tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059284945276242920.post277700610030630863..comments2024-02-14T02:22:41.345-05:00Comments on Michael Feir's Blog: bumps in the roadMichael Feirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575730227032076617noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059284945276242920.post-90103857447231589642008-11-07T16:23:00.000-05:002008-11-07T16:23:00.000-05:00That's pretty much as bad as getting up and walkin...That's pretty much as bad as getting up and walking away. I don't mind using my bookport in situations where everyone else is doing other stuff or we're on some long-distance drive. However, it was a gathering in celebration of my birthday. Ultimately, I very well may have felt better had I plugged in the headphones. At the time though, it just seemed rude to do that as it pretty well shuts you off from your surroundings. It's one of those awkward social situations where there's no really good way to handle it. Cell phones seem to generate a lot of those awkward situations. My ex-wife and I had friends come and visit for a couple of days where they seemed so often to be talking on their cell phones or waiting for people to call them that one wondered why they came at all. It got to a point where we did ultimately tell them how we felt about that. There was just no getting around it. The same can apparently happen with Blackberries where people drop conversations they're in the middle of just to check email or something. How about the rest of you out there? What are your social pet pieves and what do you do about them?Michael Feirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575730227032076617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059284945276242920.post-5552959428631999692008-11-07T14:19:00.000-05:002008-11-07T14:19:00.000-05:00Maybe a good compromise would be a pair of headpho...Maybe a good compromise would be a pair of headphones and a portable device to listen to your audio? <BR/><BR/>Look at the bright side...at least the World Series is only once a year.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01810904674620501236noreply@blogger.com