Deviant Me

In class, we were talking about doing things that are socially deviant, like talking on a blue-tooth in public. There are so many people who talk on their phones, but things get confusing once people use their blue-tooths. We don't know whether that person is talking to us, themselves, or someone on their phone. This reminds me of an MTV show called "Boiling Points". In the episode, the cashier was wearing a blue-tooth while she was helping her customers. The purpose of the show is to annoy people for a time limit and if they last they receive $100. So this cashier would be talking to her customer but then switch over to her blue-tooth conversation. She was behaving deviantly. We assume that it's weird or even rude to have a blue-tooth for we assume that the conversation that the person is having is directed towards us. It makes us feel awkward and out of place.

In a way, I've experienced this awkward feeling. On my phone, I have ear-buds that have a built in microphone so that I can be listening to music on my phone and when I get a phone call I can just talk and the microphone will catch my voice. One time I was on the bus and my mom called me. I answered the call and started talking normally, not holding up my phone or even the wires. I looked like I was talking to myself. People are around me thought I was socially deviant. I did something that was away from the norm of my society.

Maybe in the future, we'll be more accustomed to blue-tooth use, and so the people who use them won't seem so socially deviant.