Cells on the Six? OY VEY!

I recently read an article online about how there will soon be cell phone service in the city subways. I just want to go out on a limb and say, this idea SUCKS. This may seem strange, but I really don’t like this idea.
Here’s why:

1. It will take away one of the few remaining places that you don’t have to hear other people’s mind numbingly boring conversations; not to mention that insipid Nextel chirping sound.


2. It will hinder conversation with traveling buddies. Sometimes conversation with a fellow passenger, whether they be a close friend, a complete stranger, or something in between are the best conversations of the day.     You can talk about your boss with a coworker or a test with a classmate face to face not over the airwaves.


3. The subway used to be a sanctuary from annoying phone calls. When you were traveling from point to point you had an excuse for ignoring your cell. Also, you had an easy excuse to end a conversation, whether you were going underground or not…

…but alas. Times they are achangin’ and it would seem that there is nothing that can be done about it. For know however, I shall savor the sounds of silence punctuated only by the clickety-clack of the tracks and the bingbong of the closing doors as I make my way home…