Cell Phone Etiquette
NOT HERE PLEASE!
What a great invention the cell phone was. I have had my same number for over 20 years.
Everyone has one today, and I think it is time to impose some etiquette when using them.
People using cell phones seem to think that it is necessary to talk real loud to be heard. I don’t know about you, but I find it annoying (make that amusing) to be sitting next to someone at the airport and hearing about “what’s for dinner tonight?”
It is not necessary to raise your voice to a “presentation level” when using the cell phone.
I am also a bit surprised to hear people discussing business matters in public as though no one around them can hear it.
I see (and hear) people sitting in restaurants, walking through the mall, strolling down hallways, as well as going in and out of stores talking at a near scream level.
How did we ever survive before the cell phone?
August 18th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
The worst (or funniest, depending on my mood), is seeing two people sitting in a restaurant together, both talking on their cell phones.
When we overhear people talking with eachother in person, we hear the exchange, the rhythm of conversation. But when someone is alone at the next table, speaking loudly, it is disturbing because the sound is jarringly intermittent.
People use their phones as umbilical cords. It’s safer to be connected to someone you know than to walk the streets vulnerable to eye contact (or any contact) with strangers.
August 18th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
I used to use one of those Bluetooth things until I realized how stupid people look walking around talking to themselves.
August 18th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Pam Chambers has it right. “People use their phones as umbilical cords. ”
My cell phone is my umbilical cord, I am nothing without it.
August 18th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
Wow Ron, 20 years with the same phone number. I have barely had the same fingerprint that long.
The cell phone is a way of life today, I cannot imagine life without text messaging.