On a recent trip that I took, I couldn't help but notice how the technology that we currently use is not only taken for granted but quite often forgotten just where it is we are using it. The most obvious is of course the fact that flight attendants now give lengthy words on turning off our phones and other electronic devices included in to the safety instructions. I am a huge fan of pushing technology any way we can but just because we can use a phone the moment the flight attendant says we can (typically right after landing and still taxing to the gate) people can't settle on texting their loved one that they have just landed, but decide everyone else on the plane needs to hear that oh-so important business call because you just couldn't wait 10 more minutes when you would be within the airport terminal. Think how that 10 minutes would seem like an eternity if the rule was similar to how it is now with the 'no smoking' anywhere within the public place and terminal building!
I think you truly have to draw the line when that phone rings and you happen to be using a stall in the mens room and decide you think you need to answer it. Not only that, but to put the call on speaker phone so that the rest of the restroom hears the conversation. Top that by having the guy at the other end of the phone actually ask, 'where are you, in the restroom?' and having the guy actually say 'yes, hang on while I pull up my pants'.. can you believe it!
