Hardknock

I'll object to your content.....

Honestly, I don't care if I'm in a theater and someone just flips open his phone just to look up something. I paid to see the movie. Not watch this kid mess with his phone. I don't see how a tiny screen on a phone can be more distracting than the huge silver screen and the soundtrack that goes along with it. Now, if it's ringing and ringing and ringing, he answers and yacks away, that's different.

I don't have a problem with cell phones and driving either. Use a headset. Or go totally hands free and get voice recognition installed in your car. I can understand your frustrations regarding meetings, classrooms and other similar situations as phone use would be considered rude.

There are also situations where is is not possible to turn your phone off. For my job, sometimes I am on call and I have to be ready to go to work at a moments notice. That means keeping the phone on. While in a movie for example, it'll be on silent but if won't be off. There's no way I'm going to stay chained to my house waiting for my land line to ring on my on-call days when I can be out doing errands and other activities and carry a cell.

Overall, I can understand your frustrations and I see where you're coming from, but I think that you're just being a little too nit-picky about cell phone use. Realize that it's not possible for everyone to follow your set of rules but at the same time people could be a little more considerate.