Welcome to Livlife. Where I am living my life out loud, for all to read.

You know those people? The ones who have absolutely NO cell phone etiquette whatsoever? They're the ones you see in stores, talking on the phone while interacting with a clerk. Or on their phone while in the drive-thru at a restaurant. They use their phones absolutely everywhere, with no regard for the rest of humanity who has zero interest in their lame-o lives. You definitely know those people, they're everywhere.

 

Well, I am not those people. Not at all. I pretty much avoid talking on the phone unless it's necessary and even then, I always feel like I am inconveniencing someone. I won't answer it if I am in line at Target or at a drive-thru or wherever. I figure I can just call the person back after I deal with the person right in front of me. It's just me, who I am. Plus, I silence my phone all the time. I figure they make the silent feature for a reason. When I walk into a movie theater--silenced. When I go to work--silenced.

 

Then, we have today. I am walking into work. Normally, I pull out my key card, from my jacket pocket (where my cell phone also resides) and scan into the building, then drop the card back in my pocket and pull out my phone and silence it. It's a routine. I do it every time I go to work. So today, I am walking into work and as I scan the door, it opens and one of my coworkers is coming out. He holds the door for me and I step in and we stand there and chat for a few minutes. Well, while we were talking I put my key card back in my pocket without thinking and....routine interruptus.

 

Fine. No big deal. Yes, I work in a library, but it isn't a silent library, there isn't even a policy about cell phones. I probably couldn't sit at my desk and talk on it, but if it is on, it wouldn't be a problem. Like I said, it's just me.

 

So I get to the desk to start my shift and I am taking over for my boss, so we're standing there chatting and my coat is hanging over the back of my chair. Suddenly, (yes, I know you know where I am going with this) my phone starts blaring at full volume. As loud as it can go-and let me tell you, it's pretty loud-just singing away. Bad enough, right?

 

Well, I got me this new fancy cell phone a few months back (I know you've all read how much I love the camera in my new phone) and with this phone I can make it ring different songs for each person. Yes, my older phones could do that to, but those were just preprogrammed tunes. These are SONGS. So I can pick songs that remind me of people and program them in to ring when they call and text me.

 

Here's the funny part. The caller was my friend Kelly who I went to the NKOTB concert with back in October. The song that most reminds me of her, and is her ringtone, is Dirty Dancing by New Kids on the Block. In case you don't know the song....you can view the video below. (By the way, Kel....this is just a little treat for you--and I posted the link on your blog).

 

 

New Kids On the Block - Dirty Dancing

So it's the chorus that you hear on my phone:

 

Ooh, it's so crazy, she's like Baby, I'm like Swayze.

I said, Ooo, and I'm burning up so, lets turn it up, I said turn it up now!

She's dirty dirty dancing, dirty dancing on me
She's dirty dirty dancing, dirty dancing on me
She's dirty dirty dancing, dirty dancing, dirty dancing on me
She's dirty dirty dancing, dirty dancing on me

 

Yep. That's what started blaring. So my boss hears this; gives me this look and says "do you need to get that?" I am frantically diving into my coat to find my phone, but of course, in that teeny-tiny pocket, I can't find the damn thing and it just keeps going. I finally got it and ended the song and then I immediately silenced my cell phone. I told my boss that I didn't need to answer it, she'd just leave a message. She wasn't mad or anything, I am just trying to imagine her reconciling that song with the professional image I portray at work.

 

Ah well. That's life, I suppose. And it makes for a good blog post, so there's that. Plus, I think I just made Kelly's day...so there is an upside.