It’s amazing how far we have come, technologically speaking of course. Life is beginning to become a lot like an episode of “Star Trek”, without the spaceships, Klingons and horrible spandex costumes that is.

Like a ship’s captain, anyone can tap on this small plastic device and talk into the air to anyone else in the world that has a similar device, incredible? Yes and No. With the advent of insta-communication comes decreased sanity, peace and quiet.

There are so many people with cell phones now and days you can no longer have a “moment to peace” anywhere. Places that used to be silent are now filled with people screaming into cell phones about somebody’s colonoscopy, somebody’s new horrible haircut and the fact that the nephew of the person next to you is still wetting the bed.

I don’t care about your issue whatever it is -- quit polluting my silence -– hang up the phone and keep it to yourself!

Not all cell phone conversations apply to the above, there is a huge difference between an informational call and a conversation. You can pick up you phone, get some info you need and then hang up. It’s the long winded pointless conversations used to fill gaps in time that you force me, and the others around you, to listen to that are unnecessarily cruel and need to stop.

I am very particular places I choose to hold my conversations. I will not talk and drive -- I don’t need any more distractions, the guy drinking and driving whilst throwing beer bottles out of the car is enough to deal with.

I also will not have a conversation on the phone if there is anyone I do not know within an earshot (5-10 feet depending on the building structure and weather conditions) of my mouth they don’t care about how much beer I drank last night or that line of code you need to get that program finished.

I bet you have seen this scenario before … while sitting at a bar or restaurant, you gaze across the room at a table and see two people sitting together, both on their cell phones talking to two other people whom aren’t in the room.

Incredible they finally have the chance to sit down and talk with someone face to face and they both decided to talk to people that isn’t even in the same zip code.

You can never escape this plague of instant communication either, you may now have the unfortunate pleasure to be contacted at any moment to have an conversation/disagreement with a boss/friend/girlfriend/parent from any place on Earth.

I could be walking to work, in an amusement park, in the gym, driving a car, in a bar, in church or standing on the ledge of a really tall building getting ready to jump. Location and time does not matter anymore and rarely does the caller place this into consideration before beginning the conversation once they have reached you.

Instead of no-smoking areas .. we should have no cell-talking areas or away messages on cell phones like on AIM.

Sorry, I am away from the phone right now, I’m attempting to commit suicide. Leave a message at the beep if you wish, but I wont be getting back to you.