It is now common to see people using their mobile phones in public places like theaters, public transits, and restaurants. This has put strangers in public places in awkward situations as they cannot help eavesdropping when someone near them talks loud on the cellphone. This growing cellular nuisance has been discussed in the article “Cellphones as a Modern Irritant” by Douglas Quenqua. The recent study on“The Effects of Cellphone Conversations on the Attention and Memory of Bystanders” published byPlosOneon which Quenqua’s article is based, reports that people are more attentive to cellphone conversations, and that these cellphone conversations are more distracting for strangers nearby than in-person dialogues. This listening-in to cellphone conversation has also been discussed by Lee Humphreys in “Cellphones in Public: Social Interactions in a Wireless Era.” Humphreys asserts that despite social rules against eavesdropping, it is common for people to listen to conversation when their partners are talking on mobile phones (Humphreys, p.818). It is natural for people to pay more attention to a one-sided conversation because human brain tries to make sense of the conversation by filling in the missing details. Cellphone conversations in public places could affect both the phone user and surrounding listeners. While it could be a nuisance and distraction for the person listening to a cellphone conversation, it could also affect the mobile phone user as confidential and private information could be eavesdropped by strangers.