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Buy a Jawbone headset, look like this guy Bluetooth headsets have long perplexed me. I can't really fathom who would want to walk around wearing a blinking headset, even when they're not talking on the phone. Sure, I imagine they’re useful for the car. But in New York, there’s a growing contingent of people who just wear them at all times. Thankfully, there’s Jawbone, which is making sleeker versions of the earpieces, “blurring the lines between jewelry and headset” to theoretically make people look less like tools while staying über-connected. In that regard, though, I’m not so sure about the model they chose for this new ad. He looks like a full-on tool. It might be a hopeless cause. —Posted by Brian Morrissey

May 20, 2008 in Morrissey | Permalink

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I agree. A full on tool. And a Jesus wannabe. I prefer good old fashioned holding the damn phone up to my ear. Call me crazy!

Posted by: Garret Ohm | May 20, 2008 10:49:45 AM

I'm trying to imagine an occassion where I would be shirtless while wearing a headset.

Posted by: Rebecca | May 20, 2008 11:17:51 AM

That's funny because I can imagine a lot of occasions where I'm shirtless with a headset. However, I don't want to see someone else in those same situations.

Posted by: Gator | May 20, 2008 12:02:07 PM

Ear dork!

Posted by: aeklund | May 20, 2008 12:06:34 PM

Oddly enough, my friend works in a medical administration type environment and is also on call a lot, so typically has his bluetooth headset on. He also has long hair so you'd never even know it (it doesn't blink). So he's the only person I know that has a use for this while having long hair and potentially being shirtless (those on-call calls come in at all hours).

Posted by: Brian | May 20, 2008 12:30:00 PM

The only people I see in London who wear them are bone fide crack dealers in Kings Cross. And white van drivers, but they're almost as bad as crack dealers, so I lump them all together.

More Bluetooth Crackheadset if you ask me...

Posted by: purplesimon | May 20, 2008 12:43:55 PM

Every time I see someone wearing an headset, I think they're making some extra money by taking orders for Burger King.

Posted by: adhack | May 20, 2008 12:54:41 PM

bluetooth "its what jesus would do"

Posted by: swillz | May 20, 2008 1:25:15 PM

what you talkin', Brian? He's obviously directed connected to god.

Posted by: barbara lippert | May 20, 2008 2:26:19 PM

bluetooth headset = fanny pack

Posted by: adlove | May 20, 2008 6:23:41 PM

I think that guy went to my high school... seriously

Posted by: czaddork | May 21, 2008 11:20:09 AM

I think we all went to school with a dude like this. Bro...

jawbone headset

Posted by: Cassandra | Feb 6, 2009 2:56:42 PM

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