Originally Posted by
kctigers
i will second the thought about the cell phone, i have a cell phone, but i do not use it in a lounge, and i do not use it on the plane, or at the movies, or while having dinner, this just annoys the heck out of me. why can't someone go 1 hour without the phone, and why do i have to be subject to their conversations?
if cell phone usage is allowed while planes are flying, i think that there will be major,major arguments onboard the planes.
and in an enclosed place, such as a bus, room where having dinner, etc..,etc.., why does one need to have the cell phone on?
There are a lot of times I can't go 1hour without using my phone. I'm not super important (just pretty important
) but a big part of my work is very time specific, so waiting an hour is out of the question if something comes up. Our business is all over the world, so I might have to take a call I didn't plan on at 2pm then another at 4:30pm then another at 8pm then another at 3am, etc. I have no control or ability to plan.
I do, however, agree with your first point. I am not capable of talking in a loud voice on my phone around other people. I can't talk in an airline lounge, on a plane, in a CL, in a hotel lobby, on a train, or anywhere where people can hear me. I do, therefore, consider it quite rude when people who are capable of having conversations others can hear choose to do so and do so in a loud loud way. When I have a call during dinner I normally adjorn outside, even in cold weather. My date tends not to care for that, but it is much less rude that blabbing away IMHO.
Of course my dislike of hearing other people's conversations pales in comparison to my dislike of people who talk on speaker. I just want to drop my laptop bag on these people and scream, "... IS WRONG WITH YOU!!?!?!?!?!".