tigereye
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Mon May-07-07 12:01 PM
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it's rare to see people just simply walking, without talking. Sometimes it seems like the only folks walking simply to enjoy the scenery are we older folk who remember what it was like to walk without a cellphone call!  |
| -Cell phone rudeness: A sign of the end of the world? |
CBHagman |
May-06-07 09:48 AM |
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I was in the store's public-use bathroom one day... |
HypnoToad |
May-06-07 09:54 AM |
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i have a co-worker |
musette_sf |
May-06-07 02:59 PM |
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I have a co-worker who does this too. you can hear the toilet flush. |
raccoon |
May-07-07 11:46 AM |
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Dude, you just gotta start making screaming pooping sounds |
Rabrrrrrr |
May-06-07 03:54 PM |
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Even better... |
gr8dane_daddy |
May-07-07 05:26 AM |
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a co-worker |
warrior1 |
May-06-07 10:05 AM |
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It used to be that you knew... |
CBHagman |
May-06-07 10:28 AM |
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Nothing bothers me more than cell phones in movie theaters |
alarimer |
May-06-07 10:33 AM |
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There is such a thing; however, it's illegal in the U.S to jam a cell phone signal |
petronius |
May-06-07 12:35 PM |
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Maybe it's better just to give them dirty looks until they hang up |
alarimer |
May-06-07 02:57 PM |
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In a dark theater, you can throw popcorn or ice cubes |
petronius |
May-06-07 03:07 PM |
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Active Jamming is illegal, but..... |
Q3JR4 |
May-07-07 02:18 AM |
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I almost got in a fight with a woman at a movie theater because of |
SeattleGirl |
May-07-07 12:56 PM |
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don't get me started. |
Joe Fields |
May-06-07 12:03 PM |
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We also survived pretty nicely without cable TV, internet, DVD technology... |
Left Is Write |
May-06-07 01:18 PM |
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OMG!!1!! Can you imagine life without DU??2?? |
madinmaryland |
May-06-07 01:42 PM |
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Yeah, but without those people had to use sex as entertaiment. |
HypnoToad |
May-06-07 01:43 PM |
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You can have my Pocket Fisherman |
Oeditpus Rex |
May-06-07 01:47 PM |
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False argument. We had phones. We just didn't feel the need |
Joe Fields |
May-06-07 01:47 PM |
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It's not a false argument. The old "we survived just fine without X" argument surfaces... |
Left Is Write |
May-06-07 01:58 PM |
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Again I'll say, how did we ever manage? |
Joe Fields |
May-06-07 02:03 PM |
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We managed. Some of us can manage more easily now. |
Left Is Write |
May-06-07 02:38 PM |
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I jest, to a point. Naturally they make things a little easier. |
Joe Fields |
May-06-07 03:46 PM |
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Well, we didn't have laws about how long a child can wait at |
xmas74 |
May-06-07 06:51 PM |
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I like it when the cell phone users walk off the bus.......... |
Darth_Kitten |
May-07-07 07:30 AM |
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I too like it when they are talking and driving one-handed in heavy traffic. |
raccoon |
May-07-07 11:49 AM |
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People have changed their mental habits to fit the technology, too. |
SmokingJacket |
May-06-07 03:05 PM |
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I see people sitting alone all the time who are not on their phones. |
Left Is Write |
May-06-07 03:18 PM |
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Well they must be 80,000 years old! |
GirlinContempt |
May-07-07 04:24 PM |
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exactly! |
tigereye |
May-07-07 12:01 PM |
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Asshats will be asshats with whatever is available to practice their asshatetry |
Dude_CalmDown |
May-06-07 02:58 PM |
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It may not be hard to be a considerate cell phone user, but conversely, |
Joe Fields |
May-06-07 03:49 PM |
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So then maybe we should also get rid of cars, airplanes, movie theaters, the internet |
grace0418 |
May-07-07 01:20 PM |
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I have two friends who often use that argument and I have to say it is INCREDIBLY |
grace0418 |
May-07-07 12:46 PM |
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Blocking the damn grocery store aisles while on the phone |
rainbow4321 |
May-06-07 12:31 PM |
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Wouldn't have "excuse me" been a better way to handle it? |
TommyO |
May-07-07 06:28 AM |
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The theater. |
terrya |
May-06-07 12:35 PM |
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Went to see Spiderman last night.. |
rainbow4321 |
May-06-07 12:39 PM |
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I find it rude to be eating with someone and their |
Southpawkicker |
May-06-07 01:13 PM |
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every generation has some technology that causes rude behavior |
WindRavenX |
May-06-07 01:14 PM |
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And I daresay the rude cell phone users would find another way to be rude |
Left Is Write |
May-06-07 02:39 PM |
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I saw very little rudeness from the WWII generation. (my father's) |
Joe Fields |
May-06-07 03:51 PM |
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oh man, I can assure you, they're just as rude. |
WindRavenX |
May-06-07 04:58 PM |
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I wouldn't say it, if I didn't witness it. Please explain to me how |
Joe Fields |
May-07-07 08:33 AM |
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no, no |
Skittles |
May-06-07 07:09 PM |
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(did you mean to reply to my post?) |
WindRavenX |
May-06-07 07:32 PM |
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I don't know where you live, but that isn't the case where I'm from. |
Joe Fields |
May-07-07 08:35 AM |
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In some case I see the good that cell phones can bring. My biggest |
acmavm |
May-06-07 02:19 PM |
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I went to a wake a while back and as the widower stood near his wife's casket, he'd answer his cell. |
graywarrior |
May-06-07 02:29 PM |
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I dream of living somewhere where there's not someone jawing in my ear every second. |
quiet.american |
May-06-07 03:21 PM |
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A mechanic got really snotty with me last week b/c I have no cell phone |
classicfilmfan |
May-06-07 04:48 PM |
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Vent? Did you say VENT? |
ElboRuum |
May-06-07 06:40 PM |
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I was informed that I had to have one for my job. |
xmas74 |
May-06-07 06:49 PM |
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I had to get a cell phone recently. All the features are designed to... |
gbrooks |
May-06-07 06:49 PM |
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But Elbo! |
Left Is Write |
May-06-07 06:50 PM |
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I didn't have a "hyperbole" emoticon... Sorry. |
ElboRuum |
May-06-07 06:57 PM |
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I've had many a personal conversation interrupted by such nonsense. |
Joe Fields |
May-07-07 12:36 PM |
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Well - maybe you should rethink your relationships with people |
Left Is Write |
May-07-07 01:26 PM |
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That was a beautiful thing. |
CBHagman |
May-06-07 08:34 PM |
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Elbo, that is beautiful |
mitchum |
May-06-07 10:01 PM |
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Best thing I've EVER read. EVER. (w/ more foul language) |
Nevernose |
May-06-07 11:03 PM |
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Bravo. That succinctly sums my thoughts up on the subject of cell phones. |
Joe Fields |
May-07-07 08:40 AM |
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Wait until you're in a situation where everyone else around you is able to remedy |
grace0418 |
May-07-07 01:12 PM |
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just one more sign among many |
wildhorses |
May-06-07 06:47 PM |
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I just don't care being made to listen to personal phone calls |
Skittles |
May-06-07 07:09 PM |
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obnoxious and/or loud ring tones have secret messages in them |
Blue_Tires |
May-06-07 09:46 PM |
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i confess, I am one of the evil ones |
northzax |
May-06-07 10:31 PM |
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Cell phones are a lot more common & accepted in other countries |
NewJeffCT |
May-07-07 08:07 AM |
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.................. |
Evoman |
May-07-07 05:14 PM |
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i think people are afraid on their own inner thoughts |
Neo |
May-07-07 12:25 PM |
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So much "communication," and so much alienation. |
CBHagman |
May-07-07 01:22 PM |
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those people should seriously be escorted out. |
Neo |
May-07-07 01:32 PM |
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Hell, I think they should make a formal apology... |
CBHagman |
May-07-07 04:14 PM |
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I was treated to a great conversation in the cereal aisle today. |
ganeshji |
May-07-07 04:10 PM |
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I've almost been killed SEVERAL times by cell phone morons. |
Evoman |
May-07-07 05:05 PM |
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Wow! |
danagsk8 |
May-07-07 10:30 PM |
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The catchphrase of the '00s is, "I gotta take this." |
danagsk8 |
May-07-07 06:07 PM |
#76 |
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