They are everywhere these days, they are totally oblivious as they butt in front of you in a checkout line or cut you off in traffic.
You know who I'm talking about, don't you?
The seemingly schizophrenic people with a tiny piece of plastic glued to their ear, muttering "Uh-Huh, yeah........Uh-Huh, yeah..........uh-huh!"
If they were dressed in rags and pushing a shopping cart full of junk, you'd give them a wide berth, and tsk-tsk about out-patients wandering the streets, but for some strange reason, these obnoxious boors are considered to be well-adjusted members of the GREAT CONSUMER SOCIETY.
If they were discussing current events, or philosophical questions, or expressing any thought more creative than "Uh-Huh, yeah"
I'd applaud the contribution that cell phone technology has made to the advancement of human discourse.
In her one-woman show "The Search For Intelligent Life In The Universe", LILY TOMLIN says jokingly that we should give schizophrenic street people cell phones so it at least LOOKS like they're talking to somebody. SHE WAS ONLY KIDDING!
When I hear commentators on TV talking about what has happened to the economy, I have to wonder how much of it is wasted on short-lived cellphones, expensive monthly plans, text messaging, ring tones, etc. ad nauseum, all for the sake of those immortal words............ "Uh-huh, yeah"
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