Cell phones

skcin · #1 10-25-2005, 01:42 PM

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?

DavidMn · #2 10-25-2005, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by 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?

I work at a gas station and people always come in yakking on their phones. one time, this guy was blabbing while he was standing in front of me. There were people behind him in line, and when I asked him how I could help him, he gave me this look and said "Can't you see I'm on the phone?" WHat an thoughtless prick that guy was.

wondergirl9847 · #3 10-25-2005, 01:50 PM

I don't have a cell phone, don't need one. I work at home and I hate phones anyways. When the phone rings, I go into huffy mode. I'm like "Who the frick is it and what do they want, do I HAVE to get up?"

"Vaginal bleeding." cracked my sh*t up!!

Well, I have a cell phone that I used in England (pay as you go), but that was for communication only purposes...not chit chat purposes. Plus, it was cheaper than calling from the hotel phone.

DavidMn · #4 10-25-2005, 01:51 PM

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Hehe, I'm EXACTLY the same. Really I wish we could go back to the days when no one had a phone. I admit it has come in useful at times, but honestly I managed for years without one. When I come home from work in the evening it seems like everyone is on their phone on the train having the longest loudest conversation. Thank the lord for my iPod that's all I can say.
Drivers using them are the worst. I bet all they're saying is "I'm in the car! I'm coming home."

I really need to get into that whole I-pod thing. I guess I'm just behind the times huh?

JazmenFlowers · #5 10-25-2005, 01:52 PM

I'd say I use the phone way too much while driving, but I do try to keep conversations short.

skcin · #6 10-25-2005, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

I'd say I use the phone way too much while driving, but I do try to keep conversations short.

ABUSER! ABUSER!

DavidMn · #7 10-25-2005, 01:58 PM

Isnt it illegeal in New York City now to talk on your cell while driving?

DavidMn · #8 10-25-2005, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by trackaghost

It's never to late to start David! Get yourself an iPod and you can put ALL your Mac on it. It's tres cool.

Thank you. I may just have to do that.

Brwn_eyes0511 · #9 10-25-2005, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

I'd say I use the phone way too much while driving, but I do try to keep conversations short.

I Nextel it! So it isn't as distracting!!!!

HomerMcvie · #10 10-25-2005, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

I don't have a cell phone, don't need one. I work at home and I hate phones anyways.

Me, too. I absolutely HATE the phone.

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Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

When the phone rings, I go into huffy mode. I'm like "Who the frick is it and what do they want, do I HAVE to get up?"

You are my twin. It pisses me off, when I come home, and the machine is blinking. I usually say, "who the f*ck are you, and what the f*ck do you want?"

I do have a cell phone. Nobody has the number though. It's for MY convenience only, not my bosses. BTW, Virgin Mobile pay-as-you-go is the way to go. $5/month!

DavidMn · #11 10-25-2005, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

I Nextel it! So it isn't as distracting!!!!

That's the direct connect thing, right?

Pisces Queen · #12 10-25-2005, 02:21 PM

Hi ~ I'm Catherine and I am a cell phone abuser. Seriously, I don’t' know if I have always had the potential. My first baby picture I am holding a telephone. Talk talk talk ~ but I am trying to cut WAY back. I used 1000 minutes in August. My bill was over the moon. So, I am trying to not make outgoing calls but it's hard. My girlfriends live in Oklahoma and I am in Texas and the best time for us to talk is after work on the drive home. I live an hour from work. Once I walk in the door I have too cook dinner for husband and two teenagers. Deal with the teenagers issues; homework and their daily drama. By the time I clean up, watch a show or two with my husband and take a shower it's time for bed. My husband takes 15 hours of college so our time is limited so we chat on the cell phone any chance we get. Crazy I know.