Re: Nomo-phobia

In article <MPG.22641c24f4b080989852@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
netcat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (netcat) wrote:

> In article <ft1c4c$e2m$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > netcat <netcat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > For me, the main cause of mobile related stress is not being 
> > > out of contact myself, but rather being unable to reach other 
> > > people who I know should be reachable.
> > 
> > For me, the main cause of mobile related stress is people talking
> > loudly on their cell phones on the Metro while I'm trying to 
> > read.
> > 
> 
> You wouldn't be bothered if they were conversing just as loudly 
> with someone who was right there?

But they don't.  In my experience, people having a conversation in
person on a train don't speak anywhere near as loudly as someone
bellowing into a mobile.