Abolish Texting Bring Back Phone Calls
Summary
A straphanger on the subway delivers a bold proclamation: abolish texting and bring back phone calls. Kareem's all in. The rider confesses to making calls from unusual locations, turning the bathroom into an office and even taking phone calls in the shower now that iPhones are waterproof. "It's kind of like being in the sauna," they explain. The conversation gets awkwardly specific when the rider admits to calling while sitting on the toilet, not even needing to go, just conserving time. Kareem draws one firm boundary: don't call while pooping.
Full Transcript
So what's your take? I don't like texting. I think it should be abolished. If you want to, if you want to get in touch with me, call me.
100% agree. Bring back phone calls. You need to bring them back. I take the phone call anywhere I go. I usually probably spend the most amount of time on my phone in the bathroom when I'm, you know, I don't even have to poo or anything. I just sit on the toilet and I make phone calls.
The bathroom is your office? Yes. Sometimes it's really just about like a conservation of time. So when I'm in the shower, now that the iPhone is like sort of waterproof, I can go in there. I can turn the hot water on. It's kind of like being in the sauna and you take—you take phone calls in the shower? Yes, because you don't like texting. I don't like texting. So if I texted you, which I did, it took me a while to respond.
You didn't respond? I didn't respond. You actually, I had, I was thinking of calling you, but I, but then I was like, you're probably busy with everything else. No, I take phone calls. I love phone calls. I'm 100% in. Let's go. Okay, I'm going to be giving you that in phone call from the shower or while I'm taking a poo.
Don't call me while you're pooing. All right.