What's Wrong with This Quote

“I spent three days of productive work time listening to polyphonic ringtone versions of speed metal, trying to find exactly the ringtone that expressed my personality with enough irony and enough coolness that I could live with it going off ten times a day. In a quiet room, in a meeting, this phone’s gonna go off—what are they going to hear?”

They're kidding, right? A "thirty-something architect" said this to Sasha Frere-Jones, who then included it, seemingly unironically, in the middle of an otherwise interesting article about ring tones. I sincerely hope I accidentally read around the subtle mocking of this jackass.

Seriously - Three days? Speed metal? Irony and coolness? And turn your damn phone off during meetings!