More times than I can count this week, I have really really really really really wanted to yank the little white earphones out of the ears of those people who appear to be completely ignorant of the fact that everyone around them for at least 2 train cars down can hear every note that comes out their teeny tiny IPOD. If Apple can figure out how to put all that memory into an inch by 3inches piece of plastic/metal, can’t they figure out how to make earphones that actually work?!?!?!
Sometimes I look around me at all the people who are plugged into their IPODs 24/7 (i.e. the secretaries at work) and wonder if they even remember what it is like to listen to the real world. I know that’s why they zone out to their tunes - to escape the real world - but it seems to me that it’s a phenomenon that only increases the sense of loneliness and disconnect with others that pervades our generation and those below us. Listening to your IPOD or other MP3 player inherently gives the effect of “don’t talk to me.” Which can be nice sometimes, but it just astounds me how people I work with can listen to their IPOD all day , not even relinquishing it long enough to go to the bathroom unplugged.
Anyway, my pet peeve of the week has been those little white earphones that usually come with your Apple product (I have a pair I don’t use for stated reason) that contain about 1% of the sound to your ear, while the rest of it gets blared into the ears of others - especially on an otherwise silent, rush-hour commuter train. Are people just not aware that their earphones suck?!
In other news, my boss asked me today when and how we get our bar results, and if I could leave him a voicemail message on his cell after I find out… for some reason I really hated that he asked that, but I guess he will have to find out eventually, one way or another.
Posted in Frustrations, Non Law Stuff, Office Space, Rant
