No Joke

So I was on the bus today, and this older lady was sitting there, talking on her phone. She looked to be maybe in her late 40's early 50's, no real way to know. She had a smartphone, meaning to say it was way cooler than my phone. It was a touch screen, no idea what make or model, but pretty current. Like, my mom would never be able to figure it out.

I see her start taking something out of her purse. It was a purple wire of some sort. I thought it was a phone charger, but that made no sense being that there are no outlets on a bus. At the end of the wire I see something big and bulky coming out of her purse.....

It was a phone! Not her cell phone. A hand held old fashioned big phone, one that you can hold between your ear and your shoulder. The kind that is usually connected to the wall in your house. Only, this one had a wire that connected to her... you guessed it. Her sleek small so-tiny-can-fit-in-your-shirt-pocket new and improved cell phone.

And I'm thinking, are you kidding me? The point of the cell phone was to unplug you, to make your burden lighter. The best simile I can think of- a pair of earbud headphones attached to a boombox. Why would you want to lug that around?

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And there you have it Ladies and Gentleman.