Burning up the phone wires!

When I was a kid I used to hear the adults say, "She's burning up the phone wires"! That meant someone was talking on the phone for a long time. Well, today one of my dear friends sent me a blog he had written based on a true story he had read about a man whose back pocket in his knit trousers had caught fire with his cell-phone in it! Now how exactly does a cell-phone catch fire in the back pocket of your pants in a bathroom?? Men's suits don't just ignite by themselves even if they are made out of polyester! I do know based on what a friend told me that you can put two cell-phones together and generate enough microwaves to warm up something in between them! So, I guess anything is possible especially when polyester is involved! I remember taking the kids to a Haunted Hot Dog Roast once down in the olde village. There was a man who came to it right after he got off work. He stood dangerously close to the big bon fire built to roast the hot dogs. I can remember thinking how it could be possible for his fine business suit to burst into flames at that particular time, but I dismissed it.

Cell-phones are wonderful for the kids to use to let us know where they are or the other way around. They are great for emergency retrievals! There are even some that can take pictures of crimes in progress which is helpful to the police. Like with all other gifts that we are given, however, somehow some of us manage to abuse them in the end.

If I go out to eat with someone at a restaurant, I don't like it when they are texting or talking with their other friends while I am trying to enjoy my time with them! Hearing someone talk on one during a concert, movie, ceremony, or a funeral should just be considered a crime somehow!

I work at a deli. I am in charge of setting all the food out to display it in such an attractive way that people will want to come by and buy it to take home. Everyday I look over the counter to watch people with cell-phones go through this ritual. They look over the counter. They get out their cell-phone. They call their wife, husband, or significant other then they proceed to walk the entire length of the display case telling them what's in it! I want to yell out, "Take a picture of the entire case, put in on your refridgerator then come to the store with your grocery list"! Unfortunately, they can't read my mind, so they hang up the phone. They ask me a question about something they would like to see in the case. They get back on their cell-phone. They later hang up (maybe) then tell me what they want me to get for them out of the case!

When I see people walking around the store with their cell-phones I also have to wonder about how many screwballs there are out there walking around talking to themselves (no one is on the other end)??

Now more and more I see people wearing the cell-phone in their ears like some type of Star Wars communication device which brings me back to the burning pants scenario. To have your pants catch on fire due to your cell-phone is one thing. To have your hair catch on fire in public would be quite another and something most people would probably find embarrassing, I would think.

And lastly, if microwave ovens aren't safe to stand in front of why would I want to attach a cell-phone to my ear?? On a more serious note, I have to wonder if we won't be seeing more cases of brain cancer in the near future. Technology is good, but it comes with a price!