Many years ago when mobile phones first came in, there was an article revealing that most of the people on the packed Star ferries in Hong Kong chatting on their mobiles were just trying to impress as their phones were not actually connected.

This thought has come back to me many times when there are people talking 'business' on the plane or in lounges loudly. I notice how clichéd the business-talk is and wonder if it is real or why anyone with any integrity or business-sense would talk in earshot of people who could be competitors or anyone.