Watching people doing their daily routine can be quite entertaining. I like watching and listening to people, On this day I was observing a young lady chatting on the phone as she has done many times before. This gal is quite entertaining because of the manner in which she uses a phone.

Most will hold a phone with the ear piece at, or near the ear and the mouthpiece at, or near the mouth. This lady will do the same when she is listening to a person on the other end talk, but will take the phone away from her and put the mike against her mouth and speak very loudly into the phone. "Huh", I thought. "The person on the other end of the line must be hard of hearing, or have a poor cell-phone reception". But she has done this on every call I've seen her make. (By the way, she and I are usually in our company cafeteria about the same time, every day. I didn't want you to think I was stalking this person.)

Now, phone quality has come a long way. Even a basic cell phone microphone can pick up a soft spoken person and transmit that at an acceptable level -- albeit still eligible due to other "can you hear me now" techno-reasons. If anything, grinding ones mouth into the mike and shouting will simply garble what is being said. Any audiophile knows that. So if anything, this gal is causing her voice to be more muffled and unintelligible. Perhaps that IS her intent?

Most people speak louder when using cell phones (why?) but for this day, she was talking on a good quality land line! So I'm not sure as to her thinking and why she though she had to chew the mike like a rock star at a concert in front of a crowded room. Every call she makes is done this way, whether it be from her cell or the cabled phone.

She is not excessively loud or annoying when she talks – just different. After she is done speaking, she will put the phone back up to her ear to listen. Even if she has a simple quick response, she will take the phone away from her ear to speak. Her hand is cupped around the mike to ensure the best possible amplification of her spoken words.

We all have our peculiarities in the way we do even the most basic simple tasks. Most people don’t even notice, nor care about what another is doing (unless it is a significant other and then even the most basic thing can annoy you, over time). Most of this non-caring culture is simply because no one seems to have time to sit and watch and learn about those around. Try it sometime.

Go sit in a mall, or other high traffic crowded area. Focus on someone or several individuals and watch and hear how they interact with those around them. You may be surprised at the entertainment value there is – far better than any current YouTube video you have seen. More entertaining that the latest tweet from your peeps. You could just be pleasantly surprised as what you can experience.