Most ridiculous cell phone calls

[LKS]

This IS ridiculous, but I did it once. I walk 4 miles most days, alone. My friend from another town and I talk long distance once a week or so, and one day I got the idea to use my earphone, put my cell in my pocket and talk while walking around the neighborhood. Boy did time fly. If only I had totally unlimited minutes we could walk together long distance more often. Then everyone in the neighborhood would refer to me as the crazy lady who talks to herself all over the neighborhood.

 

[missypie]

We have one of those on our block...you see this guy walking down the street talking ... hey, who is he talking to? Is he talking to me? Finally you see the little ear phone. Do people think they look cool then they do that?

 

[Shannon G]

I also called both my and DH parents when we found out we were pregnant at WDW on X-mass eve..... We were walking in Osborne lights.

I won't even ask how you managed to pee on that little stick while viewing the Osborne lights...

(sorry - couldn't resist)

 

[missypie]

LOL!

 

[n2mm]

I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. This May my trip was disrupted by my adult son's hearth attack. I had my trip the night before we were to leave. After many days in the ICU he seemed to be on the mend. The Dr.s and hostipal staff kept encouraging us to salvage what we could of our trip, though I didn't want to go. This was the only time we could go, so it went from a 2 week trip to about 6-7 days. All seemed well and our extended family was there, along with his dad, so after a night of phone calls to the airlines and resort, we left 2 days later. With cell phone in hand we tried to have a small vacation. While on the MGM backstage tram, the hospital called our cell phone to tell us that my son's condition took a turn for the worst and he was sent back into ICU. We tried to keep the conversation low and brief, but all I kept hearing was the people in the rows behind us get ugly and say how disgusting it was that we had our cell phone with us. I hope it made them feel good that they were able to vent about how we were disrupting their vacation. I don't like rudeness, but sometimes having a cell phone with you is a necessity. It was the worse time I ever had in WDW and now with hindsight, I probably should have never left.

 

[brunoflipper]

we never use ours on a ride... however, as a family of two busy physicians, we are always on our phones even when we are on "vacation"... so be careful judging people in the parks that you see on phones...

 

[charabby]

"I suspect a lot (not all) are using the phone to impress others with just how important they are because the can't even go on vacation without maintaining contact with all those people that haven't got a clue and must contact them to be given instructions on how to swallow or some such activity."

I don't get this attitude. Why do you think strangers are trying to impress someone by talking on the phone? Do you know *anyone* who is impressed?

Occasionally, if I'm out on a work day, even on vacation, an issue arrives that really does require my involvement at work. My dh can never be gone from work for a day or two without at least checking his voicemail. Neither of us conducts business for show - we do it because we have to. If we didn't remain in contact, we couldn't go at all. I really don't understand why this is even an issue to anyone if the phone talker is not talking in an attraction or talking too loudly.

 

[diane1102]

I really don't understand why this is even an issue to anyone if the phone talker is not talking in an attraction or talking too loudly.

Exactly! Sitting on a bench, waiting in line. OK, as long as they aren't talking so loud that everyone hears. But people should leave the phone on 'vibrate' mode, not ringing. If a call comes in while you're in an attraction, let the voice mail pick it up. I think it's rude to take the call at all, even if it's just to say "I'll call you back". Just because a phone rings, doesn't mean you have to take the call. That's what voice mail if for!

Just my 2 cents..
Diane.

 

[Rodrigo]

Simple rules for using a cell phone

1) Use vibration mode if possible
2) If not, avoid ridiculous tones. Sooner or later it will embarass you.
3) Use caller ID so you can decide to answer or not
4) Use voice mail. Your party will understand you can't answer, leave you a message and hear it 10 minutes later or call back.
5) Avoid loud voice near other people
6) If your conversation take a long time, find a private place to take it.
7) If you are the caller, don't leave stupid messages like "I called you but you didn't answer"...( no way, are you sure?) Leave usefull messages like "see you in the Mickey and Walt statue between 12:00 and 12:10".

 

[Artuero]

Cell phones are good and bad. On the good side, they let me go on trips I wouldn't otherwise be able to take due to work. If I have my cell phone with me, I know I will not be stuck in the hotel room all day on the phone. They are also useful for meeting up with people in the parks.

They are bad when people use them and intrude on other people's fun. So I keep my cell phone on vibrate, don't answer when I am on a ride or in a place where it would be disruptive, etc. Using them on main street or otherwise walking around seems fine to me. I don't think it is so good to use them in a line, except maybe for the short meet me at the end of this ride type calls.

A good rule of thumb is not to use a cell phone when people are stuck within 10' of you.

 

[missypie]

I agree that there is a time and a place ... sometimes cell phone use is necessary and not intrusive. But don't people realize that OTHER PEOPLE CAN HEAR THEIR PART OF THE CONVERSATION???!!! I can't believe the personal stuff I have overheard ... and believe me, when you're in an elevator and another person is having a cell phone conversation, I don't call that eavesdropping.

 

[DisneyVillain]

Many people don't appreciate that if your phone rings during a conversation, your reaction sends a message, whether you intend it or not:

-- If you answer the phone without looking at it first, you send the message "Whoever this is, even a wrong number, is more important than you."

-- If you answer the phone after looking at it first, you send the message "You're not the least important person in my life, but...". The content of your side of that call adds to the message, the more trivial the call, the more it trivializes the person you are talking to.

-- If you silence it without looking at it, you send the message "There is nothing that is more important to me than you."

Think about it next time your phone rings.

As for the op topic:
My wife had a friend killed by a careless driver while she was riding her bicycle. During the funeral, her best friend was reciting a poem she had written, and someone's phone rang. He answered it.

 

[disneysteve]

Originally posted by brunoflipper
we never use ours on a ride... however, as a family of two busy physicians, we are always on our phones even when we are on "vacation"... so be careful judging people in the parks that you see on phones...

I'm a dr. too, so I understand your point, but there is still a proper time and place to take and make calls. Standing in line for a ride, or even worse actually on a ride, or even walking down Main Street, is not when/where you should be calling patients and discussing their illness, or phoning prescriptions in to pharmacies. Besides it being rude, it may also be a HIPAA violation.

If someone needs to make a call, especially if the call is of a personal nature, then find a quiet corner away from everyone else and by all means take care of business.

But please turn off phones when you get in line, enter a ride or show, go in a restaurant, etc.

Steve

 

[1HourAway]

Brunoflipper:

however, as a family of two busy physicians, we are always on our phones even when we are on "vacation"... so be careful judging people in the parks that you see on phones...

Now if we subsitute the word 'physicians' with any other career does this make it okay??

Example:
"however as a family of two busy 'ditchdiggers', we are always on the phones' , etc.

Why do you assume because you are 'physicians' you are any better or any busier than others? Are you more important? Are you perfroming surgery over the phone? You must be using the camera phones so you can at least assist with delicate surgeries while "vacationing" in another state!

I'll be "careful judging people in the parks" that I see using phones. Rude is rude - no matter the occupation.

 

[memymomonica]

WoW. You are a little touchy. I think it all boils down to rude people are rude people. Most people who are kind and curtious in other aspects of life are the same ones that know "cell phone etiquette".

I am a stay at home mom. But I have to have my cell phone with me at all times because of volunteer work I do. Does that mean I will return every call left on my voice mail.....No Way. I know what is important. Family vacation, quality hubby time, sanity.....but that doesn't mean I won't have it on me.

 

[1HourAway]

MMMonica...

I'm not touchy at all...

Just didn't see why the OP occupation could possibly make rudeness okay.

My point being that everyone is busy, we all have busy lives, no matter what we do.

Sorry for the rant - BTW - I grew up in J'ville! Son of a career Marine!

 

[CourtasanSatine]

I only carry my beeper in the parks and only had 1 page(and that was from my mom with how to get out of PI at closing time to the car)

 

[phamton]

This thread reminded me of my last road trip:

I left on Interstate 59 heading toward Houston on Saturday, when I decided to stop at a rest stop. The first toilet stall was occupied, so I went into the second one.

I was no sooner seated than I heard a voice from the next stall: "Hi, how are you doing?"

Well, I am not the type to chat with strangers in highway restrooms, and I really don't know quite what possessed me, but anyway, I answered, a little embarrassed: "Not bad."

And the stranger said: "And, what are you up to?"

Talk about your dumb questions! I was really beginning to think this was too weird! So I said: "Well, just like you I am driving north on highway 59?"

Then, I heard the stranger, all upset, say: "Look, I'll call you right back, there is some idiot in the next stall answering all the questions I am asking you. Bye!"

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Not really a true story--- just trying to lighten the mood.

 

[missypie]

People stay as "connected" to their job on vacation as they want to be. We were at Olympic National Park (beautiful, by the way) for vacation this year and I couldn't get a conection on my cell phone to check voice mail most of the week. (Shucks!) Does that mean that a doctor just can't vacation at a place like that? I'm sure doctors have other doctors who cover for them.

In my profession, a whole lot of folks have Blackberries that allow them to send and receive e-mails on a wireless basis. The Blackberry makes a little buzzing sound each time an e-mail is received. Last week when the computer virus was swarming around, I received 223 e-mail messages trying to transmit the virus in a 12 hour period ... can you imagine being on vacation and hearing that you had an e-mail message literally every 3 minutes? Not a lot of fun, but some people just can't let go when they go on vacation.

 

[ruvidu]

How much money do you have to make a year before you start thinking of talking business on a phone around a crowd as a vacation.?

I am a technician and I make good money but when I walk out of our plant there had better be someone else who knows how to fix the problem. I have a phone in the truck but that is where it stays.

Folks, I grew up with an engineer father who's life was his job. He had 5 children and lost all of their love and rerspect by spending his life involved with the next project instead of the next moment.

I am in my mid 50s and don't plan to waste the remaining healthy years of my life yelling into a phone.

Don't have your phone on if you are around me during the Candlelight Processional. You will not like the look or tone of my voice if it goes off during that beautiful performance.

I am glad I am not important.