Do you find it OK/polite to have people talk on their cel phone in a restaurant (a nice one, not a MacDonalds), a grocery store, a beauty salon, a doctor's office, or other public place where you have to listen to every word they say? Does it bother you?
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justinoldguy
ANSWERS: 13
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If they're talking louder than a person having a face-to-face conversation would in the same situation, which is quite often, then yes, it bothers me.
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No. As longs as they be quiet and go outside to talk. That is common sense manner.
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It drives me crazy when I'm in a restaurant, or doctor's office and they are talking louder than a normal conversation. Another thing that drives me crazy is when I'm in a public place and the mother or father ignores their children, or wife and dedicates the entire time to talking with someone on the cell phone instead of the people they're with. I've seen a mom gossip on the cell with somebody for 20 minute at a restaurant all the while ignoring their young child sitting across from her. Poor little girl takes backseat to the loud obnoxious phone gossip.
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It bothers me. There's a reason banks of cell pay phones used to be in the back of a restaurant or in a removed quiet place. But the worst is the audacity and rudeness of people who conduct business with cashiers, bank tellers, etc while having a conversation on their phone.
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It's one thing when its "Hello? ... get milk? Okay.... yeah, I'll be home around 6. Love you, bye." versus "Hello? omg I know! And he slept with like half the squad! Veronica says he's just a skeezeball but Cheryl thinks he might be on drugs, oh my god, did you see what the fraternity brothers did to Cheryl's sorority's bathroom? oh. my. god. I told Cheryl she shouldn't be with guys like that, she needs to realise she's NOT going to change them... blah blah blah I'm a vapid twit." although I think you shouldn't answer your phone, period, when someone is actively serving you -- so doctor's waiting room is one thing, but in the actual doctor's office, no, never.
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It's no different than a conversation with two people who are both present. It's not okay if they're talking too loud, saying inappropriate things, or ignoring people they should be paying attention to. But if the person on the phone is having a conversation which would be perfectly acceptable if the other person was there, and people are still upset, then they are just not accepting the natural evolution of technology.
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I find it obnoxious, immature, and unnecessary. I'm not saying you should ignore an important phone call, or refrain from making a necessary phone call in public, but most times people just want to look important, or they're so self-conscious in public that they need to hold their phone like a teddy bear. Cell phones have become yet another barrier in american society that stops people from actually getting to know each other. As we all walk around in our shatter-proof glass boxes. Then wonder why there's no sense of community anymore.
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I don't mind, as long as they're not talking too loudly. Libraries and other 'quiet' places are the exception. Some of the larger libraries where I live have designated areas for cell phone use; not surprisingly these are usually near the pay phones.
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Its okay if its not louder than they would be talking to a person in front of them. People do look like of crazy when they use a bluetooth headset though..
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I think it is rude and at times dismissive. These people will not even acknowledge a clerk ringing groceries they just talk, swipe, and continue on their way. Common courtesy is almost extinct.
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I find it RUDE and INconsideriate for ANYONE to be on a cell phone inside of ANY restaurant, doctor's office etc .... IF you MUST use the cell phone ; Go OUTSIDE !!
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You can't just run into the street every time your cellphone rings, it's not a cigarette!
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That annoys the hell outta me. I be wanting to take those phones and ram 'em down their throats....f*ckin' ignorant people!!!
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