Ah, capitalism. Looking through Google News, I came across
the story of a lawyer in Fort Wayne, Indiana who's found a way to fill a need by creating a service that will store your cell phone or pager for a fee while you're in the Allen County Courthouse. Allen County banned cell phones on January 1, but Sam Bolinger noticed people are still toting phones around (poorly hidden in clothes? I'm trying to imagine the security level) so he came up with this storage service. The costs are $2.00 for the first two hours, $3.00 for the next two hours and a bargain of $4.00 for the whole day for storage in a 400-slot cart manned by an employee. Hopefully there's some sort of key system involved so you have some security your phone will still be there when you come back and I imagine you have to turn the phone off before you store it so the cart doesn't turn into a
musical instrument
, powered by ring tones.