ZenLunatic Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 [quote name='JUDE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Why would JUDE pay attention to the checkout girl when there are magazines with Scarlett Johansenn and Jessica Biel on the cover right next to her? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 If I could buy one of these devices and use it surreptitiously, I would totally do it. I wouldn't care if it was legal or not. It's sad that banks and other institutions have found it necessary to post signs that say, "For the sake of our other customers, please finish your cell phone calls before conducting your transaction" (or whatever it is they say ... I'm paraphrasing). People should put them on silent mode when they are anywhere the phone might disturb others: the movies, concerts, restaurants, parks, beaches ... all these places, that once had the potential to be sanctuaries from the noise pollution of modern life, have been permanently contaminated. While I agree that the technology is useful and can be helpful in emergencies, there is no doubt that it has also contributed greatly to the decline in civility in our culture here in the US of A. To make it worse, we now have people using those melodious "two-way" phones in restaurants, so that not only do I get to hear their loud, obnoxious voice throughout my meal, I'm also treated to the other end of the conversation as well ... complete with loud beeps and crackling static. If I did what I wanted to do in these situations, there would be many proctologists in my city removing electronic devices from their patients' anal orifices. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
austrya Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I think it's more of an annoyance when I go to the grocery store with all of my kids than when I'm on the phone in the store. Maybe someone should taze my kids so others can shop without hearing "mom, can I have that?" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I tend to leave my phone off and at home during the day. I'll turn it on when I get home, and maybe take it with me, if I go out on the weekends. If my wife wasn't so concerned with me having it for emergency purposes, I'd get rid of it all together and get a landline installed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 The only sounds that annoy me are my goddamned neighbors keeping me up at night. Other than that, I'm good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I think it's more of an annoyance when I go to the grocery store with all of my kids than when I'm on the phone in the store. Maybe someone should taze my kids so others can shop without hearing "mom, can I have that?" 'Don't taze me, bro Mom!' and since when have movies, concerts, restaurants, parks, beaches been 24-hour sanctuaries of silence?! it's like people were never loud and obnoxious BEFORE cellphones were commonplace. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ZenLunatic Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 it's like people were never loud and obnoxious BEFORE cellphones were commonplace. Cellphones did make things a lot worse. Thats the whole point of this. People need to be less connected distant things and more connected to whats around them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 People need to be less connected distant things and more connected to whats around them. at least on a cellphone, you are having a real conversation w/ another live human being...if your issue is detachment from one's surroundings, you should take equal to more issue w/ video game systems, ipods/walkmen, laptops and the web. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the carlos Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 my cellphone plays Public Enemy. I don't find it annoying at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 i've still got that annoying 'punkrocker' song from the car commerical as my ringtone. i've been too lazy to change it and i like the looks it gets in meetings at work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ZenLunatic Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 at least on a cellphone, you are having a real conversation w/ another live human being...if your issue is detachment from one's surroundings, you should take equal to more issue w/ video game systems, ipods/walkmen, laptops and the web. Yeah those are all in someway bad when overused. Just cell phones are the biggest thing of those. I dont like having earphones(ipod) on when going to stores cause I feel it takes away from whats happening around you. There's a place for all that stuff just dont take it along to social places and detach yourself. Cell phones are great to talk to real people far away, there's just a right time and place for that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
watch me fall Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I don't go to the grocery store to be social, I go to buy groceries. I probably don't even look at anyone other than maybe the cashier. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I don't go to the grocery store to be social, I go to buy groceries. I probably don't even look at anyone other than maybe the cashier. you're lost. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JUDE Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I don't go to the grocery store to be social, I go to buy groceries. I probably don't even look at anyone other than maybe the cashier. Yeah, WTF? The theory is the grocery is supposed to be a good place to meet chicks. Not that I've seen evidence to support it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 at least on a cellphone, you are having a real conversation w/ another live human being...if your issue is detachment from one's surroundings, you should take equal to more issue w/ video game systems, ipods/walkmen, laptops and the web.The distraction factor is probably worst with a cellphone. It's a lot easier to switch focus away from music than from a conversation. I've used a cellphone while driving maybe twice ever, and it scared the fuck out of me because I realized that I wasn't really paying attention to what I was doing with the car. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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OOO Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I'm all lost in the supermarketI can no longer shop happilyI came in here for that special offerA guaranteed personality Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 The distraction factor is probably worst with a cellphone. It's a lot easier to switch focus away from music than from a conversation. I've used a cellphone while driving maybe twice ever, and it scared the fuck out of me because I realized that I wasn't really paying attention to what I was doing with the car. but that's YOU. plus, there are too many options relative to handsfree operation...including voicedial so you don't even need to touch the phone to dial a #...to be that careless. plus, how much more distracting is carrying on a conversation on your cell than carrying on one w/ somebody actually in your car. again, anybody who can't handle using one in their vehicle is at fault...not the phone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenbobblehead Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 there is...they're called headphones. an even better device is something called 'good parents'. even better than that is something called 'life is too short to let yourself be bothered so damn much by an instance that is a drop in the pool that is your entire lifetime.'psssst. i was being ironic. we're on the same side with this one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JUDE Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 psssst. i was being ironic. we're on the same side with this one. What about the chicks in grocery stores thing. What's your position on that issue? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenbobblehead Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 If I could buy one of these devices and use it surreptitiously, I would totally do it. I wouldn't care if it was legal or not. It's sad that banks and other institutions have found it necessary to post signs that say, "For the sake of our other customers, please finish your cell phone calls before conducting your transaction" (or whatever it is they say ... I'm paraphrasing). People should put them on silent mode when they are anywhere the phone might disturb others: the movies, concerts, restaurants, parks, beaches ... all these places, that once had the potential to be sanctuaries from the noise pollution of modern life, have been permanently contaminated. While I agree that the technology is useful and can be helpful in emergencies, there is no doubt that it has also contributed greatly to the decline in civility in our culture here in the US of A. To make it worse, we now have people using those melodious "two-way" phones in restaurants, so that not only do I get to hear their loud, obnoxious voice throughout my meal, I'm also treated to the other end of the conversation as well ... complete with loud beeps and crackling static. If I did what I wanted to do in these situations, there would be many proctologists in my city removing electronic devices from their patients' anal orifices. so, should folks who happen to be traveling in pairs doing their banking or shopping or getting coffee also not be allowed to talk to each other? How come there are no signs that say that? While i am all for being polite (and i've said it more than once that i hate my cell phone and rarely talk into it, at home, or in public) if you're not willing to ask someone to take it outside (a loud convo at a movie theatre) then you shouldn't be a coward and use a little device to shut people up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 While i am all for being polite (and i've said it more than once that i hate my cell phone and rarely talk into it, at home, or in public) if you're not willing to ask someone to take it outside (a loud convo at a movie theatre) then you shouldn't be a coward and use a little device to shut people up. bingo. sorry, i remember you talking about that breakfast place banning kids and pretty much thought you crumbled them up and ate them on your salad. again, this place has become so insane i can't tell who is being sarcastic or not...and i'm usually as good at detecting that as i am boob jobs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 bingo. sorry, i remember you talking about that breakfast place banning kids and pretty much thought you crumbled them up and ate them on your salad. again, this place has become so insane i can't tell who is being sarcastic or not...and i'm usually as good at detecting that as i am boob jobs.You should invent a thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 You should invent a thing. 'ignore button' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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