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Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
 
...It may be that "half conversations" distract our attention in ways that wholly-overheard ones do not.

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Since this is the sort of thing that has long "seemed rude" without having a concrete breach of etiquette to point to, I'm kind of pleased to hear this.
 
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
 
No, no...Nextel conversations are just as annoying, if not more so.
 
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
 
I thought it was partly because people talk louder on the phone.
 
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
 
"cell" :>
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
errrm... Folks tend to find discomfort in being near someone havin' a conversation with thin air.
And constantly pressing a small box against ones ear is odd in itself.
Pretending that combining the two somehow makes everything okay is just delusional.

[ May 26, 2010, 11:57 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
 


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