Greg Benson is a YouYube comedian. I know – I bet you didn’t even know that was a job, but apparently it is. He is, in fact, ridiculously popular on YouTube, with over a million subscribers and hundreds of thousands of views across all his videos.
His videos range between being really douche-baggy and really quite funny.
Now, one of Greg Benson’s videos has gone completely viral. Since being uploaded four days ago, it’s had a casual seven million views so far.
You see, Mr Benson is sick of the people who talk on their phone in public places. So he decided to demonstrate cell phone crashing; when you sit next to someone and purposely take part in their conversation, while also holding a phone up to your own ear so it doesn’t look too suss.
Take a look:
Personally? I can’t decide whether it’s funny or just really quite rude and annoying.
I understand that people speaking on the phone can be painful. I really can. Everyone knows that. That’s why they introduced silent carriages on trains, after all. It’s probably also why planes continue to insist that everyone keep their phones on airplane mode, despite the fact that everyone knows the electrical interference thing is a total cop-out. We wouldn’t want murder in the aisles.
But I do find something seriously douchey about cell phone crashing. Mainly because all the people chatting on their phones were just minding their business in their own corners of the airport, trying to get through the day, not bothering anyone.
So maybe we should save the cell phone crashing for people who are being exceptionally loud and obnoxious in public spaces – and leave the quiet, normal people alone to have their private phone conversations. Not that the loud, annoying people will probably even notice you anyway – they’re busy, you know, telling everyone their life stories…
What do you think of the video? Would you ever try this on someone who was talking on their phone?
Top Comments
At my birthday dinner at a restaurant with a small group of six, one was a serial selfie/facebooker/texter. At the beginning of the meal I asked for everyone's phones, put them facedown on the banquette beside me and said that the first person to check their phone would be picking up the tab for all of us. We had a really enjoyable evening.
I agree that chatting on your device while being served at the checkout or business counter or on public transport etc is rude and should be discouraged... but chatting on your device, designed for chatting, while sitting, alone, in an airport, where people often rely on communication with others for their travel plans to run smoothly... or whatever... go away comic. Not so funny.