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Phone etiquette and suchlike
Jan. 11th, 2007 05:08 amI know this will seem really nitpicky, but it bothers me...and what's the point of having a blog if you don't rant about things that bug you? None, I say. And so:
I realize that we live in an age of high technology, and with this comes the desire to multitask. Whether it be the simultaneous usage of the computer and the phone, the computer and the TV, the TV and the phone, the cell phone and driving (which should be outlawed everywhere, dammit), or just multiple programs at the same time on the computer, we all have a tendency to focus on more than one thing. (This could very well be one of the reasons behind such a high occurence of ADHD in children, although I do feel that the condition has become more of a blanket term...but I digress).
Aside from the obvious danger of driving while gabbing about the recent events on TV, most of these don't bother me too much. Hell, I do the same things, and I can completely understand having things on for background noise while doing something else. But seriously, people...if you're going to talk to someone on the phone, do that, instead of sitting there with the TV volume up, sitting in silence watching your show while the person on the other end listens to you breathing heavily (while listening to the anchors on SportsCenter describe whothehellknowswhat). This gripe doesn't pertain to watching a show WITH someone over the phone, that's completely different.
I have two friends that do this incessantly, and it drives me nuts. It's fine if you want to watch TV, really it is. TV's great. But I don't give two shits about what you're watching, and frankly I think it's rude for me to be talking about something only to realize that the person on the other end is paying more attention to the TV than to me.
Bleh. Manners, folks. It's rude.
Now that that's out of the way: I've decided to go ahead and jump on the L Word recapping bandwagon, and will have a site up for that shortly. I'm not sure what service to use, really...I might just open up another LJ, or get a site on FreeWebs, or something equally free. I'm not paying for something that's basically just to pass the time. I don't really have a reason for wanting to do this in the first place, aside from the fact that I'm bored. Which, when it comes right down to it, is pretty much the reason behind most things I do.
I finally had my tooth, and several others, removed. It's nice to be drugged up, but I can't really leave the house, so I'm pretty bored. Which of course means that I'll be writing more fanfic and poetry than ever, as I have no social life to speak of, can't work due to antibiotic ingestion, and have no classes beginning until the 16th. I really am one of the most boring people on earth, aren't I?
Bleh. Still no clue where I'll be in 8 months, but it certainly won't be this apartment. I feel like I'm 16 with a curfew again.
I realize that we live in an age of high technology, and with this comes the desire to multitask. Whether it be the simultaneous usage of the computer and the phone, the computer and the TV, the TV and the phone, the cell phone and driving (which should be outlawed everywhere, dammit), or just multiple programs at the same time on the computer, we all have a tendency to focus on more than one thing. (This could very well be one of the reasons behind such a high occurence of ADHD in children, although I do feel that the condition has become more of a blanket term...but I digress).
Aside from the obvious danger of driving while gabbing about the recent events on TV, most of these don't bother me too much. Hell, I do the same things, and I can completely understand having things on for background noise while doing something else. But seriously, people...if you're going to talk to someone on the phone, do that, instead of sitting there with the TV volume up, sitting in silence watching your show while the person on the other end listens to you breathing heavily (while listening to the anchors on SportsCenter describe whothehellknowswhat). This gripe doesn't pertain to watching a show WITH someone over the phone, that's completely different.
I have two friends that do this incessantly, and it drives me nuts. It's fine if you want to watch TV, really it is. TV's great. But I don't give two shits about what you're watching, and frankly I think it's rude for me to be talking about something only to realize that the person on the other end is paying more attention to the TV than to me.
Bleh. Manners, folks. It's rude.
Now that that's out of the way: I've decided to go ahead and jump on the L Word recapping bandwagon, and will have a site up for that shortly. I'm not sure what service to use, really...I might just open up another LJ, or get a site on FreeWebs, or something equally free. I'm not paying for something that's basically just to pass the time. I don't really have a reason for wanting to do this in the first place, aside from the fact that I'm bored. Which, when it comes right down to it, is pretty much the reason behind most things I do.
I finally had my tooth, and several others, removed. It's nice to be drugged up, but I can't really leave the house, so I'm pretty bored. Which of course means that I'll be writing more fanfic and poetry than ever, as I have no social life to speak of, can't work due to antibiotic ingestion, and have no classes beginning until the 16th. I really am one of the most boring people on earth, aren't I?
Bleh. Still no clue where I'll be in 8 months, but it certainly won't be this apartment. I feel like I'm 16 with a curfew again.