Bluetooth Headsets are Officially the New “Status Symbol”
March 27, 2008 6:00 am Random Gripings
Just yesterday I was walking out of a building and I saw 2 guys about my age walking out of another door. But one of them had a rather large bluetooth headset on his ear. They were talking back and forth and it just got me thinking, “Why does he still have his headset on? He’s talking to his friend, why doesn’t he take it out?”
Has anyone else noticed that this is becoming more and more common? People are just walking around with their headsets on their ears whether they’re using them or not. It seriously has become the new status symbol!
Look at me, I have a Bluetooth and you don’t!
I just don’t get it. Now, I can see using a bluetooth when you’re driving your car or doing something where you need to talk on the phone but need both hands free. For those situations I get it. But do you really get that many phone calls that you need to have this thing attached to your ear 24/7? Next thing you know we’ve going to hear about ‘bluetooth surgery’ were people are having these things implanted into their heads. Maybe that will be the next status symbol….
For those of you that have bluetooths, please be polite to your friends and take it off when you’re talking to them! Also, it drives me NUTS when people are walking around talking loudly on them in the store…
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tags: gripings, technology
Bluetooth surgery,funny.your’e right ,I’ve also seen a lot of people wearing their headset when they aren’t even using it.maybe your’e right ,it’s becoming the next status symbol.Also it depends on which headet your’e wearing.If your’e wearing a Jawbone then people will think you have a deep pocket but on the other hand if your’e wearing some old headset that still uses a cord then your’e just a wanna be.That’s just my opinion.nice of you to bring up this article.
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some of these bluetooth earpieces are in fact hearing aids which i have seen advertised in a magazine on an airplane
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“Look at how IMPORTANT I am: I could get an IMPORTANT CALL at ANY MOMENT!”
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Honestly, I have never seen ANYBODY who doesn’t look like a complete dork with a bluetooth headset on.
They all look like Lt. Uhura from star trek.
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I’ve seen people doing their shopping & paying at he checkout at Target with a headset. It’s pathetic..
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well…some uses it for practical but some are show offs…depends though…
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Yep - we call them wankers here
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Besides using bluetooth headset to receive calls, most of the time I use it to listen mp3 songs in stereo.
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This is a great article.
I came across this while searching for phones with Bluetooth headsets.
This reminds me of an article I read about Bluetooth etiquette. It’s a good read for those who use Bluetooth headsets.
That’s a good photo of the SE HBH-PV710. I can’t wait to use one with the upcoming EXPERIA X1.
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I did the same thing when a bought my first bluetooth headset few years ago. Then I realised that I’m just looking like an idiot with it on for no reason. I think most people go through that phase and then end up taking it off.
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