Why it’s so annoying to overhear someone’s cellphone conversation

When LifeHacker asked you about your biggest cellphone annoyances a while back, one of your biggest complaints was overhearing people's phone conversations. The New York Times takes a look at why we find that so annoying.The basic reason we're so irritated when we overhear a conversation is because the conversation hijacks our cognitive functions — it's a distraction that we can't do anything abou...