Uncivil Disobedience

In my last post about civility, I forgot to mention another aspect: the rules don't apply to everyone except you.

There is little more annoying than stepping into an elevator and finding everyone engaged in conversation -- with themselves. Unless you're in the schizophrenic ward of an asylum, you'll soon notice these people are jabbering away not into thin air but into small metal devices lodged in their ears. (I believe they're called bluetooth, which makes no sense at all since they are plac...