Comments on: What Are They Talking About? http://www.inessentials.com/nicole/archive/2006/11/08/10_14_46 I do it all. Make it bigger. Make it badder. Make it awesome. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:57:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Katy http://www.inessentials.com/nicole/archive/2006/11/08/10_14_46#comment-70 Katy Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:03:00 +0000 http://www.inessentials.com/nicole/?p=35#comment-70 A lot of the time when Tom and I are on our way somewhere that is at least 10 minutes away (driving), we make phone calls so family and friends. And by "we make phone calls," I mean that I call while Tom drives. However, without fail, the phone call is always longer than the drive (even if we have 45 minutes to get somewhere), so we sit for awhile in the car while I continue the conversation. But then Tom gets impatient sitting there and we get out of the car and start to walk into the store or wherever it is we are going. This is where my conversational skills with the person on the phone get horrible, there are multiple distractions, I am out of breath from the talking and walking :) and I officially become that person who you see on their phone. Anyways, I usually have lots to say on the phone since I'm generally calling friends and family who don't live in the same state as me. So maybe all these people you see are just sad and lonely because they have no family or friends nearby and they decide to call them while they are walking. But I bet most of them are the "always working" people who are making work phone calls between appointments and calling home to say hi to their family in between all that. A lot of the time when Tom and I are on our way somewhere that is at least 10 minutes away (driving), we make phone calls so family and friends. And by “we make phone calls,” I mean that I call while Tom drives. However, without fail, the phone call is always longer than the drive (even if we have 45 minutes to get somewhere), so we sit for awhile in the car while I continue the conversation. But then Tom gets impatient sitting there and we get out of the car and start to walk into the store or wherever it is we are going. This is where my conversational skills with the person on the phone get horrible, there are multiple distractions, I am out of breath from the talking and walking :) and I officially become that person who you see on their phone.

Anyways, I usually have lots to say on the phone since I’m generally calling friends and family who don’t live in the same state as me. So maybe all these people you see are just sad and lonely because they have no family or friends nearby and they decide to call them while they are walking. But I bet most of them are the “always working” people who are making work phone calls between appointments and calling home to say hi to their family in between all that.

]]> By: elizabeth wickland http://www.inessentials.com/nicole/archive/2006/11/08/10_14_46#comment-69 elizabeth wickland Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:30:38 +0000 http://www.inessentials.com/nicole/?p=35#comment-69 Hmm... I talk on my cell phone to my mom a lot when I'm going places, but I'm usually in my car (shhhh... I know that's a bad habit) or occasionally in a store, but then I usually miss whatever it was I was looking for. My personal favorite is the middle/high school couples that walk around the mall holding hands and talking to different people on their cell phones. Now THAT's a date, I tell ya. Hmm… I talk on my cell phone to my mom a lot when I’m going places, but I’m usually in my car (shhhh… I know that’s a bad habit) or occasionally in a store, but then I usually miss whatever it was I was looking for.

My personal favorite is the middle/high school couples that walk around the mall holding hands and talking to different people on their cell phones. Now THAT’s a date, I tell ya.

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