Law Technology

Like Minds . . . the Cone of Silence/Stupidity

By Ross

As the old saying goes. While I was posting recently about overhearing a Foley partner loudly talking on an Amtrak commuter train to Chicago on his cell about health insurance for some newly rescued Heller and Thelen lawyers, techno.pal Jim Calloway was reporting on almost exactly the same thing. Several months ago, one of the sniglets I posted about was “Blackberridiots”: people who become completely unconcious of anything and anyone around them when they talk, email or text on their Blackberries. Jim alluded to Maxwell Smart’s famous “Cone of Silence” in this post. Methinks these loudmouth morons are actually wearing another Cone - the Cone of Stupidity. Please don’t wear one of these in public folks? Think about your ethical obligations to your clients and your business obligations to your firm before publicly prattling on irresponsibily, loudly and annoying in public places on your cell phones. Sheesh.

Full post as published by Ross Ipsa Loquitur on March 16, 2009 (boomark / email).