American Idle

2/18/07:

Time is a luxury to be enjoyed, however part of that enjoyment could be realized by doing something more than brain-numbing phone chatter. Now, let's define "idle": the act of doing nothing or no work. While I may receive some jeers from those Bertrand Russell's In Praise of Idleness fans, clearly, a pet peeve of mine are the trainees who can't sit for five minutes without calling one of their peeps to check in. Now I'm not one of these over-achieving, gotta-be-productive-every-second fanatics (I do love a necessary nap), but there's gotta be something more fulfilling than the phone party every mile of the journey! It doesn't have to be work, reading something (People or Us Weekly qualify, I think), writing, solving a Su Doku, or watching a movie seems more enjoyable. At least, it's more enjoyable for any of us who are forced to listen.