Sound, Fury and Cell Phone Users: Disruption of Commute
Jul 16, 2003, 9:52 am
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Sound, Fury and Cell Phone Users: Disruption of Commute
Great article in yesterday's NYT which I saw last night. I understand the frustration people have cell phone users, especially with those who both speak loudly and never use the vibrate ringer function. Now I wouldn't ever get violent, but if this guy hadn't have become violent, there wouldn't be an article. When I travel on Amtrak, I use my own personal CD headset to drown out those who aren't quiet in the quiet car.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/15/business/15CELL.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/15/business/15CELL.html
Jul 16, 2003, 10:13 am
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From the article:
"O.K., honey, put Mommy on. Honey, put Mommy on the phone." And on and on, for two long minutes of loud entreaties, until at last a passenger within earshot shouted for all to hear: "Tell Mommy you're in the quiet car!"
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From the article:
"O.K., honey, put Mommy on. Honey, put Mommy on the phone." And on and on, for two long minutes of loud entreaties, until at last a passenger within earshot shouted for all to hear: "Tell Mommy you're in the quiet car!"
Jul 17, 2003, 5:37 am
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I'm amazed what people talk about in public! No sense of privacy at all. How much more of this are we going to have to put up with?
I heard a woman talking on her cell phone while she was in the toilet! She talked even when she flushed!
I heard a woman talking on her cell phone while she was in the toilet! She talked even when she flushed!
Jul 17, 2003, 7:31 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by oldpenny16:
I heard a woman talking on her cell phone while she was in the toilet! She talked even when she flushed! </font>
I heard a woman talking on her cell phone while she was in the toilet! She talked even when she flushed! </font>
Jul 17, 2003, 12:01 pm
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A few months ago I had just taken my seat in FC on a Continental flight when a guy yapping on his cellphone started to put his stuff away above me. He leaned over toward me, talking very loudly on the phone. I gave him the nonverbal "please quiet down just a bit" sign (palm down, hand moving slightly up & down); he took umbrage at that and asked me what the problem was.
I do not want cellphones allowed during flight, as many users are completely inconsiderate. I suspect that their use would cause even more aggravation than already exists on many flights.
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I do not want cellphones allowed during flight, as many users are completely inconsiderate. I suspect that their use would cause even more aggravation than already exists on many flights.
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Jul 17, 2003, 8:01 pm
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what do y'all think about non-Americans (for lack of a better term!) and their cell phone manners... does cell phone rudeness abound everywhere?
or is rudeness more prominent here because text messaging isn't as popular and people will communicate by talking?
(sorry if i am offending anyone, i am just curious! it also was inspired by walking through nyc during rush hour dodging people on their phones!
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or is rudeness more prominent here because text messaging isn't as popular and people will communicate by talking?
(sorry if i am offending anyone, i am just curious! it also was inspired by walking through nyc during rush hour dodging people on their phones!
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Jul 17, 2003, 8:31 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cervisiam:
what do y'all think about non-Americans (for lack of a better term!) and their cell phone manners... does cell phone rudeness abound everywhere?</font>
what do y'all think about non-Americans (for lack of a better term!) and their cell phone manners... does cell phone rudeness abound everywhere?</font>
Jul 17, 2003, 9:16 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Analise:
Well NYC cabbies (often foreigners) know how to keep it quiet when they are on their cells so the egomaniac loudmouths can learn from them.
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Well NYC cabbies (often foreigners) know how to keep it quiet when they are on their cells so the egomaniac loudmouths can learn from them.
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Well some of 'em do!
Talking to Me? No, the Cabby's on His Cell
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/013033.html
Jul 18, 2003, 8:26 am
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Note how that article states that many people in the back seat hear a murmer when it is in fact the driver talking on his cell. And he's more than likely calling loved ones overseas. His ability to speak quietly would be true role models for many.
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Jul 18, 2003, 9:08 am
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I can understand people's use of cell phones to catch up briefly, but its those who have long conversation without any regard for others and for the environment thay're in, that certainly ruin it for everyone. I hate to say it, but obnoxious cell phone use is reflective of obnoxious people.
Jul 19, 2003, 9:17 am
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>>> I use my own personal CD headset to drown out ...
All that does is increase the noise level at your ears which can make you deaf.
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Cell phones don't ___ ___ People ___ ___
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All that does is increase the noise level at your ears which can make you deaf.
Travel tips:
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Guns don't ___ ___ People ___ ___
Cell phones don't ___ ___ People ___ ___
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Jul 20, 2003, 6:49 pm
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Actually, many people with bad cellphone manners are just being plain stupid.
I have been in a public conveyance while somebody carried on a conversation at the htop of his voice about private employment problems at a particular company (which was in the immediate area), and when the shouter got off, the fellow next to me just murmured that he worked at that company and know every name that was pejoratively mentioned. At which stage a woman across from us just nodded and cleared her throat.
How many times have any of us sat in an airline lounge and were force-fed the details of a business deal, which if we had been in the particular industry, would have supplied us with quite a bit of confidential information if we just listened to the schm*ck on the phone?
And how many of these dimbulbs behave like my grandfather, who was under the impression that even tho the phone was to his mouth, the caller was at a distance and therefore shouting was required? He had an excuse, he grew up in a place where there was no such thing as a telephone, but what about these guys?
I think I would love to see the day where in a place like an airport, the signals were jammed in many of the public areas and rooms provided for cellphone use just like the glassd-in smoking rooms that you find in some airports. The noise pollution is almost as bad as the smoke.
I have been in a public conveyance while somebody carried on a conversation at the htop of his voice about private employment problems at a particular company (which was in the immediate area), and when the shouter got off, the fellow next to me just murmured that he worked at that company and know every name that was pejoratively mentioned. At which stage a woman across from us just nodded and cleared her throat.
How many times have any of us sat in an airline lounge and were force-fed the details of a business deal, which if we had been in the particular industry, would have supplied us with quite a bit of confidential information if we just listened to the schm*ck on the phone?
And how many of these dimbulbs behave like my grandfather, who was under the impression that even tho the phone was to his mouth, the caller was at a distance and therefore shouting was required? He had an excuse, he grew up in a place where there was no such thing as a telephone, but what about these guys?
I think I would love to see the day where in a place like an airport, the signals were jammed in many of the public areas and rooms provided for cellphone use just like the glassd-in smoking rooms that you find in some airports. The noise pollution is almost as bad as the smoke.