Cell phones were designed in order to increase your social life activity and make you more accessible on the move, yet some people have actually managed to turn the trend so that less people desire to talk to them. Though this defies basic logic, it is indeed possible. Consider these trends that left thousands of unfortunate early adopters and creatures of bad habit with the sad realization that their mobile device isn’t nearly as much fun when you have no friends left to talk to.

1. Blue-tooth headsets They’ve been mercilessly mocked on many occasions from movie and TV spoofs to blogs all across the internet, yet some people still feel the need to make free moving hand gestures while talking to an audience that can’t see them. It’s beyond logic defying at this point. And how annoying is it when you turn to answer someone’s question only to see them point to their earpiece and smirk… Jokes on you, guy, you look like an idiot.
2. Music without earphones in enclosed spaces It’s as if God set out to punish all public transportation riders by combining the general discomfort of the train and or bus then combining it with poor sound quality elevator music. Unless you’re going for a miniature reenactment of the final scene in Say Anything, there is little to no defense for imposing your own musical stylings on casual commuters. Even with impeccable song choice, from 10 to 50 feet away your cell phone simply sounds like an incessant mockingbird with laryngitis.
3. Bedazzled phone-backs Are you really too cheap to buy a cell phone cover? They come in pretty much all shapes, colors and designs these days. Honestly, if you need an arts and crafts project try building a birdhouse for the aforementioned guy without headphones; maybe he’ll get the message.