Strollerderby

Modern Etiquette: Remove the Bluetooth Handsfree While Giving Birth

Posted by Karen Murphy

bluetooth headsetAlthough I don't own a Bluetooth handsfree headset, I want one. Who wouldn't want to look like a Borg with a third earlobe? Unfortunately, my call volume currently doesn't support such an extravagance, so I will have to be content with coveting an iPhone like everyone else.

However, there are still plenty of Bluetooth Borgs out there despite them being reviled in GQ (have they not seen the Hello Kitty version?), so it's clearly time to address the appropriate etiquette that has developed surrounding these devices:

1. They're okay to wear to the gym, but not in a sauna. (Do they melt or what?)

2. Dentists? Yes. Doctors? No. (While they're treating you? A dentist? Really?)

3. While breastfeeding? Sure! While reading a bedtime story? No! (Unless you've already read it 52 times, in which case I give you permission.)

4. While sleeping? Okay, but not during sex. (!!) (Unless #3 applies, somehow.)

5. During divorce proceedings? Yes. During weddings?  "Probably not". (Unless it's yours.)

6. Absolute "no-no's": while giving birth. Or while fishing. (No comment.) 


+ DIGG + STUMBLE

Comments

 

squawks said:

weird, i was planning to blog about this later today. i have a relative who wears one of these at all times -- weekdays, weekends, hanging out, during dinner at a restaurant -- and there's absolutely no diplomatic way to tell him he looks like a giant dweeb (and besides which, he's being rude) without mortally wounding his ego.

today i was waiting in line for my coffee in dunkin donuts when some corporate blowhard came in wearing one of these and talking "to himself" in an inappropriately loud voice, causing everyone to stare.

i hate this device. i really do.

May 7, 2007 10:09 AM
 

RachelZ said:

Oh man do I hate these things.  The Husband has talked about getting one, but I have told him in no uncertain terms that I will accidentally on purpose smash it.  I'm not down with cell phones anyway unless you're a doctor on-call or a firefighter.  There's just no real reason to have to be that accessible, IMO.

It only took a couple of months of me sighing and rolling my eyes before The Husband got the picture and stopped answering his phone or checking messages while driving with me and the baby in the car.  One of these days I'm going to smash his phone with a big hammer and I'm going to enjoy doing it.

May 7, 2007 1:52 PM

in

GROUP BLOGS

  • Strollerderby

    The smartest, funniest, most exhaustive parenting blog in the blogosphere.
  • Droolicious

    Modern design for modern parents.
  • FameCrawler

    Your daily baby celebrity fix.
back to blog homepage