Ever know anyone to talk on a cell phone in public, in front of others, like they weren't even there?
Would you say that only important, likable people do that? Sorry, I gotta take this...
shareI know so many people...
share
MovieChat Forums > General Discussion > Ever know anyone to talk on a cell phone...
Thats a constant thing here in New York and it is annoying
I just assume theyre really busy and conducting work related stuff...except when the call holds up the line im in-then i get pissy about it
Ever stop to think that maybe these people who are trying to hold a conversation don't appreciate all the judging eyes? Ever wonder if maybe they're just multitasking and that you should just be patient?
Ever stop to think that the measly 20 seconds it takes for the person at the front of the line to wrap up that call may be the only break the cashier gets for the next hour?
Do you really want a society of people walking around thinking of all the calls they have to make later when they get home? Distracted by the list of calls they can't make until they have privacy? Do you really want motorists speeding through a roadway construction zone instead of calling their partners to tell them they love them and give a real-time description of the scenario?
None of that is my concern
Step out of line...your issues are yours to deal with and should neither annoy nor hold me up
Jusy common courtesy really
Frankly, I don't like being kept waiting in line unnecessarily by some inconsiderate customer in front of me who insists on yakking on his/her cellphone, without regards for other people behind him/her. It's disgusting, it's rude, and it makes for an extremely tense, unpleasant atmosphere, because people can and do (understandably and rightly) get angry and upset.
I don't like being captive audience to people's personal phone conversations, either.
Moreover, I don't like people texting and talking on their cellphones, or even using them as flashlights to find their seats, either, in the movie theatre. The small, bright light of a cellphone is extremely distracting, as well. If more movie theatres followed Alamo Drafthouse Cinema policies and implemented a zero-tolerance policy on texting and general use of cellphones while in the movie theatre, perhaps more people would come back to the movie theatres.
Alamo Drafthouse has a three-strikes and you're out policy when it comes to cellphone use and texting in the movie theatre: The first one or two times, the offender(s) will be warned. On the third offense, s/he will be kicked out of the movie theatre, with no refund of their money.
If I pay good money to see a good movie, why should I, or anybody, for that matter, be distracted by a rude cellphone user's bright lights while texting and talking? Nobody should, imho.
Agreed
The worst is when theyre violently yelling at intimate others, using ridiculous vulgarities ('M-f'r' 'Ni--er' etc) or talking personal/sex stuff you have zero interest in...
Honestly, some people are thoughtless pigs
Its rampant in NYC...You stay classy NY!!
Thanks, ShogunofYonkers. It's rampant around the Boston area, as well. The personal stuff and all that other garbage is disgusting, but the fact that people are inconsiderate enough to talk/text on their cellphones at totally inappropriate moments, no matter what the conversation may be about, is rather arrogant, rude, and inconsiderate.
shareI'm so sick of people bragging about the Alamo Drafthouse movie theaters like it's God's gift. I've been to a couple of them way before it became popular place for the yuppies. It's just a movie theater that serves expensive mediocre food and allows patrons to get drunk while they're there. Big deal.
shareHave you ever been in an Alamo Draft House Cinema? Just curious.
shareYeah. I have been to a couple.I wasn't that impressed though. It's nice that Alamo Drafthouse management is strict about cellphone use during the theater.
I can't say that I've had that many bad experiences with people using cell phones during a movie. There was one theater where the patrons were really rude. They would arrived late, use their cellphones as flashlight and talked during the movie. I usually don't bother complaining because if I have to miss any of the movie to complain, I may as well ask for a refund.
So I now I go to other locations in another part of the city where the patrons are more respectful of each other.
We don't want a society of people who spoil things for other people, that's all. If they have to make those kinds of calls, they should stay home, that's all.
shareLove Alamo Draft btw
They do a horror double feature in Yonkers several times a year and the beer is cold and pizza is very good
They post at the door about the phone thing...sad that grown people need signs
I wish there was an Alamo Drafthouse Cinema or two here in the Boston area. Other theatres in our area, however, do post signs on the screen prior to the movie's beginning about not using one's cellphone(s) or pagers.
It is sad that grown people or even teenagers need signs, but that's what happens when enough people spoil it for others who pay good money to see films that they want to see.
I have found, however that cellphone talking/texting is less of a problem in movie theatres that play better-quality movies, and that politely and matter-of-factly speaking to the offender(s) has worked. It also does depend on the location and audience in a given movie theatre(s), as well.
On the flip side, however, I read about a woman who spoke out to an offender, and not only got a huge bucket of popcorn dumped on her head, but woke up in an emergency room! This occurred in a much rougher area, with a rougher audience, however.
Yeah lol i know all about it!
I once went full on George Costanza on 4 teenagers at the premier week of The Princess Bride for being too noisy when i was about 14-they chased me all the way out of the mall and i was lucky to get away hahaha
Good memory but still...people are way too often annoying and inconsiderate
Sadly its crap like this that makes me wait a year for Netflix/Prime/DVD/ or OD :(
Again, I see your point, ShogunofYonkers.
Since I prefer to see movies on a great big, wide screen, in a real movie theatre, with the lights down low, to seeing them on TV, however, I hold annual memberships to two out of the three independent, non-profit movie theatres in my area, which has enabled me to not only get into movies on a considerable discount, but to see many wonderful films, both older and newer films, that I like a great deal.
People seemed to get whatever phone calls needed out of the way before mobile phones existed so why is now different from then? People still lead busy lives just like they always have.
shareBecause mobile phones are such a convenience, people take advantage of the convenience of having mobile phones with them.
shareMaybe if people had more tact and didn't multi-task and force other people to wait an unnecessarily long time in the line behind them, they wouldn't have all those judging eyes on them. If the cashier can't stand working for afew hours without a break, s/he shouldn't work as a cashier, then.
Did it ever occur to you that there are calls that should only be made in the privacy of one's own home? Personal phone calls shouldn't be made out in public, anyhow. Nobody cares to hear them, or to be held up by them, either.
Certainly I agree that personal calls, especially ones of a confidential nature, should be made at home. But if someone is ordering a latte and talking about celebrities or apps, nothing personal, then there's no personal information shared. If someone else feels they're being held up by that conversation, they could simply choose to remain quiet... and possibly overhear something they could learn about, like a sale going on, etc. Do we really want to shun people for staying in touch with loved ones? Right when they feel the need to reach out? Do we really want their only option for public use to be limited to their cars?
shareI stand by all that I've said, jamesboland. It's extremely inconsiderate and rude to keep people waiting in line while they're yakking on their cellphones about whatever. I feel that if I'm being held up by a conversation on a cellphone by somebody standing in line ahead of me, that I've got the right to say something, and I will. I'm not interested in learning about whatever the inconsiderate person who's talking/texting on his/her cell phone is talking while I'm waiting in line at the check-out counter to pay for what I've purchased and leave. People's cell phone conversations should be limited to when they're not in their cars, or not in line at a check-out counter.
shareWhile I don't disagree, in today's fast-paced society, it seems some people just aren't willing to wait a few moments for someone else's conversation to finish. When a cashier keeps glaring at the customer who's talking to his boss, it can be a little unnerving. I mean almost every time she filled a grocery bag, she gave him a look. He's the customer... so does he deserve to be glared at?
shareI'm sorry, jamesboland, but I stand by everything I've said here. If I were a cashier and a customer was that inconsiderate, I'd be glaring at that rude, inconsiderate customer myself. The customer deserves to be told to either get the hell off of his/her phone, or leave the store. That, if I were in the cashier's place, is exactly what I'd do.
I don't care what the customer's reason for talking to his/her boss on their cellphone. It's simply not appropriate to keep others waiting in line behind them. The person should solve his/her problem with their boss in person, when they get to work, in the office, not on the phone, in a customer service check-out line.
I'll also add, jamesboland, that there are some Boston neighborhoods, where, if a person pulled something that rude with his/her cellphone, they'd in in for a good ass-whooping...and they'd be asking for it.
If you have any stories about a customer being rude on a cell phone at a place you were working, now is the time to share.
Are these Boston neighborhoods you mention the same ones where people rioted over the World Series victory and caused destruction after their team actually won?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2480786/Red-Soxs-World-Series-victory-sees-overexcited-fans-overturn-car-clash-police.html
Could they have looted any pre-paid cell phones?
Afew days ago, when I went to see an evening showing of a movie, there was a young guy sitting a couple of rows in front of me, texting on his cell phone. The small, bright light from the young man's cell phone was very distracting. Very politely and matter-of-factly, I spoke with him about it and told him that the small, bright light from his cellphone was extremely distracting. He apologized and turned off his cellphone for the rest of the movie.
As for the Fenway, where the overly excited fans rioted and caused destruction after the Red Sox's World Series victory, nobody looted any pre-paid cellphones, but there are tougher Boston neighborhoods where flipping one's cellphone while waiting in the check-out line at the grocery store or wherever could get somebody in some big trouble, ranging from hints, to an ass-whooping, depending on who you come in contact with during that time, if one gets the drift.
I guess the theater was in a polite neighborhood. But next time you see someone getting roughhoused at the supermarket, would you mind taking a picture or video with your smartphone and posting it? I'd love to see that kind of social interaction.
Maybe the rioters and looters aren't interested in prepaid phones, but would they really be that upset if someone at the convenience store was playing video highlights from a BoSox game?
It's remarkable what this well-educated Woman was subject to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9wCVhD5Rak
That "well-educated" woman was obviously doing something that disturbed other people; talking much too loudly on her cell-phone and using inappropriate language, where other people were disturbed by it. There's a time and place for everything, and loud phone calls/conversations, especially of the personal/dirty kind, are not appropriate when you're in close quarters with other people on a train or whatever. She should've been given a warning or two, and then if she refused to comply, then been ousted from the train.
shareI'll also add, jamesboland, that some of those Boston neighborhoods that are rough and tough enough, where there are elements that wouldn't be above giving such rude people a good ass-whooping are the very neighborhoods where the worst riots over Federal Court-mandated, large-scale, cross-city school busing occurred, beginning back in the mid-1970's, and lasted well into the 1980's, occurred. It was a rather tense, turbulent, and sometimes ugly and dangerously crazy time, to boot.
shareThat's why I posted earlier that it would be great if you could capture such an incident and post it. Could be the PSA you're looking to make.
shareMy whole point is, jamesboland, is that not everybody will tolerate that kind of rude and inconsiderate behavior on the part of a person's being inconsiderate enough to keep other customers waiting in the check-out line while they yak on their cellphones to whomever about whatever.
shareOne might argue they should leave that to The Police.
shareHow so? Even the cops can't be everywhere at one time.
shareThat could be touchy, because true as that may be, what can a citizen legally do?
shareWrong, jamesboland.
If people are going to be so defiant and rude, then maybe the owners/proprietors of small businesses and large and/or franchise businesses alike should make hard-and-fast rules about the no-cellphone-use while waiting in the checkout lines and holding up other people, and they should have those same rules for both cashiers and shoppers alike.
Are there any situations in which you would find it acceptable to use one? What if there's an emergency? If someone waiting in line sees "Mom" on the display, is that person supposed to lose place in line or would you find it acceptable for that person to answer?
"Hello, I'm at Starbucks... Everything okay?... Need anything?... Okay... Got it... Love you too... Bye..."
Would you rather see the person wait in line with anxiety, not answering, not knowing? Would you prefer it if the person loses place in line and is late to work? Of course, we wouldn't recommend catching up on phone calls once back on the road...
I stand by my opinion that the person should just get the hell out of the line and deal with the problem then and there. Again, she's got no right to keep others waiting.
shareLOL! We used to live the way you describe ALL the time!
I was alive long before anyone owned a cell phone. I lived in a time when you only had ONE phone, a landline, and that was at home and at work. You went about your entire day outside of work or home not even THINKING about phones, calls etc.
If there was an emergency reason to make a call you used a public phone. Other than that, nobody felt the pressing need.
If anyone called that landline while you were not there, you missed that call, they would try again another time, and that was all there was to it.
You're clearly playing devil's advocate but, just sayin' . . . .
Do you mean in front of people, as in people they are with and know? Or just random people who are around while that person is on the phone, walking past or sitting next to on a train?
I think it's rude if you're with someone and you take a call, and ignore the person you are with. Otherwise I don't actually mind it. You're not really doing anything to anyone by taking a call. It's like, if two people are having a conversation in a public place, that wouldn't bother me. Why would one person talking in a public place to someone on a phone be worse/more annoying?
A lot of public places, including restaurants, as well as movie theatres, museums, etc., have people who get tough on those using their cell phones in public there, because they are rude.
For years, Israel has had a system in place that causes cell phones, pagers, or whatever to jam up whenever people attempt to use them in public places, such as restaurants, movie theatres, museums, etc. Israel is a much smaller country than the United States, and, unlike the United States, they've got the technology and the know-how, to set up such a system.\
I also don't like being a captive listener to a cell phone user's personal conversation(s) in public. It's rude.
At the movies, I definitely understand. Again, I would compare this to actual in-person conversations. If two or more people are talking in the movies, that can be annoying. But if you're in a restaurant, you're (hopefully) going to talk to the person/people you're with. Whoever is nearby will be a captive listener to your conversation. Why is one rude, but not the other? I really don't understand the difference.
shareLet me say this, Wint3rFir3: I don't enjoy being a captive listener to other people's personal conversations on cell phones in the movies, or in a restaurant. There's a time and place for everything, and restaurants, movies, museums, etc., and while driving are not appropriate times for people to be talking/texting on their cell phones.
shareI definitely hear you lol and I get where you are coming from. And I of course agree that some conversations are inappropriate in certain situations.
But I think the point I'm trying to make, which maybe is not coming across, is that cell phones do not make those conversations better or worse. If you are okay with a person talking to someone else at a restaurant in person, if you are okay with several people talking in person at a museum, if you are okay with people talking in person at the movies - there's no reason that a phone conversation is worse than an actual in person conversation.
There are actual laws against talking on the phone while driving - but that's more about concentration than annoyance, so that's the reason behind that.
I actually think many, many people are also annoying while talking to each other in public. But the difference is that with a cell phone there's a bigger tendency to zone out and be less considerate of your surroundings, especially because the person on the other side has no idea what's going on.
share[deleted]
My mother is someone who always talks very loudly on the phone. She claims it's because of a bad reception...
sharePlease tell me she doesn't do a lot of grocery shopping in Boston's rougher neighborhoods. If she does, please tell her to keep her phone on the D.L.
shareShe's also one of those people who always forgets to take her phone with her, especially if you need to get in touch with her. So no worries there.:)
shareSome people definitely act like the phone is a new invention and scream into it as if there's no way the person on the end could hear them otherwise.
But I think people can just as inconsiderate in person because they're distracted when someone is in front of them, whereas I've seen people on phones make a concerted effort to be quiet and end their calls quickly because they're in a public space. But again, this might just be my experience.
That's a very good point which is well taken, Stratego. Well said. Thanks.
shareThe fact is, Wint3rFir3, is that I'm not okay with the idea of people talking/texting on their cellphone at the movies, or just plain talking during the movies and distracting other people who paid good money to come and watch the movie(s) in question, and not to hear the talkers just plain conversing among themselves in the movie theatre while the movie's going on, either.
Neither am I okay with the idea of several persons talking loudly at a museum. Talking/texting on ones' cellphone while driving, like DUI (Driving under the Influence, is an dangerous practice, as they both endanger other people, as well as the driver in question.
People just simply talking to each other at a restaurant in person is not comparable, either. You're just trying to twist what I've been saying to suit your ideas, ideology, and opinion, and that's not going to work, PERIOD!
I'll also add, however, that you're totally taking what I've said out of context, on purpose, I don't like that.
I think we just disagree on the issue and that's fine. I don't think I ever tried to twist your words or put them into a wrong context - if anything I asked questions so that I could be clear on what you had an issue with and I don't think I ever got there tbh.
People just simply talking to each other at a restaurant in person is not comparable - I totally disagree with this thinking. Imo people talking in person can be just as, if not more, obnoxious as someone on the phone because with a phone call you're only getting half the conversation and sometimes that just involves someone saying "yes. Yes. Uh huh".
But again we just disagree and that's fine. No need to act like I'm attacking you.
That's okay if we disagree on this issue. Sorry if I came on as being too defensive.
shareThat's okay - we both agree people can definitely be annoying on their phones.
shareThanks, Wint34Fir3. It's even more annoying when people constantly yak on their phones in public, because, as another poster on here succinctly put it, the people talking on his/her cellphone just simply zone out and are oblivious to their surroundings, and the person on the other end of their phone line is totally unaware of what's going on.
shareAt least some people you might be talking with, before people take a call, take the time to hold up their index finger to let you know they are done listening to you and are about to listen to someone else. A heads up, if you will.
shareI don't care what people do prior to taking a cellphone call, whether they're a cashier or another customer ahead of me in line. It still keeps other people waiting unnecessarily, it's nasty, mean, inconsiderate, and rude, to boot. The people who act like this don't give a damn about anybody but themselves. It's beyond disgusting...and it's unacceptable, to boot, no matter what YOU or other people may say or think.
sharePicture this:
You're waiting in line at a store and the young lady in the front of the line picks up her phone. "Hello?"
The cashier uses this opportunity to send a quick text and you're fuming, right? Maybe you say something, maybe you don't, but it's obvious you don't appreciate it one bit. Someone asks you what's holding up the line and you point at the young lady, who by now is multitasking.
The young lady takes her bag of items from the cashier, holds her phone up and looks right at you. "It's for you," she says.
Just outside the window her boyfriend is holding a phone to his ear, staring at you.
What do you do?
I'd be pretty pissed off, I wouldn't hesitate to state what's on my mind, and I'd be well within my right to do so.
.Unlike you, jamesboland, I think this kind of rudeness and inconsideration sucks, and is totally unacceptable. What right do people have to pull rank, and be rude like that, and keep others waiting.
Here's another thing, jamesboland: How would the boyfriend know who I was? That's ridiculous.
You're just trying to get me to change my opinion on such rudeness so that it tallies up with yours. I'm not buying it....not one bit. Who cares if a bitch's boyfriend is staring at me with a cellphone to his ears from outside the store? Hmmmmm??
shareGo fuck yourself, Jamesboland. I don't need this goddamned crap you're handing me. Blow!
I don't care about most people, and, unlike YOU, jamesboland, I don't PRETEND to do so, either. I ain't like you, never will be, never want to be.
Easy, champ.
Just a hypothetical example.
But I agree that you don't seem to be very much like me.
Caring for others goes hand in hand with being careful. Otherwise you could interrupt someone's telephone conversation and his mom could come out swinging.
And a passerby might care enough to call for help.
I still don't see any justification for anybody keeping other customers at a check-out line waiting while s/he multitasks and talks on his/cell phone at the same time. That's a real sign of somebody who has total disregard for other people.
shareOf course, nobody's perfect, as they say.
People can be forgiving of behaviour that is, shall we say, less than kind.
Just as your recent posts could have been kinder.
Ever been behind someone who might not react immediately when the light changes, who doesn't stomp on the gas pedal the instant it changes? Ever stop to think they may be getting a 911 text from a family member?
If so, please remember there's a kind way to do things. One little toot is all it takes to alert them. It doesn't take a village of horns.
I'm not saying that I'm perfect, jamesboland. For starters, I just give a small toot, and not a village of horns when I drive. Secondly, I stand by my opinion that texting/talking on one's cell phone when either driving, or waiting in line at the check-out counter and multi-tasking when there are other customers in line behind them who are waiting to pay for their merchandise and have to be somewhere or home at a certain time, or in the movie theatre when other people who've paid good money to see a certain film, all indicate a wanton disregard for other people.
It's very hypocritical of you to accuse others of being inconsiderate of other people when you yourself openly advocate and support behaviors that are totally inconsiderate of others and then expect the rest of the world, including myself, to do likewise. Sorry, jamesboland...Thanks but no thanks. I'm not buying that and I never will.
Correction...
The only person I described as acting unkindly was you (you used the f word in an unkind manner and I don't believe it was justified).
And I did not suggest that you or anyone else behave rudely with a cell phone or anything else. I am now suggesting, however, that you check out this link:
http://www.artofmanliness.com/2010/09/24/the-art-of-conversation/
There's a great little excerpt from Esquire. Timeless advice.
If you ever venture into these rough-and-tumble neighbourhoods you've mentioned, knowing how to not irritate people can be invaluable. And remember that staring at other motorists to try and figure out if they're on a call makes YOu the distracted driver.
Share the road, don't share the blame.
jamesboland.
You're right about my having used the f-word unjustifiably. Sorry about that. '
One never knows whether or not one is on a call in his/her car. I don't generally stop to figure out whether or not another motorist is texting/talking on his/her cellphone.
If, however, another driver who is obviously distracted in some way or other (it doesn't matter how.), and they're clearly about to drift into my lane and cut me off, I will give them a honk to let them know that I'm there. That's a tactic that generally works, and is necessary, at times.
Many wireless providers now offer free apps that block texting while driving. So those who share your opinion now have that option.
I haven't the need for it, but your wireless provider likely has one available for download if you feel that strongly.
I make it a point to not text, much less talk on my cell phone when I'm driving, so the free apps that block texting while driving is irrelevant to me. Thanks anyway, though.
shareI just want you to drive safe.
If you practise what you preach, that means no checking text messages at the red light. You mean to tell me you never talk on a cell phone while you're out in public? On the sidewalk or a bench, at the butcher shop or in a rickshaw?
Last I checked, the Stone Age was over.
If I'm on the sidewalk or on a bench, I'll talk on my cell phone, but not at the butcher shop or any other store, because to talk on one's cellphone in stores or shops, especially at the check-out line, is extremely inconsiderate, first because people really don't care to hear personal stuff, and secondly, it's inconsiderate to keep people in line waiting unnecessarily.
I don't text/talk on my cell phone when I've stopped at a red light, much less when I'm driving. The texts can be checked later, when I'm not driving.
When I'm out walking, I do see people such as yourself using their portable phones. I also see people on park benches doing the same. Guess you're one of them. I see them and, of course, I hear them. But is that considerate behaviour? It's not a private setting and others in your proximity (who have every right to be) are compelled to hear your half the conversation. Have you ever thought aboot how that would go over with the ruffians of Boston?
shareYou're totally missing my point, jamesboland. When people use their cellphones when they're out walking, or sitting on park benches, it's not the same thing as using one's cellphone while at the movies, or in a check-out line, and therefore either disturbing others unnecessarily.
At least if one's sitting on a park bench, there's always the option of moving away if s/he doesn't want to be a captive audience to one's personal conversations on their phones.
I lurk on a couple of blogs from Boston, and a lot of people in those particular areas that I mentioned think that forcing others to be a captive audience to private or personal cell phone conversations on a train, at a check-out counter line, or even in a restaurant or other public place is rather rude, and out of place.
I do think I do understand your point.
You think that it's okay to be talking on a cell phone in public, in the middle of a sidewalk.
Or on a park bench.
And when others hear it, and have already started hearing things they didn't necessarily appreciate...
...that it is they who could move away from the caller. Because if you thought it should be the other way around, I think you would have put it that way instead.
If checkout lines are off-limits, are the aisles fair game? Maybe just outside, in front of the store window? On the sidewalk?
Would not passerby be captive to the sounds of ringtones, hellos, what up dogs, etc.?
No, jamesboland! You clearly either don't or won't understand my point(s), or you're stupidly playing the devil's advocate here, both of which are beginning to really turn me off at this point.
Check-out lines should be off-limits, for obvious reasons, because people have no business keeping others waiting a long time in line while they just yak away on their phones. i wasn't talking about the middle of a sidewalk. You, I think, have been talking out your butt at me the whole time, and, frankly, I'm getting goddamned sick and tired of it, because it's rather obvious that you're trying to get my opinion on this topic to tally up with yours, which won't work. The aisles are fair game too, because people don't have the right to stand in the middle of the store aisles making it difficult for others to get by, because they're talking on their stupid phones. You really don't seem to have a clue, that's for sure. That being said, here's a suggestion, jamesboland: pull your goddamned head out of your ass and look around you more. Thanks.
Curse much?
You admitted to using your cellphone in public. And you think you know where to draw the line while others don't. So let me aks you...
When you park your car, do you leave your cellphone in the car or do you take it with you?
If you do take it with you, and you choose to make or take a call, do you scurry off to a secluded spot where no one can hear you?
Are you the one on the park bench cursing on the phone expecting others to steer clear?
Pshaw!
I very seldom use my cellphone in public, and I don't sit on a park bench or a train to use it, either. The only time I'll use my cellphone while walking or sitting on a bench (if there's any available), or when I'm at a rest area on the road during a long distance drive, and even then, my calls are very short.
I don't sit on a park bench, a train, or in any public place making long phone calls. I also don't use my cell phone at a check-out counter, or stand in the middle of an aisle in a grocery store (or any store, for that matter) yakking on my cellphone, and/or multi-tasking at the same time, and getting in other people's way, like you probably do. I never leave my cellphone in my car, because I don't want to take a chance on having somebody bust into my car in order to take it.
When I have to make a call, I make sure I'm in a relatively isolated place, where nobody else can hear me, plus I make the call very short, such as if I'm going to be late, and I'll get there as soon as possible. .
Are YOU the one who keeps people at the check-out counter in the store waiting while you yak on your cellphone and multi-task at the same time? Hmmmmmm???
You "seldom" use your cellphone in public?
And in public, you don't make "long" calls?
There's always somebody louder, somebody worse, is that it? Well please don't count me as one of them or one of you.
Also, if you can make room in your gLove box, it can be kept out of view while the car is parked. You could walk around without being tempted to use it, and without tempting Boston's hoodlums to take it.
I generally keep my cellphone in a pocket, where it's not readily visible to potential thieves. When I use my cellphone in public, I make the call(s) rather short, like calling somebody to tell them I've had a slow start and I'm running later some other problems.
I stand by my opinion that cellphone conversation, especially that of the super personal kind, whether it's dealing with a boss or whoever, really has no place in public.
First, you're proud of the length of time you spend on your cellphone in public.
You also believe cellphone conversation has no place in public.
It's a double standard, whether you're on the call for 2 minutes or 20; a quick, "see you in a few, Shorty" still counts as a call.
Do you think anyone who's overheard why your excuse for running late ever cared?
Sorry, jamesboland, but I stand by my opinions on this topic. Again, you're totally missing my point; almost nobody wants to be captive audience to people's prolonged personal conversations on their cellphone that are made public in a check-out line, compelling other people behind that person in line to wait, unnecessarily for the inconsiderate f**kwad who's holding up everybody else in the line with their arrogance, nastiness, and inconsiderate stupidity.
I don't make phone calls while in line. I don't believe in keeping others waiting. Conversations with one's boss should be made away from the line.
yes, I'm proud of how I deal with crap like that, and YOU'RE the one with the double standard(s) here, jamesboland.
Also, yes, there are times when I've called to say that I'm running late DO care! TAKE THAT, jamesboland!!!
Be considerate.
Please.
You've got a beef with "prolonged" conversations, but that doesn't mean anyone appreciates overhearing your short ones.
Hence, it's a double standard. You can't put that one on me.
Give it some thought.
Sorry, jamesboland, but I disagree with you here. yes, I do have a beef with prolonged conversations via cellphone by people at the check-out counter line, who keep others waiting unnecessarily. Yes, I've got a big beef with that one, and justifiably so.
I don't even make short conversations while I'm in the check-out line, so...take that.
You're the one who's being rather inconsiderate by constantly baiting me, in the hopes that my opinions will change to tally up with yours, which is something you shouldn't count on, because it won't happen.
?!
You're the one who admitted talking on the phone in public where people can hear you, on a bench etc...
...and you added that other people have the option to move away.
Is that not self centered?
Those overhearing you probably don't appreciate it.
Better to keep it in your pocket.
If I was your homeslice and you called me with a running-late excuse, I probably wouldn't even answer because I know how people with SmartPhones tend to be so busy that they're usually running behind.
You can dish it out for the long calls, but you can't take it for the short calls.
Oh, come off of the B.S., jamesboland! I've tried to explain to you that I very seldom use my cellphone in public, and if I do I keep my calls very short. I use my cellphone to call somebody if I'm going to be late, if I have some sort of emergency, and if I have to quickly contact somebody for whatever reason. I can't tolerate waiting in line at a check-out counter while some rude, inconsiderate asshole keeps me waiting with his/her personal conversations, or conversations with their boss--that's true...and I never will. I can't tolerate people talking/texting on their cellphones in the movie theatre, nor can I tolerate them texting/talking on their cellphones while driving and risking getting me or somebody else into an accident. That being said, I don't give two shits if they maim or kill themselves in this latter process. What I do care about is the fact that these rude fuckers all too often take others with them. You are totally taking what the f**K I'm saying way the hell out of context, and it's pissing me off. Go to hell.
sharemplo c*rses alot.
Still, people don't need to hear your personal calls whether it's a full 30 seconds (like your own commercial) or a quick "Running late, my bad, see you in a few."
Whether the sound is coming from the front of the store or the back or the sidewalk or a bench...
You show a scaled down version of the behaviour you condemn.
Try to put yourself in the shoes of the quiet thinker, with no phone in hand.
I take it you've never been to charm school.
I'm not going to take your bait any longer, jamesboland. Go to hell.
shareYou argued, you lost, you're upset.
You get mad when people talk on their cellphones in public within earshot of others, yet you do it too.
You could have just apologised for criticising others who do the same thing, only on a larger scale.
You think others spend too long on the phone and you don't. That's hypocritical because there's no time standard.
I don't think your cellphone conversations and excessive cursing would go over well in those tough neighbourhoods you've described.
I don't think any less of you for losing the argument you started. Just be careful. And be more considerate.
Bye-Bye.
Go
fuck
yourself.
I'm done with you.
You ran out of steam, mplo, and you're lashing out.
The only difference between you and those you condemn is that you hang up sooner and talk in the aisles instead of the checkout.
Doesn't give you the right to berate and chastise others.
You should be ashamed. I hope you grow up to realise that keeping to yourself is the best bet.
Whatever path you choose, I hope you learn manners and tact.
This is getting really old.
Stop trolling.
Let me say this, jamesboland: If you were to ever come here to Boston, enter some of those rougher-tougher areas, start texting/talking on your cellphone while in line at a check-out counter, and keep other people, be they a cashier or customer waiting while you yakked on your cellphone and multitasked at the same time, do you think they'd appreciate and accept that? They sure as hell wouldn't, and you'd be in for a scolding, or worse, a good ass-whooping, because texting/talking on one's cellphone and keeping customers waiting irritates people plenty. Let me also add this, jamesboland: That kind of arrogance and total disregard for other people would get short shrift in those areas.
shareThat is an impossible scenario that I will never be a part of. But I get where you're coming from.
shareConcentration on the job at hand--meaning driving goes out the window when people talk/text on their cellphone, thus putting lives and safety of people, including the driver him/herself, at risk. One momentary lapse of concentration and attention to the road and to what's going on around a person can result in the driver's death or serious injury, as well as that of other people. What's there not to get?
shareA lot of proprietors of restaurants and other places like that don't want people talking on their cellphones, because it's rude and inconsiderate. People aren't supposed to talk loudly in museums, either. I am NOT okay with people talking in person while at the movies, either on OR off their cellphones, either. That, too, is rude and inconsiderate. Since when are there actual laws against texting/talking on one's cellphone while driving? If there are, a lot of people don't obey them. Bear in mind that even the tiniest momentary lapse in concentration while driving (which is a job in itself) can be fatal, to one or both people involved in a crash resulting from texting/talking on cellphones while driving.
Seriously, what's there not to get?
I mean having to wait in line...in front of people who are yakking away on the cellphones about whatever, at a check-out line in the supermarket or any other store. That, imho, is extremely inconsiderate...and rude, to boot. They keep the cashier from doing his/her job, as well as holding up the line. That, imho, is wrong, as well.
shareI never wanted a cell phone.. so I never got one.. I don't wanna be distracted, especially when I'm watching movies.. Maybe that's why you don't even have to be awake to understand movies made in the last 35 years.
shareI don't know any personally, but I see them all the time. I especially hate the ones that talk very loudly or keep their phones hidden so that it's not clear if they're talking to you or to someone on the other end of the line.
shareI, too, notice these particular people sometimes. They're quite underhanded, because they keep their phones hidden.
share