Mic in earpods combined with Skype's background noise cancellation makes it so that you can be heard clearly by your peers even if you're in a noisy restaurant.

It's already in my reflexes to just shove earpods into a small pocket in my jeans/shorts whenever I put them on or stand up from my desk so that they're always with me.

As an added plus, they work like a charm with every windows/androind laptop or phone out there.