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maleficent · 07-20-2004, 01:22 PM

If I didn't have to be available 24/7 for work, there is no way in hell I would ever carry a cell phone. I utterly hate them.

My personal rant against other people and their cell phones are the volume in which they speak into the phone. I really do not need to hear their personal business. If you can't speak in normal tones, then get a better phone so you don't have to yell. The other morning on a 5:30 AM flight, the woman in front of me was on a PERSONAL CALL discussing her drunken weekend. That really was important?

The thing that drives me even crazier, is the insipid ring tones. Phones are supposed to go RING RING -- not play these stupid tones.

Best cell phone story I remember, in Bryant Park, in NYC, I had gone with some friends for free outdoor movie night, and seated near us was this sweet young thing, a tourist with a heavy southern accent> From the start of the movie til the point of the "episode" she called at least 4 different people, all telling them the same story about where she was, and wasn't it so cool, after being shushed more than once by different people, someone (not me, thought I thought it) got up, walked over to her, took the phone out of her hand, told the person she was talking to that she'd call her back, and made a beautiful 3 point shot into the trash can about 25 feet away. To the applause of everyone around her. Little miss center of the universe, didn't quite get that she wasn't the only person in teh world - and that she could possibly be bothering someone else with her phone.

I could rant for hours about cell phones- I hate them hate them -- hate them.

07-20-2004, 01:22 PM	#73 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	If I didn't have to be available 24/7 for work, there is no way in hell I would ever carry a cell phone. I utterly hate them. My personal rant against other people and their cell phones are the volume in which they speak into the phone. I really do not need to hear their personal business. If you can't speak in normal tones, then get a better phone so you don't have to yell. The other morning on a 5:30 AM flight, the woman in front of me was on a PERSONAL CALL discussing her drunken weekend. That really was important? The thing that drives me even crazier, is the insipid ring tones. Phones are supposed to go RING RING -- not play these stupid tones. Best cell phone story I remember, in Bryant Park, in NYC, I had gone with some friends for free outdoor movie night, and seated near us was this sweet young thing, a tourist with a heavy southern accent> From the start of the movie til the point of the "episode" she called at least 4 different people, all telling them the same story about where she was, and wasn't it so cool, after being shushed more than once by different people, someone (not me, thought I thought it) got up, walked over to her, took the phone out of her hand, told the person she was talking to that she'd call her back, and made a beautiful 3 point shot into the trash can about 25 feet away. To the applause of everyone around her. Little miss center of the universe, didn't quite get that she wasn't the only person in teh world - and that she could possibly be bothering someone else with her phone. I could rant for hours about cell phones- I hate them hate them -- hate them. __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.