My friend Kelley posted a bit about cell phones on her new blog today. I originally started a reply their, but it got long & ranty.. so it’s here now.
Cell phone users piss me off to no end. You know what people? Cell phone were meant so that you could be reached in case of emergency or so that you could call someone if you needed them and there was no payphone/land line around. That doesn’t mean you have to be an ass-hat.
Here’s some simple rules for cell phone usage:
- Don’t talk on the cell phone while driving. Most of you are too stupid to drive without the added complexity of cell phone usage.
- Don’t talk on the cell phone when you are on the bus. In order to be heard by the other person you have to yell and no one else on the bus gives a flying fuck about your life. It’s bad enough we have to hear your MP3 player.
- Don’t talk on the cell phone when you are in the elevator. Again. no one cares about your life. Tell the other person that you will call them back when you get off the elevator, or ask them to wait a few seconds while you are on the elevator. If it is that important that you need to talk to the right now, then wait a few minutes and finish your conversation.
- Little Jimmy and Bobby-Sue most certainly do not need cell phones. At least until they are old enough to get a job and help/completely pay for them. The most certainly should not be taking them to school. If they do, they should be left in their lockers until school is out.
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September 13, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Kelley
You forgot the bit about not answering your cell phone during a meeting/seminar/class. I once was in a large business seminar and in the middle of the presentation, a man’s cell phone rang. He actually answered it and carried on a conversation right there, and didn’t leave until some of the other people complained!
And then once I was in the waiting room at the chiropractor, which is a small office, with a small waiting room (but isn’t closed off from the rest of the place. One of the waiting patients actually made a phone call and carried on a conversation for at least 10 minutes. Then he handed the phone to his wife, who started talking on it, but at least she had the common sense to go OUTSIDE and continue the call. >
September 18, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Trevor
I admit I’m guilty from talking on my cell while driving. But I don’t make it a regular thing. It’s only when I have to.
Not much really bothers me about cell phones anymore. To be honest, they are everywhere and i’m just use to them. The one thing that does bother me is blue tooth headsets. I can take them to a point while driving but seeing ppl walk down the road, tapping their ear piece and looking like they are talking to themselves it just plain retarded. For some reason they remind me of some smuck from star trek. Like Geordi Laforge. ha
i will NEVER own one of those retarded looking things!