mobiles

i am not a fan of mobile phones. this may be due to the fact no one ever phones me on mine, and that the only use i have for it is as an alarm clock. or it might be the fact that the mobile phone has meant that the invasion of personal space has established an unbreakable beachhead.
when i am on the bus i do not want to hear other people's conversations with a mysterious person in some other place. there are several reasons for this generally the conversations are universally dull dull dull comprising no more than "yeah, yeah" "innit" "huh huh" (which isn't to say all my conversations are littered with witty bon mots - they are not it's just the only people suffering are those i am talking at or those saddos who are earwigging for no other reason than they are nosey). so i think that people who are going to have dull boring conversations should be made to keep them to themselves.
another reason for hating mobiles is that people have forgotten how to be discrete - they just shout down the phone, which i am pretty sure doesn't make it easier to hear! and this shouting they carry over into their other conversations so you can't help but hear them - even when they are the other end of the bus/tube/ street!
then there is the insipid ring tones - let me tell you the theme to beverly hills cops was never that good but it's a reason to kill when being played very loudly on a polyphonic ring tone. (and why when you have a totally stupid ring tone do you hide your phone so it takes you minutes to get it out - do you like people laughing at you?)
then there is the fact that some people can't seem to get it through their heads that there are times and places that mobile phones are not appropriate. yes i am talking about you lot in the genesis cinema in mile end who seem to think you are so important you can't be out of touch with the rest of the world so your phone kicks off in the middle of the film. if you are that important stay at home.
there are more reasons but you get the g3 picture - i am not a fan of mobile phones.

and now to make matters worse they are trying to get tv onto mobiles. just what the world needs teeny tiny tv screens. there will be no escaping big brother then. already i am dreading being stuck on the bus with someone watching the latest episode of coronation street or eastenders.
if only dante was alive today he would have to create a new circle of hell just for it.