Notes from the Metro: 11-5-12

So for those who don't know, I live in Sugar Land and work in downtown Houston. Let me tell you: that drive is not something to be f-cked with. Unless you have 1.5 hours each way (give or take) to spend in your car, staring at other drivers (who will inevitably be labeled a moron or jackass before the trip is over), and seeing no reason for the traffic jam you're sitting in, I would suggest you hop a Metro into town.
I have been taking the Park and Ride to and from work for a month now and I absolutely love it. I love not driving, just riding. One would be amazed the amount of stress and energy burned from sitting in traffic.
All of these benefits and positives being said, when the f-ck did it become socially acceptable to talk on your cell phone on the bus?! Ok. So maybe I haven't been on a bus since I turned 16 and that was a school bus but somewhere I thought there was a list of generally accepted practices regulating behavior in public. For example: Holding A door for someone; saying thank you for someone holding a door. What happened to social etiquette? What happened to common courtesy? No. I do not care why you're on your phone. Hang up. No one else on this bus cares either. I promise.
But I can't just write this, pissing and moaning, without offering up a solution. Solution: Speakerphone. Hey. You wanna talk on your phone, I don't want to hear just half of the conversation. I wanna hear the whole thing. You've made us all parties to the conversation by having it in public. You have no expectation of privacy on the city bus. Speakerphone that call please. Thank you.