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guthmund · 06-27-2005, 12:40 PM

I don't care.

I used to care. I don't so much now.

I don't care if people talk on cell phones, I don't care if they're on them 24 hours a day 365 days a year. 50 years from now when they're all dying from some rare sort of brain cancer (which you just know is going to happen, right?), I won't care too much then.

All I ask...all any of us ask, really, is that those with cell phones use a little bit of common sense and be a bit more polite. If you absolutely have to call your pal to discuss the results of your latest prostate exam, please wait until you get to your car, or at the very least, in the open air, not right outside the doctor's office while waiting in a crowd for an elevator. You wouldn't yell at the top of your lungs at someone next to you in a restaurant, why is okay when that someone is on the other end of your obscenely cheap ass flip phone?

In the movies, I really don't care either. Don't have a conversation. Don't talk over the movie. Don't crack stupid jokes with a friend in a theater over while the movie is on and everything will be fine. Your little pissant 1x1 screen isn't going to detract from my movie going experience. I've spent a lot of time around annoying little children, I can tune almost anything out. In fact, as long as you make no noise, I would almost prefer you to text each other rather than talk. Even if your right next to each other.

As for class...While it's true that you are paying for the class, the fact is so is everybody else. And everybody else's enjoyment of the class goes down considerably while you waddle down the aisle, waving your butt in everyone's face as you try to manuever you, your books, your phone, your purse/manbag/backpack out of the room all while your phone is stuck repeating the chorus to Ludacris' "Hey Ya" at maximum volume. If you can quietly leave the room like an adult, you should be treated like an adult. If you can't, then you shouldn't.

Personally, I don't have a cell phone. I'm at work or I'm at home. On the rare occasion someone can't get me, then I must be out and probably didn't want to talk to you anyway.

06-27-2005, 12:40 PM	#41 (permalink)
guthmund big damn hero	I don't care. I used to care. I don't so much now. I don't care if people talk on cell phones, I don't care if they're on them 24 hours a day 365 days a year. 50 years from now when they're all dying from some rare sort of brain cancer (which you just know is going to happen, right?), I won't care too much then. All I ask...all any of us ask, really, is that those with cell phones use a little bit of common sense and be a bit more polite. If you absolutely have to call your pal to discuss the results of your latest prostate exam, please wait until you get to your car, or at the very least, in the open air, not right outside the doctor's office while waiting in a crowd for an elevator. You wouldn't yell at the top of your lungs at someone next to you in a restaurant, why is okay when that someone is on the other end of your obscenely cheap ass flip phone? In the movies, I really don't care either. Don't have a conversation. Don't talk over the movie. Don't crack stupid jokes with a friend in a theater over while the movie is on and everything will be fine. Your little pissant 1x1 screen isn't going to detract from my movie going experience. I've spent a lot of time around annoying little children, I can tune almost anything out. In fact, as long as you make no noise, I would almost prefer you to text each other rather than talk. Even if your right next to each other. As for class...While it's true that you are paying for the class, the fact is so is everybody else. And everybody else's enjoyment of the class goes down considerably while you waddle down the aisle, waving your butt in everyone's face as you try to manuever you, your books, your phone, your purse/manbag/backpack out of the room all while your phone is stuck repeating the chorus to Ludacris' "Hey Ya" at maximum volume. If you can quietly leave the room like an adult, you should be treated like an adult. If you can't, then you shouldn't. Personally, I don't have a cell phone. I'm at work or I'm at home. On the rare occasion someone can't get me, then I must be out and probably didn't want to talk to you anyway. __________________ No signature. None. Seriously.