isolation booth

I had an experience tonight that I have had before, but had forgotten.

I was on the AirTrain shuttle from the SFO Airport to the rental car garage, when The World's Most Important Man got on the train. He was talking loudly on his cell phone, via BlueTooth headset, but like a lot of the World's Most Important People with BlueTooth headsets, he either hadn't figured out how to adjust the volume, or wasn't sure how well it compensated for background noise because HE WAS YELLING LIKE IT WAS A TIN CAN ON A STRING.

"SO WHAT COST BASIS DID SHE USE HERE FOR THE 5 MILL? WHAT IS THE INTEREST RATE? IS IT 5.6? 5.6? IS IT 5.6? OK, SO 130 TIMES 5 IS...6...6..675? NO, WAIT..."

Like a lot of important people, he couldn't do math for shit. Anyway, he's not the point. I couldn't stand to listen to his bad math anymore, so I put on my headphones and put some loud music on.

I like to travel with giant headphones. I don't bother with the little earbuds, they don't work very well for me, and noise canceling headsets make me feel like my brain is being sucked out through my ears. So I go with the big Bose Tri Port around the ear headphones.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bose_TriPort.jpg

They are bulky, and don't fit in the bag particularly well, but I just wear them around my neck when I am not using them anyway - from the house, through the airport, onto the plane. They make me feel like a DJ.

The part that I had forgotten about though, is how much better it is to be out in public with isolation headphones on, playing music you like. I don't get to do that very often now, but I used to do it all the time. It makes you feel like you are in a movie.

Comments

[Heather]

Yea an update along with new background. Woo hoo I like!

I've been flying a lot lately and can totally relate. Recently during a 5 hour flight delay in Pittsburgh I had a man approach me and ask if I worked at the airport. I was like UH NO???? In my mind I then visualized myself taking one of my giant doll heads out of my shoulder bag and throwing it at him.... "Yea dude I work here and my job is to walk around at all times with 3 perfectly cut and colored doll heads strapped to my shoulder"

[Charlene]

Long ago, (yes in the stone age) people who walked around talking out loud, to what appeared to be themselves, were thought to be people who needed an adjustment to their medications. Now it seems I'm always seeing someone in a public place, say the grocery store, pushing their cart talking out loud.
I still find it strange and rude! I do not want to listen to someone saying "Millie ya need anything at foodtown? Ok, so Depends and Preparation H. Anything else?" I can't help but think Millie has no idea her butt needs are being announced in public. Why not just use the store PA?
That way EVERYONE is sure to hear.