The Power Of The Little Black Box

Maybe it's because I don't have any desire for owning a cell phone, or maybe it's because of simply being curmudgeonly, or perhaps it's because some cell phone users are just plain friggin' annoying, but I would love to have one of these devices that silence nearby cellphones, even if they are illegal.

The jamming technology works by sending out a radio signal so powerful that phones are overwhelmed and cannot communicate with cell towers. The range varies from several feet to several yards, and the devices cost from $50 to several hundred dollars. Larger models can be left on to create a no-call zone.

How awesome would it be to shut down that cell phone person in the theater, yammering in line at at the store, or not paying attention to traffic in the car behind you? How about that barista who is supposed to be making your Pumpkin Spice Latte but instead answers their call from Buffy who wants to tell all about a shiny object they are looking at?

I once watched a lady caring a baby in one arm and her shopping bag in the other wrestle with the dilemma of which one to put down on the ground in order to answer her cell phone! Seriously, she actually made a motion to put her baby on the store floor in order to answer the phone! Through an amazing contortionist act she was finally able to get the phone out without putting anything down only to start yapping to someone about... absolutely nothing.
I could've pressed my little black box and potentially saved her and her baby!

The possibilities are endless. If these devices flood into the country, there could be an all-out frequency war.

But, like the article points out, it's rather unfair for the courteous cell phone users. If I ever get a cell phone, I will definitely try and be a courteous one.
Although I do relish the thought of buying a giant Trigger Happy TV phone and screaming at it in a crowd.




At any rate, I love this quote from the article:

“If anything characterizes the 21st century, it’s our inability to restrain ourselves for the benefit of other people."

I'm all about making a noise in this world, but that's a lot different than just making annoying noise.










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