Knock It Off with the Bluetooth Headsets

Wife and I just returned from a rather lengthy walk around the city. A little Mexican hole-in-the-wall put a stack of menus in our building today. I picked on up and started craving the food. Since the prices were good, and we haven't had Mexican food since last fall, we decided to give it a try. Since we thought it would be more fun to walk than to call for take-out, we hiked about a mile each way to get our dinner. Oddly, everyone who worked at the Mexican restaurant was Asian.

As we walked, we ran into countless individuals talking on wireless Bluetooth headsets. That creates a real problem here in the city: I can't tell who is talking on the phone and who is just crazy. As we walked down the dark street, a guy approached me yelling and screaming. As he drew closer, I tried to look at his ears for a wireless piece - I figured that he was probably just talking on the phone. Nope. Turns out this guy was just a lunatic. The crazies really need to wear a sign so that it is easier to know to stay away from them.

Oh, in case you want another reason to knock it off with the wireless earpieces: they look really stupid. If you want to wear it while talking on the phone, great. But wearing it all day just looks ridiculous. It's not a fashion accessory. It does not make you look important. It makes you look like you take yourself way too seriously with your $39.95 toy.