TURN IT UP

With every new gadget that comes on the market, its if often said that there is a tragic side effect which often goes unnoticed. As much as cell phones keep us connected, we are also isolated from the people around us who we ignore while on our phones.

Lately, it seems like everyone is buying an IPOD or MP3 player of some sort. I find that IPODs provide you with a continuous soundtrack for your life as you go about your daily business, riding the subways, and walking along the streets. IPODs are truly freeing because people will leave you alone when they see those chords in your ears. It's the same reason why we don't try and talk to deaf people.

Along with this wonderful invention however, many will argue that IPODs, like cell phones, cause a lack of real human interaction. So I made a short list of the some of the situations that IPODs are forcing humanity to miss out on.

10.) Bum's begging for change
9.) People asking for directions
8.) Street vendors attempting to sell you things (Prada bags?)
7.)Chants and whistles from teenage boys
6.)People asking to bum a cig
5.) The safety speech on the plane
4.)The wedding vows (sit in the back)
3.) The Eulogy(sit in the front)
2.)Subway music (the accordion in particular...)

AND THE NUMBER ONE IS.....
1.) SALVATION ARMY BELLS

That's when you turn the volume all the way up.