Also anecdote, but I wear mine frequently when commuting or listening to a bit of background music at work and because there is no cord or significant weight I will often forget that I have them in. I once wore them in to work from my commute and did not notice that they were in until I went to put on a hat when going out to lunch and brushed one out of an ear.

On the other side: my son is a high school student and they have a rule to remove the headphone(s) if they are talking, talking in headphones is a bad manners for them.

> It's kind of cool but also kind of a problem.

Why, assuming they’re not playing anything or have noise cancelling on?

My personal perception is that it implies you're not giving 100% to the conversation at hand, if that makes sense.