A few weeks ago I saw a guy at work walking around talking to himself and I thought "He must be either really busy or really insane." Then, he turned to the right and I saw that he had one of those hands-free cell phone ear pieces on his right ear.
I don't know what to make of these things. Part of me thinks it's a really cool concept. You can have a conversation with some one without all the hassle of holding the phone to your ear. It may just save your arm a lot of work.
But another part of me thinks people who wear them look crazy. If you think about it: unless some one sees that you are wearing the headset, which seem to be getting smaller and smaller, they may think you're crazy.
But then I thought: "Hey, these things are catching on. How else could they be used? Could they be used to solve a social problem?"
Of course, the answer is a resounding yes. I'm going to borrow/steal a joke here (if you've heard the joke before, put down the joke's owner in the comments for my reference):
Donate old headsets to homeless or crazy people. If you've ever walked the streets of Manhattan, you'll see the crazy people. They often seem to be shouting angrily at some one who wronged them in April of 1988. They tend to stick out. But, if you were to go up them and say "Hey, this doesn't make calls, but you'll get the same amount of attention and you'll look more hip," then give them a donated hands-free headset, wouldn't you be doing these people a service?
You'd be doing a few things with this:
1) You'd get more use out of the devices. If some one wants to throw theirs away for a new one, why just throw them out?
2) You'd be helping a crazy person not look so crazy.
3) You'd be helping the people who use them to make phone calls feel like they fit in by flooding the market.
That last bit might not be entirely good, as the people who use them may want to stick out a bit. But hey, it's an idea.
I don't know what to make of these things. Part of me thinks it's a really cool concept. You can have a conversation with some one without all the hassle of holding the phone to your ear. It may just save your arm a lot of work.
But another part of me thinks people who wear them look crazy. If you think about it: unless some one sees that you are wearing the headset, which seem to be getting smaller and smaller, they may think you're crazy.
But then I thought: "Hey, these things are catching on. How else could they be used? Could they be used to solve a social problem?"
Of course, the answer is a resounding yes. I'm going to borrow/steal a joke here (if you've heard the joke before, put down the joke's owner in the comments for my reference):
Donate old headsets to homeless or crazy people. If you've ever walked the streets of Manhattan, you'll see the crazy people. They often seem to be shouting angrily at some one who wronged them in April of 1988. They tend to stick out. But, if you were to go up them and say "Hey, this doesn't make calls, but you'll get the same amount of attention and you'll look more hip," then give them a donated hands-free headset, wouldn't you be doing these people a service?
You'd be doing a few things with this:
1) You'd get more use out of the devices. If some one wants to throw theirs away for a new one, why just throw them out?
2) You'd be helping a crazy person not look so crazy.
3) You'd be helping the people who use them to make phone calls feel like they fit in by flooding the market.
That last bit might not be entirely good, as the people who use them may want to stick out a bit. But hey, it's an idea.
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