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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 12:44 pm
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Originally Posted by cargoship
Has anyone done something as stupid as I've done?
Arriving on a flight ORD-MAN, just as we were on approach, the 'phone that the passenger on the other side of the cabin has left turned on in their carry-on (in the overhead) grabs the network and starts beeping really loudly as the queued-up text messages get delivered. Then it starts ringing. Only the seat-belt sign is on, so he can't get up to silence it and everyone just glares in his general direction until the plane lands.
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