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Hugh Jackman Has a Cell Phone Rant — Did You?
Last weekend I decided to go to the movies alone. Just me, a small bag of popcorn, and a movie I've been dying to see. A movie that was then interrupted by a ringing cell phone.
Geek Out: Do You Listen To Others' Cell Phone Conversations?
Today's geek out comes to you courtesy of an anecdote posted by SilverFang9899 in the Cell Phone Rant Group. It wasn't so much the cell phone story itself, about a woman screaming and crying on her cell phone — "It sounded as though her boyfriend were breaking up with her" — but a bit that SilverFang wrote about her own reaction.
She wrote: "It didn't really bother me, as I take perverse pleasure into listening to people's phone conversations, but if I were [her], I would have put my window up!"
Drama in a parking lot
Just a few months ago, I was sitting in a McDonald's parking lot eating and this woman the next car over was screaming, swearing and crying into her cell phone. It sounded as though her boyfriend were breaking up with her. It didn't really bother me, as I take perverse pleasure into listening to people's phone conversations, but if I were she, I would have put my window up!Cell Phone Rant: Why Texting Is Just As Bad
I suppose it would be OK to text in certain places that it's not appropriate to be using a cell phone; while you're in a drive-thru, or happily tapping away in the backseat of a taxi cab, but in most scenarios, it is just as rude to be clicking your thumbs through texts as it is to be flapping your lips on your phone.
I don't mean to be ageist, but there's a younger demographic that I've encountered that thinks this is OK — I say this because I found myself chewing out my 20-year-old sister several times (I still love you, baby girl) over the long weekend for texting.
Yes, I know that younger people (man I sound SO old) text more often than they talk on the phone and maybe starving college students can't afford pricey smartphones to email on — I get the practice, but not the dependence.
Cell Phone Rant: Is It OK to Talk in a Taxi?
OK, Cell Phone Rant group members, I've got a sticky subject on cell phone etiquette. It's pretty cut and dry where not to be on your cell phone, lest you're judged as rude or worse, icky — the drive-thru, ordering food, and yes, the bathroom — but are there places where you're receiving a service that it's OK?
I'm talking specifically about taxi cabs.
Movie Theater Cellphone Rage
I consider the movie theater to be my church. It's my sanctuary, where I go to get a little peace and quiet and enjoy me a good movie. So you can imagine that I get a big crazy whenever I see cellphone users a) talking on their cells during the movie or b) texting during the movie.Cell Phone Rant: The Guy Making Your Food Is the Rude One?!
TeamSugar user Jyramiah added a great anecdote to the Cell Phone Rant Group: What would you do if the person on the cell phone being rude called you rude for trying to help her?
It started with her working at a sandwich shop when a customer entered and got in line while talking on her cell phone. When the counter person tried to take the her order, what do you think the customer did?
Rude vs. Rude
Alrighty. So I worked at a deli for three years and then some. Eventually I got the bosses wrapped around my finger and was just as important and high up as them.McDonald's Warning
I saw this the other day and just had to share with the Cell Phone Rant group... hope you all enjoy as much as I did!
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In the Video Store
I worked at Blockbuster for a while and the amount of people who come to the check out line on their phone was amazing! They figure all they're doing is giving you money and getting out. They forget that we also tell you when the movie is due.Top Brands
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