Inappropiate cell/mobile phone ringing

[Doggeh]

Not gonna lie, I text at work a lot. Always make sure to do it in back or when I'm done cleaning an empty theater. I never text in front of guests and my phone is always on vibrate. I've got a few coworkers that text at their register which is slightly annoying.

I cannot stand though when I'm selling tickets or food to guests and they sit there and talk on their phone. Put it down for 30 seconds so I can make sure I got your movie/order right. Yeesh.

 

[Trekker4747]

Not gonna lie, I text at work a lot. Always make sure to do it in back or when I'm done cleaning an empty theater. I never text in front of guests and my phone is always on vibrate. I've got a few coworkers that text at their register which is slightly annoying.

I cannot stand though when I'm selling tickets or food to guests and they sit there and talk on their phone. Put it down for 30 seconds so I can make sure I got your movie/order right. Yeesh.

I hate waiting on people while they're on their phone too. It's just rude and it's treating me like a second-class citizen. A little interaction is nice to have with someone you are waiting on.

 

[Kestra]

A little interaction is nice to have with someone you are waiting on.

So many people in customer service don't feel like that. I try to be polite and they just act like I'm the biggest annoyance in the world for actually talking to them. Is it so out of line to actually respond when someone says "Hi, how are you today?" Forget about the ones that are on the phone when I'm at the counter trying to place an order or make an inquiry. Employees are so rude sometimes.

See, the rest of us can roll our eyes too!

 

[Miss Chicken]

Not gonna lie, I text at work a lot. Always make sure to do it in back or when I'm done cleaning an empty theater. I never text in front of guests and my phone is always on vibrate. I've got a few coworkers that text at their register which is slightly annoying.

I cannot stand though when I'm selling tickets or food to guests and they sit there and talk on their phone. Put it down for 30 seconds so I can make sure I got your movie/order right. Yeesh.

I hate waiting on people while they're on their phone too. It's just rude and it's treating me like a second-class citizen. A little interaction is nice to have with someone you are waiting on.

I was once seated on a bus when teenage girl got on a bus while texting. She stood in front of the driver and thought it was OK to finish her texting rather then hand over her money to the driver first. The driver had to ask her for her money twice and the second time he was quite annoyed with her.

 

[Starbreaker]

What kind of demented lunatic sends text messages while driving?

Every teenager on the planet.

 

[Thestral]

Ehh, I'm always on call and cell phone is pretty much the only way for folks in the church to reach me, so barring the rare exception, my phone's always on, if turned to vibrate in movies, plays, during service or ceremonies, in a "No Cell Phones" allowed area like parts of a hospital, etc.

And so long as you're being quiet, meh, I ain't bothered. If you wanna text silently in the theater, go for it, it's your money.

 

[Vanyel]

And so long as you're being quiet, meh, I ain't bothered. If you wanna text silently in the theater, go for it, it's your money.

It's my money too, and the light from the screen is distracting. My cell phone has a flashlight on it. I shine it on them. It usually stops them.

 

[bluedana]

Where I work, the judges will fine you if your cell phone goes off in the courtroom. Some as high as $500. Lawyers are supposed to turn them off anyway, not vibrate, because they interfere with the stenographer for some reason. The general public just aren't allowed to bring cell phones past security anyway.

I don't mind if a cell phone goes off most places; that's what they're for. It's what people do afterward, the inappropriateness of taking the call or having the conversation right then that bugs me. I, for example, do want to know if my kid's school is trying to get hold of me. But there are some places where they should always be put on vibrate if not turned off completely: places of worship, courtrooms, theatres and the like.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

I had the TI-92, which had a full-keyboard and many considered a tiny laptop. Programing that thing was fun but no teacher knew how to use the silly thing because the programing of it was different than the TI-8x models. Needless, I figured the thing out pretty damn well.

God, I loved that thing. I need to dig it out and play around with it.

My parents wouldn't spring for anything fancier than a TI-81, which you could barely call a programmable graphing calculator. You also couldn't load assembly-based programs into it. It was all BASIC, baby.

I recall that you're not allowed to use the TI-92 (or similar models) on most tests, because it qualifies as a computer and not a calculator. Even though the TI-89 can basically do all the same stuff, and then some.

 

[Thestral]

And so long as you're being quiet, meh, I ain't bothered. If you wanna text silently in the theater, go for it, it's your money.

It's my money too, and the light from the screen is distracting. My cell phone has a flashlight on it. I shine it on them. It usually stops them.

And you're entitled to your foolishness. But I'm not bothered. So long as you're being quiet, the little bit of extra light is no skin off my nose. Which was my point. I'm not distracted (the ginormous bright shining screen prevents that), and they're the ones spending money while doing something else, so whatever.

 

[Middle Earther]

Not gonna lie, I text at work a lot. Always make sure to do it in back or when I'm done cleaning an empty theater. I never text in front of guests and my phone is always on vibrate. I've got a few coworkers that text at their register which is slightly annoying.

I cannot stand though when I'm selling tickets or food to guests and they sit there and talk on their phone. Put it down for 30 seconds so I can make sure I got your movie/order right. Yeesh.

I hate waiting on people while they're on their phone too. It's just rude and it's treating me like a second-class citizen. A little interaction is nice to have with someone you are waiting on.

I think that means you're entitled to adding a $2 tip to their bill while they're hardly paying attention.

 

[MNM]

And you're entitled to your foolishness. But I'm not bothered. So long as you're being quiet, the little bit of extra light is no skin off my nose. Which was my point. I'm not distracted (the ginormous bright shining screen prevents that), and they're the ones spending money while doing something else, so whatever.

Well while you may not be bothered, most people are. Even if they are quiet, the brightness of the phone screen in a dark cinema area is very distracting (In general I dont find the cinema screen makes the phone any less distracting, and the bright phone screen causes you to shift your focus from the cinema to the annoying bright screen nearer to you). Just because the person messing with his phone paid for his ticket, doesnt give him the right to do things that distract the other people who have also paid their money.

It shows a complete lack of consideration for other people. So you (general you, not you particularly) find the film boring or uninteresting? that doesnt mean every one else does too. If you really feel the urge to mess about on you phone instead of watch the movie, get up and go to the lobby rather than distract everyone sat around you.

 

[TGTheodore]

the little bit of extra light is no skin off my nose.

They're little luminescent turds.

--Ted

 

[RandyS]

What kind of demented lunatic sends text messages while driving?

My idiot friend who has no life other than his fucking cell phone, and no respect for anybody's safety.

He won't wear his seat belt either, but that a whole other discussion.....

 

[Yoda]

I have a friend who refused to wear a seatbelt because it wasn't comfortable. He got a few tickets here in California, which I guess escalate in price for repeat offenses. He finally started wearing seatbelts because the next fine was just going to be too damned big. Not long after he got thwacked by someone running a red light while he was turning left on a green arrow suffering relatively minor injuries. Needless to say it could have been a lot worse and I think the dumbass finally got the lesson.

 

[RandyS]

I have a friend who refused to wear a seatbelt because it wasn't comfortable. He got a few tickets here in California, which I guess escalate in price for repeat offenses. He finally started wearing seatbelts because the next fine was just going to be too damned big. Not long after he got thwacked by someone running a red light while he was turning left on a green arrow suffering relatively minor injuries. Needless to say it could have been a lot worse and I think the dumbass finally got the lesson.

It's not comfortable? Yeah, that's my friend's excuse too. Even after he's been pulled over and ticketed twice for it--in my presence--he STILL refuses to wear it.

We both also live in California, by the way.

Some people just never learn.

 

[Yoda]

^Yeah, I mean really... how uncomfortable is it? Not very. He's definitely tall enough to where it's not going to cut across his neck or anything either. I can hardly force him to do it when we're in his car, but if I'm driving, my cars, my rules biatch.