Mobile Insanity

I consider myself quite tolerant with others' cell phone use. I think that's because I am out of control obsessed with my cell phone (when I had one...). I think it's okay to answer a phone when at dinner with friends as long as it's a low key dinner. I also think it's acceptable to leave your phone on vibrate during a movie and leave said movie to get that call if it's important. I also think it's okay to never have your cell off. Ever. This is all in light of the fact that I'm an addict. I wouldn't answer the phone during a family dinner, during the actual movie, during church, during a wedding, etc. But you better believe I will have the phone on and on vibrate so I can see who would be calling me even if I didn't answer.

Still... even I was dumbfounded today while I was working out. First off, let me re-explain that Kiwis (and Aussies so I hear) don't use their phones for talking but for texting. You never see people actually talking into their phones. Like, almost never. I was stair stepping my way to heavenly legs and buns when I looked over at the cross trainers to see that a girl, who had been cross training for at least twenty minutes, was chatting away on her mobile. Really? It didn't appear to be an emergency phone call because she kept on working out. I mean, if it was really an emergency, you would think it would warrant her undivided attention. I was staring in disbelief long enough for the girl near me to look over and we just started laughing at the absurdity that was this girl on her cell phone.

This girl's phone obsession blows away any craze I had with my cell phone. Far and away.