Life or Death

I was talking to my really cool co-worker and he was telling me how when he was in a restaraunt the other day, he asked someone to please keep his cell-phone conversation down. The guy lowered his voice, but when he finished his conversation, he told my co-worker that the phone call was a matter of life and death. When further questioned, it turned out that it was a business call, and really, it was a matter of money. It saddened me to think that someone viewed the loss or gain of a few dollars as life or death. Talk about messed up priorities.