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I use my cell phone a lot at work. I thought about getting one of these headsets a couple of times, but I just couldn’t bring myself to commit, no matter how useful it sounded.  I didn’t want to look that stupid. Then, Jim got one (like the headset in the pic) and I saw him using it around the office and yard. Several people started calling him Spock and hassling him, but Jim is used to being hassled and harassed so he probably barely even noticed. He reported that the unit worked great. I decided to get one.
After using it for a couple days, I am finding it really useful. For instance, I was Leaving Tom Norton’s carrying a coffee and a donut and my cell rang while I was opening the door. Instead of juggling trying to answer the damn thing, I just pushed the little button and was free to use my hands for important things like switching the extra hot coffee from hand to hand. Talk about a life saver, I never would have made it through that situation the old fashioned way with just a cell phone. I barely even noticed how everyone stared at me like a developmentally challenged person who was drooling profusely.
Later on, I discovered that I could talk on the phone while drinking Blue Beaver Beer and playing darts.  I know, you aren’t supposed  to drink and dart, but I only had a couple.  As you can see, I really am getting my money’s worth. It is amazing how much technology like this can give you  a personal sense of meaning in life. Without this little gizmo, I don’t think I could go on!
The only price you pay for wearing one of these things is looking like a Star Trek refugee with a really crappy borg implant that doesn’t even augment your eyesight with a cool line of sight laser tracking system. But I was thinking: the logical next step for this technology would be a small pop down screen that would display caller id, or maybe play tiny little movies. It’s only a matter of time before we are using a headset to go online and check email.  Your phone will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

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