It's that time of year when the local fair is in full swing and families are out en masse to enjoy the food, rides, and exhibits.  But it also means that teenagers with cell phones permanetly glued to their ears are broadcasting their personal problems for all to here.  Now, I'm not against cell phones, heavens no!  I have one and I love it!  Free calls to my Dad and brother who live on the other side of the country, a means of contacting my family in case my anceint car has problems (or heaven forbid, I lock my keys in the car again), or getting in touch with friends if we're trying to meet up somewhere.  But I'm not on it all of the time, broadcasting personal problems for all of the world to hear. 

This brings me to the issue of this partiucular post.  To avoid the parking fiasco that takes place every year, my family opted to ride the city transit.  Cheaper than paying for parking plus you don't have to wait forever to get out of the parking lot.  However a girl who was no more than sixteen or seventeen was on her cellphone in the seat in front of me, the brunt of her conversation being personal in nature, not to mention nearly every other word was a curse word.  Now, as a general rule, I don't mind cursing.  I do a bit of myself, but when in the presence of young children (which there were several of on the bus) I watch my language.  After she dropped the "f" bomb, my step-dad confronted her and told her that she needed to watch her mouth and be mindful of the fact that there were young kids around her.  Well, he wasn't that diplomatic (personally, I think he could have handled it better but I can understand why he was so mad) and of course she acted like he'd insulted her when really, she was the one being insulting. 

There's something to be said about people who swear too much: People who swear do so because they have nothing more intelligent to say.  And that was very true of the girl who sat in front of me on the bus yesterday.

So to all of my teenaged copatriots out there: Please use good common sense when on your cell phones.  No one else wants to hear the particulars of your converstaions, nor do they give a flying fart in space.