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:call: I love my cell phone and use it a lot. However, rude people on cell phones are really bugging me lately!
Places I would outlaw cell phones: :soapbox:
--in restaurants (I once was in a fast-food chicken place and the guy in front of me read the ENTIRE menu to the person on the phone. He was oblivious to the rest of us waiting in line.)
--standing in check-out lines, especially WHILE paying & ignoring the cashier (I've seen this several times lately!)
--in waiting rooms, which forces everyone else to listen to your conversation
--in movie theaters (thought DH was going to hurt a guy who talked through half a movie once)
--driving in heavy traffic, or in any traffic if it distracts you
Maybe I'm just cranky, but you'd think most of those would be common sense! Of course, an emergency conversation is a totally different matter- I could understand that.
I've used mine in the grocery store, when DH calls to add something to the list... but it's a quick conversation. In most places I try to go into a hallway or my car if I can.
The funniest use of a cell phone I've been subjected to lately was in the restroom of a department store. I went in, was minding my own business, and was treated to half of a very loud conversation. I wonder if that lady was really sitting on the commode, or just using the stall for privacy (and if so she shouldn't have talked so loud!) ?! :toilet: :laugh:
Places I would outlaw cell phones: :soapbox:
--in restaurants (I once was in a fast-food chicken place and the guy in front of me read the ENTIRE menu to the person on the phone. He was oblivious to the rest of us waiting in line.)
--standing in check-out lines, especially WHILE paying & ignoring the cashier (I've seen this several times lately!)
--in waiting rooms, which forces everyone else to listen to your conversation
--in movie theaters (thought DH was going to hurt a guy who talked through half a movie once)
--driving in heavy traffic, or in any traffic if it distracts you
Maybe I'm just cranky, but you'd think most of those would be common sense! Of course, an emergency conversation is a totally different matter- I could understand that.
I've used mine in the grocery store, when DH calls to add something to the list... but it's a quick conversation. In most places I try to go into a hallway or my car if I can.
The funniest use of a cell phone I've been subjected to lately was in the restroom of a department store. I went in, was minding my own business, and was treated to half of a very loud conversation. I wonder if that lady was really sitting on the commode, or just using the stall for privacy (and if so she shouldn't have talked so loud!) ?! :toilet: :laugh: