Hey, Wait Just a Rollover Minute…

Here’s a trick you can try at home—and maybe only there:
 A 40-something looking woman on my bus the other day was chatting on her cell phone when, suddenly, another phone rang. It was also hers! She reached into her purse, pulled out her second mobile and stuck it against her available ear. Then, this skilled multi-tasker began juggling two separate conversations coming at her from both sides of her face.
Was she a telephone operator in training? Or just practicing her SNL tryout?
I had to bite my lip to avoid laughing.
Fortunately, she kept her voice lower than many cell phone users do. So we didn’t have to hear her latest workplace woes or what time she could exit her hairdresser’s salon to meet up with her date. Normally, cell phone users on busses, trains and in airports are what I call ‘the Megaphones’: With their who-cares attitude toward the public, they inflict their life’s story on who’s ever nearby and isn’t stone deaf.
But they’re nowhere near as annoying as the ‘Pavlov’s Dogs.’ Responding brainlessly to the ringing of a bell, these folks answer their cell phone anytime–even when they’re not alone. And their companion? He or she gets shut out of this new conversation.
Sure, cell phones are the “in” toys of the 21st Century. But do people have to answer every call, especially when they’ve got company? And: Why would someone even want to juggle two calls at the same time?
Please tell us what you think.