Ring Rage

This apparently is a new phenom spreading like wildfire. Rage over other folks' ringtones. Fights have broken out over ringtones.

I need to interject. Do you not have something else to pick a fight about than someone's ringtone? Because that seems like bottom of the barrel in terms of picking fights over stupid shit.

But it's all true. The New York City Center for Reduction of Noise Pollution estimates $1.2 billion was lost in productivity last year due to stupid ringtones annnoying the crap out of people in the workplace.

I need to interject. Who comes up with these figures? How about the billions lost because some jerk was calculating this ridiculous and totally unsubstantiated number?

So the New York City Center for Reduction of Noise Pollution's solution is to restrict the number/type of ringtones to four. They're trying to pass a law on this shit with heavy fines to be imposed by the police.

You can hear about it here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9210663

I need to interject. Why? What the hell is wrong with people? Does this New York City Center for Reduction of Noise Pollution have nothing better to do than come up with a law regulating ringtones? Who's going to choose the four ringtones? How could you possibly take any police officer seriously who fined you for your ringtone? Has the world gone mad?

Yes. Yes it has.

April Fool's.