On the buses I frequent, a 'leaking' headset is reprimanded by the driver. However, mobile phones are not Maybe the thought is that a conversation won't last long and can be suffered through.

Mobiles are a pain. For some reason, most people talk loudly into them. They must be the motorcycles of the wireless world as motorcycles are the bodhran of the music world.

I would dearly love to have the bus passengers around the mobile participate in the mobile/cell phone conversation, as in, HI, JANET!