I unconsciously talk to myself even without a phone in sight, so I'm used to looking like a nob in that sense. :) But in this case, I was clearly talking into

I unconsciously talk to myself even without a phone in sight, so I'm used to looking like a nob in that sense. :) But in this case, I was clearly talking into a phone even though I wasn't always holding it at my ear. And I think in most large American cities (certainly New York, at the very least) ignoring strange people on the street is about as natural as breathing.