Originally Posted by NickW
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.
Yeah my pager has been known to do that when I forget to turn it off except at least I carry it on me ... it just gets me in the mood for whatever problem I've missed while I've been in the air as soon as I land <g>.