Cellphones have become a instrumental part of society. They are not far from people or constantly in people’s hands. My kids are glued to theirs a lot more than I care to admit but I would be a hypocrite if I said I was glued to mine as well.

It’s amazing how the technology continues to improve on them. You can do anything with them besides using them as phones. You can use them as digital wallet, download thousands of apps to make purchases, or use it as a camera. I could go on because the things these devices can do is endless.

I’ll admit, my phone rarely not beside me. If I’m walking some place, I have it with me. I’ll leave the psychological, negative effects these devices for another time.

There are two things that are pet peeves of mine with cellphones. Actually, I only had one until recently. My biggest pet peeve is people using speaker phone. If you’re by yourself, sure I’m cool with that but in a public setting, I don’t need to hear your conversation.

Common courtesy in public is a thing of the past. I constantly hear people talking on their speaker phone with the volume turned all the way up. Some times, I just want to rip the phone out of the person’s hand and smash it but that wouldn’t be a good idea.

My most recent pet peeve is phone conversations in the bathroom. There is this guy at work that I’ve seen having a phone conversation while doing his business in the bathroom several times.

Yeah, it doesn’t concern me but does the person on the other end of the line need to hear you relieving yourself? Is the call really that important that you can’t wait 5 to 10 minutes? Sorry but if I hear a toilet flushing, I’ll ask someone to call me back when they are done.

It amazes that cellphones are so important that we can’t even get a little privacy in the bathroom. At least the guy has his phone conversations on the phone and not the speaker phone.

Sorry for the rant but just needed to air that out.