Whats up with this?

gidget1978

gidget1978

Cathlete
My two peeves today are:
(side note: I am pmsing)

1.Lady talking to loudly on her cell phone at the bank.How come 80% of the people who talk on cell phones, yell? The same thing happened the other night when we were out for dinner.The lady behind me was shouting into the phone, I heard the whole conversation!
2.People in my personnal space at the grocery store.Are people really that excited about giving their money away, that they need to push me out of the way when I am trying to pay?

I decided to save the town from ME and run for cover.I think me and my attitude will stay inside for the rest of the day!
Lori:)
 
I really wish they'd make cell phones illegal in public places the way they did w/smoking. They're supposed to be for EMERGENCIES! If you want to chat, wait until you're at home!

I hate the personal space thing too. When I took karate my sensei told me I have a 12 inch radius around my body that is considered my personal space, & if anyone invaded it I should palm heel strike them. :p I've never done it but I've been tempted. My cousin came by my house with a friend last week & I was sitting at the end of my very long sofa, & for some reason she decided to sit like 6 inches from me instead of on the other side. I could not wait for her to leave!
 
I have a very wide personal space - I expect it's double the 12-inch radius you mentioned, Laura! How do you palm heel strike a person. It sounds tempting. :7
 
I suspect many people talk so loud on their cell phones for attention. Drives me nuts! Especially in the grocery store. People just stop their carts right in the middle going down the isle to chit chat forgetting someome may be right behind them.

I know one of these days my cart is going to accidentally go right into someone's hiney :)
 
Being on a cell phone when you are doing something that includes interaction between people (ie - bank teller, grocery store clerk...) is RUDE!
 
Oh I was feeling rather murderous after a gal hopped on a treadmill next to mine (most others free, mind you) and walked slower than a slug, yakking at full blast on her phone. Next time people are going to get more than dirty glares from me.

Also, what's up with wearing all these layers of clothing in the freezing cold then putting on flip flops? That last bit of exertion push ya over the edge? You like frostbite?


"you miss 100% of the shots you never take"


Debbie
 
Shannon, picture a cross in a jab/cross combo. Then picture your hand open, fingers together, striking an object (preferably a nose, but pretty much anywhere on the face will work :p ) with the heel of your hand. More effective than a fist & you won't break any fingers. ;-)
 
> 1.Lady talking to loudly on her cell phone at the bank.How
>come 80% of the people who talk on cell phones, yell? The same
>thing happened the other night when we were out for dinner.The
>lady behind me was shouting into the phone, I heard the whole
>conversation!

Multipe choice:
a) rudeness and lack of common courtesy
b) cheap cell phones with bad reception
c) people nowdays think only of themselves
d) all of the above
 
>I really wish they'd make cell phones illegal in public
>places the way they did w/smoking. They're supposed to be for
>EMERGENCIES! If you want to chat, wait until you're at home!

I agree!
 
>Being on a cell phone when you are doing something that
>includes interaction between people (ie - bank teller, grocery
>store clerk...) is RUDE!


I was at the P.O. one day, and a woman in front of me didn't even stop to say hello to the employee when she got to the register. Just kept chatting on her phone. When it was my turn, I commented about it (the worker was one of the employees I know well from doing a lot of Ebay sales!), and we got into a little conversation about how rude it was. It's also arrogant, like you are saying to the other person "you don't count. you aren't important."
 
I was going to suggest lighting up a cigarette to ward off phone and zone offenders. Nothing like a smoke filled environment to clear out a room!

Michele
 
You girls are to funny! its not hard to get you gals go'in! LOL

Some people think that people have cell phones to talk on in public, b/c it makes them LOOK important.I don't know where they get this idea.
I have a phone but I hate it.I only have it for emergencies but I have a friend who calls me in the middle of the day on her phone to chat.
I also hate the phone b/c the last job DH had he had his cell phone connected to his ear and it use to drive me crazy.I think he is addicted to his phone.
Lori :)
 
> You girls are to funny! its not hard to get you gals go'in!
>LOL
>
> Some people think that people have cell phones to talk on in
>public, b/c it makes them LOOK important.I don't know where
>they get this idea.
> I have a phone but I hate it.I only have it for emergencies
>but I have a friend who calls me in the middle of the day on
>her phone to chat.
> I also hate the phone b/c the last job DH had he had his cell
>phone connected to his ear and it use to drive me crazy.I
>think he is addicted to his phone.
> Lori :)

I hate when people call me to chat in general, cell phone or not! I'm never just sitting around with nothing better to do, hoping someone will call. As for the personal radius, what I hate is when the movie theatre is 99 percent empty and some dingbats come and sit right behind me or right in front of me. Pick different seats, dingeeeeees!!! Grrrrr....

Sparrow

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow - what a ride!’ — Peter Sage
 
I recently heard about a study conducted on cell phone use. The study looked at what types of conversations people held, and found a large number of them were more or less narratives of what the person was doing, as in "I just got out of the grocery store, and I'm going to go to the post office to get some stamps,etc." Rather useless conversation, IMO.

I was in Walgreens yesterday, and a woman in the next aisle began yaking on her phone about " I had an appointment yesterday, but the doctor..." Like I want to know about this?

I say we get a bunch of stun guns, and zap people who use cell phones in public. After enough jolts, they should learn to keep their conversations to themselves!

If I owned a store, I think I'd line it in some material that makes cell phone use impossible inside the store, or have some kind of radio signal that interrupted all cell phone conversations.
 
Here is an interesting little fact:

In Chile (at least I think it was Chile, it may have been Argentina, but I can't remember so please forgive me!) it is illegal to drive and talk on cell phones. Of all the people that were pulled over and fined for breaking the law in the year... 1997 (again, I could be wrong), 1/3 of the offenders were on fake phones. :+

Missy
 
> Of all the people
>that were pulled over and fined for breaking the law in the
>year... 1997 (again, I could be wrong), 1/3 of the offenders
>were on fake phones. :+

Very strange!

I definitely think it should be illegal to talk on cell phones while driving (except in emergencies like "help, 911, there's a homicidal truck driver trying to run me off the road!"). There are far too many people now driving with one hand, even turning corners with one hand. And let's not forget the bozos who are both talking on their cell phone and smoking while they drive (yes, believe it or not, I saw this, and the boob was trying to take a left turn!).
 
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