Video Calling: The Future Of Calling In Sick

When video calling becomes common-particularly on your mobile phone-I'm afraid we'll see more incidents like the one depicted in this Telenor Mobil commercial (from Norway):

I have to wonder how common these incidents are in Europe where they have widely deployed 3G networks and cheap mobile phones capable of making video calls. At the rate things are going here in the U.S., hell will likely freeze over before we see that capability. I hope I'm wrong.