Why do men walk about when they talk on a cell phone? I have noticed recently that the workmen at the house next door cannot keep still when they talk. They strut! They cross the road while on the phone, then cross back, repeating the routine until finishing their chat. Sometimes they cross the road and walk a little way on the other side, then reverse the programme until they are back where they started. There is also a guy who carries a mug of tea at the same time, phone to ear, drinking vessel to mouth. There are low walls they could sit on but it seems they prefer to keep on the move.
Whilst watching this from the window (yes,
I’m a peeper) I was reminded of my Joe. He had ants in his pants, I think,
because he couldn’t sit still while on the phone. Not a cell phone, though, he
wasn’t into those things. No, he did it whilst on the landline house phone
which, you can guess, was one he could walk about with. And did! Always! He
would walk from room to room, sometimes hurrying as if to prove something, then
adopting a go-slow gait, all the time talking and demonstrating with his free
hand. I often mused about it, wondering if looking busy was a throwback to when
he worked in an office. He certainly gave that impression.
Women seem a lot more casual
about phone calls. I have never seen one strut about whilst talking. Yes, they
talk as they walk but they don’t seem to amble up and down as if trying to look
busy. Me? I never move around because I don’t take calls outside the house and
never answer when I’m driving. Just call me Goody Two-Shoes! I feel quite proud
when I hear official pleas for people to cease using phones while driving, and pleased
when those idiots are caught red-handed and dealt with by the police.
So, to end this rant perhaps
you guys could explain to me what it is all about. Do you strut about while
talking on the phone?
