Twenty years ago the cell phone weighed over a kilo and looked like it could survive a nuclear bomb.
Over the years its ancestors have shrunk to pocket size and people converse anywhere at anytime with anyone. The only time a Thai won’t answer a call in a movie theater is during the national anthem.
But there are three other times you shouldn’t pick up the phone.
On the toilet.
No one wants to hear a fart by fart account of your bowel movement.
During sex.
Unless it’s to tell the girl’s husband how good it is.
Lastly is driving.
A study has concluded that speaking on the phone while driving is more dangerous than driving drunk.
Over 75% of motorcycle accidents in Thailand are caused by speaking on the phone.
Just this after I saw a motorcyclist laughing on the phone and he drove into a ditch. Couldn’t find his phone afterwards either.
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