New fashion in town...

It has become an old fashion accessory, but I got into the groove just now, a little late of course. But that does not mean, I too follow that, it is just that I have started noticing it now.
Thanks to the shifting of my office, and with the administration saying there will be no office bus, I have started using the public transport. And now I see a lot of people, people from different backgrounds, different jobs, schools and college students. And it seems, this thing has taken everyone into itself.
It comes in both wired and wireless formats. Not surprising, because this is a period, where you can make anything wired or wireless.
I did not notice this at least for two or three days. The strangest thing is that, I too own that, but have never used it like how people use it.
I got down at my station, and started walking. The sun was well on top, and was determined to fry the people who ventured out. Suddenly I heard a guy saying hello. I turned back thinking it must be somebody from the office who also must have taken the same train. But to my surprise, I saw a man, whom I have never seen. Just when I was about to think, If he is a long lost school friend of mine, I heard him continue his talk, and walk past me, never bothering to turn towards my side. Anyways, there was no necessity for him to do so.
Just then, I realized he was talking to somebody over the phone, through what is called a “Handsfree”. His hands were really free. A bag in one hand, and the other one free.
It was then that I started observing people’s ear, for any such thing. In an unofficial and random survey, I found that more than 40% of the people used it, with the ladies using it more than the guys (From ages back, the ladies always had more to talk.).
The best thing was how it had turned into a part and parcel of one’s life. Just like the bracelet or any other thing, it had become a necessity.
The thing that made me admire was how it blended very much with the guys. Taken over by curiosity, I attempted to wear it one day in vain. First I did not know where to put the phone, and then the other was to take the wires from the phone to the ear with the wires visible only near the ears. Hmm…. It was really tough and I have dropped the idea of using it.
If one did not get that many calls, then this was used for hearing music, radio or mp3, whichever one wanted.
The guy who introduced me this handsfree, and the one who overtook me and went was in his own world.
As he walked down the platform, and crossed the tracks, he never bothered to look for any trains coming. If luck was not on his side, the words which he talked in the phone would have been his last ones.
Though, handsfree is a better option, with people not being exposed to radiation, it is still wise not to use while walking. Else, it would be their last words or the last song they hear.