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SteelBlue · 04-03-2008, 09:45 PM

I work in a hospital and nearly every physician uses a blue-tooth headset nowadays. In addition, many of the visitors, pts' family members etc... are walking around with them as well. I realize they've been around for quite a while now, but I still get faked out all the time and end up answering somebody's question out loud that was never even directed at me. Sometimes it's even more than the "hey, how are you doin'?" that I'll answer to. It makes me feel like a complete idiot, but imo wearing that thing outside of your car just isn't fair.

danimal · 04-04-2008, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by SteelBlue

I work in a hospital and nearly every physician uses a blue-tooth headset nowadays. In addition, many of the visitors, pts' family members etc... are walking around with them as well. I realize they've been around for quite a while now, but I still get faked out all the time and end up answering somebody's question out loud that was never even directed at me. Sometimes it's even more than the "hey, how are you doin'?" that I'll answer to. It makes me feel like a complete idiot, but imo wearing that thing outside of your car just isn't fair.

Hah! Happened to me many times too.

creekster · 04-04-2008, 12:57 AM

There is that amusing beer commercial based on this faux pas wherre the guy hears the woman behind hiim give a sort of coy invitation to her place he turns zround and accepts and she then reveals that she was on the phone and looks at him like he is a creep.

Spaz · 04-04-2008, 02:44 PM

I like to do this on purpose. When I notice someone talking on a bluetooth, and they ask a question I can answer, I'll do it. I do it loudly. I try to make it entertaining, but sometimes fail.

If they glare at me, it makes me laugh. I'm not the idiot walking around talking to a little piece of plastic dangling from my ear.

04-03-2008, 09:45 PM	#1
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	Blue tooth makes an ass out of me at least once a day I work in a hospital and nearly every physician uses a blue-tooth headset nowadays. In addition, many of the visitors, pts' family members etc... are walking around with them as well. I realize they've been around for quite a while now, but I still get faked out all the time and end up answering somebody's question out loud that was never even directed at me. Sometimes it's even more than the "hey, how are you doin'?" that I'll answer to. It makes me feel like a complete idiot, but imo wearing that thing outside of your car just isn't fair.

04-04-2008, 12:57 AM	#3
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	There is that amusing beer commercial based on this faux pas wherre the guy hears the woman behind hiim give a sort of coy invitation to her place he turns zround and accepts and she then reveals that she was on the phone and looks at him like he is a creep. __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos.

04-04-2008, 02:44 PM	#4
Spaz Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,371	I like to do this on purpose. When I notice someone talking on a bluetooth, and they ask a question I can answer, I'll do it. I do it loudly. I try to make it entertaining, but sometimes fail. If they glare at me, it makes me laugh. I'm not the idiot walking around talking to a little piece of plastic dangling from my ear. __________________ "My days of not respecting you are certainly coming to a middle." -Malcolm Reynolds "It doesn't mean that if we lose a game or when we lose a game people won't then jump on and say the quest is over. Because they will. But they've missed the point." -Bronco Mendenhall on "The Quest"