Rub-A-Dub-Dub, Cellphone in the Tub
A survey of Japanese cellphone users reveals that almost half of them use their cell phone while bathing. What?! How come we Americans don’t have water proof phones like the Japanese?! If you so much as use ours in dense fog, the phone dies a watery death and the service providers refuse to cover the loss because “you should have known better.”
Yes, I know that the Japanese have a reputation for being an extremely busy group. Yet, what is so important that they have to multi-task while bathing? Well, the most popular reason is to check email. Now I’ve read some filthy messages but none have ever made me feel so unclean that I needed a bath. Exactly what are these people writing to each other?
The next prominent reason for having an electronic device in the water is to listen to music. Of course, this makes sense. Nothing beats the sound quality of a tinny cellphone speaker echoing in the bathroom.
Are there any other reasons? Well, add a handy-dandy attachment to the end of your phone and you have an excellent back scrubber. What better way to get those hard-to-reach spots, unless you have one of those chicklet-sized telephones. (I should point out that a discussion on mobile phones is probably the only time you’ll hear guys boost about who has the smallest.)
What else? Some of you are ahead me. You’re thinking what about putting your phone on vibrate mode to enjoy … a relaxing massage. But no. Another popular use happens to playing games. Of course! Vibrate mode and you can have a rousing game of ‘hide the cellphone’. When the phone rings, well, rub-a-dub-dub, more fun in the tub!
You know it’s only a matter of time before this fad sweeps across the globe and invades our baths. But I don’t think I’ll be joining. When I share my shower, it’s not going to be with my phone company no matter how much they want to reach out and touch somebody.
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