One thing that really grinds my gears is when people walk around with their bluetooth on their ear and they aren't having a conversation. I don't know why it bugs me, but it just does. Seeing people at the health club running on a treadmill with the bluetooth in, or visiting with friends while having their bluetooth in, etc. It just really bugs me. But I often think I am alone on this. Are they really 'fashionable' to wear around even while not talking or do you guys and gals feel those people look like dorks.
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Walking around with a bluetooth earpiece - fashionable or dorky?
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Even if you have a Jawbone you don't look any cooler walking around with it on. My favorite is when I'm walking with someone in public who has one on, but isn't on a call and I'm having a conversation with them, it sorta looks weird. I love when police officers where them, it makes me respect the law so much more.
An earpiece is the universal symbol of the douchebag. Strangely, a headset with microphone is not. I don't make the rules.
I never wear mine around. I bring it back and forth between home and office, and I put it on if I'm going to be on a long conversation where I need my hands free to type or drive (which is rare...I try not to do that). Otherwise, I don't wear it.
Sidenote -- this thread makes it necessary to post this link:
Larry David - How to Handle Annoying Bluetooth Guys
Sidenote -- this thread makes it necessary to post this link:
Larry David - How to Handle Annoying Bluetooth Guys
Mine is on, in the car only. And it never leave the car either.
I hate trying to figure out if somebody is talking to me or to someone on the phone.......
I hate trying to figure out if somebody is talking to me or to someone on the phone.......
I...don't mind.
I mean, I hate it when people wear it just because it's "cool", but other than that..no comment.
If I had one, or needed one, I wouldn't take it out every time I hang up the phone, I'd keep it in my ear, and when somebody calls, I don't have to fumble around for it, and put it in my ear before my 30 seconds of ringtime are up.
I mean, I hate it when people wear it just because it's "cool", but other than that..no comment.
If I had one, or needed one, I wouldn't take it out every time I hang up the phone, I'd keep it in my ear, and when somebody calls, I don't have to fumble around for it, and put it in my ear before my 30 seconds of ringtime are up.
I think it's dorky. Like many others here, I only take mine out of the car to charge it.
I wear it in the car only when I'm talking on the phone, which isn't often. I consider my car to be a kind of sanctuary, so I'll pick up the phone only if I think the call is really important.
I wear it in the car only when I'm talking on the phone, which isn't often. I consider my car to be a kind of sanctuary, so I'll pick up the phone only if I think the call is really important.
qft
i cant stand people who wear those ****ing things. do you really have to be connected to that **** ALL THE TIME?
Wow, I voted on the "fashionable" option as that's how I feel. Maybe not so much fashionable, but not dorky either.
I'm the only one to choose that response.
I'm the only one to choose that response.
Also, what would you guys say if somebody that was disabled had one?
And by disabled I mean, that person has no hands, so he/she can't pick up the phone. The only way for them to talk on the phone is from the bluetooth headset.
Unfortunately, there are people like that outside, and to be honest, I don't think they deserve special treatment. They should (Just like everybody else) wear it whenever they please.
And by disabled I mean, that person has no hands, so he/she can't pick up the phone. The only way for them to talk on the phone is from the bluetooth headset.
Unfortunately, there are people like that outside, and to be honest, I don't think they deserve special treatment. They should (Just like everybody else) wear it whenever they please.
That's all well and good, but you still need to press a button either to make a call or pick up a call.
I think it has its uses, but I don't walk around wearing one when I'm in a situation where holding the phone itself is perfectly acceptable.
Wow, I voted on the "fashionable" option as that's how I feel. Maybe not so much fashionable, but not dorky either.
I'm the only one to choose that response.
Let this be a lesson about what people around you are thinking.
