You and your iPod are just rude

By NAHAL TOOSI, Associated Press
Published May 20, 2006

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The "Podheads'' are everywhere . . . in the mall, at the beach, in Starbucks. As the iPod phenomenon has grown (more than 50-million sold), we need to lay down the etiquette rules.

* Take both earbuds off when we're having a conversation. This is about as basic as it gets. Paying partial attention to someone who's talking to you is about as good as paying no attention at all.

* If people are tapping their feet along to your music, IT'S TOO LOUD! You are annoying other people while you are going deaf.

* Watch where you're going. You might not hear the honking of the car before it hits you.

* Don't sing along, but do dance. The first is annoying. The second is entertaining - for the rest of us, that is.