Earbud-Heads

Is there anything in the world that says, "I'm an ass!" in the efficient way that cell phone ear-pieces do? Like almost everything else, there are time and places when these gadgets are appropriate if not downright necessary. For instance the busy exec with both arms full of embezzled billions can't hold a cell phone. Nor can the over caffeinated speedster during his/her rush hour commute.

But what about the suburban dad who's sitting in the Arby's of the local mall, brats in tow, scarfing down a Big Montana and obviously not talking on the cell phone , who still insists on wearing this little self-important accessory as though the President might call at any moment and freeing up a pudgy hand to hold a phone to his ear is just not in the cards? How about that geeky I.T. fidget that roams the office building? He's got a Mountain Dew in one hand and must keep the other free to continually pull the wedge out of his butt. He's got an ear-piece, too. The only real mystery is which of his three visible, displayed-on-his-belt-under-his-flabby-gut phones that it works with.

You know what else? Search Google for "cell phone earbuds" and you'll see that they have new models that are designed to go unnoticed. I'm betting that this technological breakthrough will prompt the tools mentioned about to take them out of their ears in conspicuous ways.