Inspired by the HD thread: Cell Phone Usage in Public Places

[voxy]

yes sometimes technology give us negative points, in that case all the things that we are going to do is to forget them, because there are a lot of people who do things for their forsake only

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

Mobiles are now a fact of life, and I've learned to tune them and their users out.

If someone is using one in a setting that is totally disruptive (like a theatre or cinema, or recital) then yes, I would not be thrilled, but again the onus is on that person.

I have to have conversations in public sometimes. It can be challenging to find a semi-private place that allows you to be able to hear the caller, and not be overheard by passers by. I've left restaurants to take a call outside and been unable to hear clearly or speak softly because of traffic, wind, ect.

Fact of modern day life, and for me, work conditions. Meh. I make the best of it and move on.

I honestly don't even register when someone is using a mobile in a store or other setting like that. It's no more disruptive than noisy kids, crying babies, yelling parents, ect. Less so, quite often!

 

[MIGrandma]

I wish cell phones would never have evolved from the car bag phone.

Nobody would be walking around anywhere with the phone glued to their ear.

 

[bicker]

I can't wait until they get smaller ... my wife wears hearing aids, and I think it would be great if a cellphone could be embedded in something like that, with voice activated dialing and such.

 

[Talking Hands]

I think the rudest person I've ever seen was the one that answered and talked on her cell phone during her nephew's wedding. I know the couple was deaf but not all the guests were and the preacher were not. All the interpreters were glaring at her.

 

[Pikester]

Last weekend DH and I took the kids to JCPenneys to get some shorts and jeans. There was this rack of $4 jeans and a lady was on her cell phon asking a man if he needed new jeans because they were on sale. I new it was a man because she had it on speaker but didn't realize it and was holding it up to her ear and yelling "Do you need new pants?" The man was yelling back "What? Huh?" The lady "Pants! Do you need new pants? They're only $4". The Man "Pants?! I guess I could use some pants." The lady "What size do you where?" The Man "What? Huh?" The lady "Pants! What size do you where!"

I was almost on the floor!


And the poster who wrote about the person in the dressing room, I had a similar experience. The woman beside me was on the phone trying to convince the person on the the line that she really was at Fashion Bug and if he didn't believe her he could drive by and see her car. There was lots of back and forth and a some swearing.

 

[dawn1620]

I always laugh at the people who use the bluetooth things and look like they are carrying on a conversation with themselves out in public. Thank goodness DH quit using his, used to drive me crazy. I would always hear him say something, walk into the room and ask what only to get "the look" combined with the pointing to the ear gesture.

Let's just say after his charger to the earpiece was "lost" the problem was solved.

 

[KimR]

It doesn't even register on my annoyance radar. Which is surprising, because I'm rather easily annoyed. As long as it's not in a movie theater or somewhere else where normal conversation would be disruptive, I don't care. What infuriates me, though, is people talking on the phone while they are driving and not paying attention to what they are doing. What is it going to take for people to realize how dangerous that is?

 

[swanmom]

I was on a commuter train out of NYC once and had my then six-year-old DD with me. It was crowded at rush hour so we had to sit in a 'three-seater' - me, DD, and cell-phone-talking stranger. He spoke very loudly to a girlfriend - with way too many lovey-dovey adult topics. And....... he was immune to my serious mommy-death-stare! I was just about to try to change seats when he says to the other person: "I CAN'T get home now. I am still at work and I'll be stuck here for a while." My DD piped up loudly, 'Oooh, Mommy. He's bad. He's telling a lie. He's not at work. He's on the train." Next thing I know, he is yelling into the phone - "Wait, honey. Don't hang up!"

 

[OceanAnnie]

I was on a commuter train out of NYC once and had my then six-year-old DD with me. It was crowded at rush hour so we had to sit in a 'three-seater' - me, DD, and cell-phone-talking stranger. He spoke very loudly to a girlfriend - with way too many lovey-dovey adult topics. And....... he was immune to my serious mommy-death-stare! I was just about to try to change seats when he says to the other person: "I CAN'T get home now. I am still at work and I'll be stuck here for a while." My DD piped up loudly, 'Oooh, Mommy. He's bad. He's telling a lie. He's not at work. He's on the train." Next thing I know, he is yelling into the phone - "Wait, honey. Don't hang up!"

Oh, I just love it!!! Love it, love it, love it!
Too funny! Thanks for the chuckle!