Unintended Consequences

Dear Buddy,

It's really *weird*. I've noticed that, since I got into a habit of keeping my cellular on "vibrate", two strange and conflicting things happen:
\begin{enumerate}
\item It's a commonplace for me not to notice the phone actually ringing.
\item I frequently mistake other disturbances for phonecalls.
\end{enumerate}
I don't know what to make of it! It's like, I've got phantom phone rings that sometimes fall asleep.

What is up with that?

bemused