone for a phone is usually placed when your mouth would be; at the bottom. The ear piece is where the speaker resides.
I sat and watched this woman in a conversation for a minute or two, holding the phone exactly as pictured, and talking into the top of the device.
It was incredible, frightening and hilarious all at the same time.