Cell phones

[skcin]

Talking about stupid drivers in the other thread made me start thinking. Am I the only one annoyed with people & their phones? We never used to be able to be reached at all times in all places before & it wasn't a problem before. Why do people feel the need to constantly be talking to someone?

I don't mean when people are on it for work purposes, or if they're waiting for big news (someone's dead, you're waiting to hear from the bank about your loan, etc.) I mean the people you see at the grocery store on the phone & you hear them say "Hey, what are you doing? Nothing. Nope. Here at the store. Oh, really? Yeah I think I'll make chicken for dinner tonight. What are you going to do?" AAAARRRGGGHHH! Do your shopping & shut the f*ck up! Please! OR, even better, when you hear people's personal business & they either don't notice or don't care. "Yeah, so Aunt Joan is in the hospital. Vaginal bleeding. Yeah, they don't know what to do, she'll be at St. Joe's, she's in room 345. You wanna call her? it's 555-9876" UGH.

Do you know that when I call patients into my room for an appointment they actually walk in on the phone? And I have to sit there & glare at them until they get off the phone? I can't take the rudeness anymore.

I have a cell, very few people have my number. If it rings, I literally get confused & say "who the hell is calling me?" I never use it when driving, I find that I can't devote my full attention to driving OR the conversation. I don't walk around stores on it & I rarely use it at a restaurant (if I do, it's very quick to make plans for later that evening.)

So. Are you a user? Abuser? Never user?