PSA Waiting room etiquette and cell phones

[npmommie]

Please if you are going to talk on your cell phone step outside, you aren't watching your kid's gymnastics practice anyway, so go outside since you talk at a decibel loud enough to deafen people in the next town over.
We don't want to hear all your secrets, we don't want to know everything about you, and we especially don't want to listen to it for soooooo long that when you finish an hour later, our heads are ringing because you talk so loud.
Go outside.
vent over

 

[luvmy3]

There is a dad at my kids jujitsu class that is always conducting his deals in the waiting room. Its pretty apparent he is just trying to look important, but he really just looks like an ***.

 

[harleyquinn]

Please do the same at the friggin library.

And don't broadcast your Social Security Number!!!

 

[cybrkitn]

Please do the same at the friggin library.

Our libraries have a strict "No Cell Phone" policy. I don't remember seeing anyone using one when I go.

I can't stand it when people talk on their cell phones in the doctor's waiting room. Especially when there is a clear enough sign that says NO CELL PHONES. Go outside to take or make a call for Pete's sake!

 

[MushyMushy]

I love my husband dearly, but he is so guilty of this. He will conduct business anywhere on the phone -- and it's not so he'll seem "important," just that he figures he doesn't know these people anyway, so who cares.




I hate it. But oh well, what are you gonna do. I'm sure I do things that drive him crazy too.

 

[npmommie]

I love my husband dearly, but he is so guilty of this. He will conduct business anywhere on the phone -- and it's not so he'll seem "important," just that he figures he doesn't know these people anyway, so who cares.




I hate it. But oh well, what are you gonna do. I'm sure I do things that drive him crazy too.

teach him social etiquette
so he doesn't care that he may be annoying others in his presence?
does he talk LOUD?
It's the loud talkers that really bother me.
because honestly if someone is talking quietly doing business that is one thing, but a LOUD personal call going on for an hour is so beyond unacceptable, i can't even wrap my brain around why someone would do that!!!

there are quite a few people that get obvious business/job related cell calls while in the waiting area, they step outside, or in an area where no one is sitting. Just to be courteous.

 

[MushyMushy]

teach him social etiquette
so he doesn't care that he may be annoying others in his presence?
does he talk LOUD?
It's the loud talkers that really bother me.
because honestly if someone is talking quietly doing business that is one thing, but a LOUD personal call going on for an hour is so beyond unacceptable, i can't even wrap my brain around why someone would do that!!!

there are quite a few people that get obvious business/job related cell calls while in the waiting area, they step outside, or in an area where no one is sitting. Just to be courteous.

That was his mother's job.

 

[npmommie]

That was his mother's job.

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

DFiance used to be bad about it but I broke him in. We would talk on the phone when he was in public places all the time. When I refused to talk to him unless he was in a more private area, or an area already noisy i.e. a train station, for example, then he stopped.

 

[Wall-E1]

Please if you are going to talk on your cell phone step outside, you aren't watching your kid's gymnastics practice anyway, so go outside since you talk at a decibel loud enough to deafen people in the next town over.
We don't want to hear all your secrets, we don't want to know everything about you, and we especially don't want to listen to it for soooooo long that when you finish an hour later, our heads are ringing because you talk so loud.
Go outside.
vent over

I agree with this for the most part, but some people have so much drama in their lives that their phone conversations are juicier than an episode of the Real Housewives of N.Y. City. So, to the offending callers, I say this - if your life is truly more dramatic than a spanish soap opera, talk away. I enjoy that glimpse into your fascinating life. If you are going to be loud and obnoxious on some uninteresting topic, please see post by OP above.

 

[bicker]

Please if you are going to talk on your cell phone step outside, you aren't watching your kid's gymnastics practice anyway, so go outside

Please do the same if you're going to be chatting with your friend or family members, sitting with you in the waiting room.

 

[MushyMushy]

Please do the same if you're going to be chatting with your friend or family members, sitting with you in the waiting room.

That's so true too. I will never understand people who can walk into a completely silent waiting room and start making all sorts of noise. Can't they see the environment, or don't they care?

 

[WDWBarb]

Please do the same if you're going to be chatting with your friend or family members, sitting with you in the waiting room.

I guess I'm guilty of this (but never discussing anything "juicy" unless someone is misinterpreting 1/2 of a conversation) because I never really "got" why it's not ok to talk to someone on the cell phone when it would be ok to chat with someone sitting next to me. If you are speaking loudly, you need to go somewhere where you won't disturb people, but I must be missing the reason why this is rude.

The only time cell phone use REALLY bothers me is when someone is blocking the way at the grocery store because they can't push the cart and hold the phone to their ear at the same time.

I saw a woman sitting alone at lunch the other day at a very loud local restaurant and someone with me commented on how rude she was to be talking on the phone in the middle of the restaurant. I didn't understand why since she was speaking quietly and sitting by herself. If someone was sitting across from her she'd be A-OK to have that conversation?

 

[npmommie]

Please do the same if you're going to be chatting with your friend or family members, sitting with you in the waiting room.

but see now that is NORMAL activity, to converse with friends in a nice INSIDE voice.
not screeching loudly into a cell phone so loud that other people can't even hear each other

 

[bicker]

No, it's not normal to carry on a conversation where others can overhear it. Just look at the OP...

 

[npmommie]

No, it's not normal to carry on a conversation where others can overhear it. Just look at the OP...

what planet do you live on..........LOL
of course its normal for a group of moms in a gymnastics waiting area to have conversations! especially since said group of moms have known each other for years thrown together by gymnastics team practice
again what is not normal is for one person to talk sooooo loud and long on a cell that said group of moms cannot even hear each other talk

 

[bicker]

what planet do you live on..........

On a planet where your personal preferences don't prevail over that of others.

Loud talking is loud talking, whether there is a cellphone involved or not. And regular conversation is regular conversation, also whether there is a cellphone involved or not.

 

[Mickey's Minion]

On a planet where your personal preferences don't prevail over that of others.

Loud talking is loud talking, whether there is a cellphone involved or not. And regular conversation is regular conversation, also whether there is a cellphone involved or not.

I agree, a conversation with somebody is a conversation with somebody whether they are sitting next to you or they are in another state.

Loud talking is obnoxious whether it is on a cell phone or the group of mommies gossiping next to you.

I think cell phone conversations irk people more than "live" conversations is because humans are inherently nosy and it just kills someone that they can only hear one side of the conversation.

The mommies gossiping next to you - now that is ok because you can eavesdrop on the entire conversation

 

[OceanAnnie]

Please do the same at the friggin library.

And don't broadcast your Social Security Number!!!

You can say that again! We have signs up everywhere in our library. People disregard them. Lots of times people will go off to a corner area to sit and make a call, while out of the way. It doesn't appear they know how loud they talk, because I can hear them halfway across the library. And I am focused on reading! I can give one sidelong glance and see the offender. The rule should be heeded. It is annoying.

 

[bicker]

I think cell phone conversations irk people more than "live" conversations is because humans are inherently nosy and it just kills someone that they can only hear one side of the conversation. The mommies gossiping next to you - now that is ok because you can eavesdrop on the entire conversation

That makes a lot of sense.