Cell phones worse than crack

anotherblack944 · anotherblack944's Garage

/rant

Ok, so.. it's gone way beyond corporate "crackberries"..

At the stores I see Blue hairs with blue-tooth headsets. Whole families of 5 or more with each jabbering on a set while walking down the aisles of the grocery. 80%+ of the drivers you see screaming down (and weaving) on the road have a phone at their ear. Gubmit says you have to be handsfree and 90%+ ignore it.

All this BS of how it's cheaper than a land line.. Get a clue! The whole system is designed to scam every possible additional penny they can. Don't think so? Look again at the way your v-mail prompts are scripted.. you can't shortcut that by design. I just got nailed by my son's bill for overages, again. "I can't help it if people text/call me". I HATE these things.

YOU AREN'T THAT FRIGG'N IMPORTANT PEOPLE!!

There was a time it was related to serious/important business. Obviously that philosophy has spilled over to everyday existence. Why the pressing need to feel that we need to be able to be reached anywhere at any time?

Sorry, /rant-off

Pazuzu · 07-24-2008, 07:58 PM

I agree. We have a landline and an answering machine (we went high tech, it's a digital recording one). I don't have, want, need, care for, or like cell phones. I generally want to sweep them off tables in restaurants and such and step on them like bugs.

They're way worse than crack...crack at least makes you feel good.

Oh Haha · 07-24-2008, 08:05 PM

I see the same things out there. What a bunch of dumba$$es with their Bluetooth ear piece on.

I have been on vacation this week and have only tuned my Blackberry on in the evenings, just to see if anything important happened at my company. Other than that, I didn't really mis it. I actually, hold onto your hats ladies............................................ ...forgot to take it with us on a trip today. Pfft, big deal. Wifey has hers if we need it.

BTW-I do spend a lot of myday seeing clients and I need my device to communicate with the folks I manage as well as clients. I use an earphone via wire so that I can pay more attention to my driving than talking. Yes, I make every attempt to pull over to email or if the conversation gets heated or I need to take notes. It is part of the business world now and if you don't get back to customers or put out fires ASAP you could be in a bind.

Pazuzu · 07-24-2008, 08:07 PM

I'm glad that society had those cell phones for the first 10,000 years, or it never woulda made it past apemen rolling in the mud!

Thank God and his Choir for cell phones!!

Moses · 07-24-2008, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by anotherblack944

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YOU AREN'T THAT FRIGG'N IMPORTANT PEOPLE!!

Don't be a hater...

porsche4life · porsche4life's Garage

Well Wayne's cell phone can never ever die then. The servers must be repaired ASAP.

kstar · 07-24-2008, 10:01 PM

My cellphone (email and web, too!) is critical for my business. I have to take it with me.

It's also fun for other things too. I like having access to the world's database in my pocket.

Thankfully we live in a free country where folks can decide for themselves what they need, whether it makes sense or not to themselves or others.

gassy · 07-25-2008, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Moses

Don't be a hater...

He's gettin' laid tonight...

Jim Richards · 07-25-2008, 04:23 AM

Cell phone use not only interferes with one's ability to drive, it also makes them walk erratically. I'm constantly dodging my fellow pedestrians who can't seem to walk and talk at the same time.

onewhippedpuppy · 07-25-2008, 04:37 AM

Anyone ever mistakenly started talking to someone on thier douchetooth? Several times I've been walking near someone, when they suddenly said "Hi, how are you?" I of course reply, and they look at me like I'm a moron. That's when I notice the shiny parasite attached to their ear. Damn I hate that......

Admittedly, I have a Blackberry. Use it some for business, some for play. I try to avoid talking on it in the car, and never reply to email/text while driving. Amazing how many swerving cars have a teen driver trying to text at the wheel. Scary as hell. I also refuse to talk on the phone in restraunts, that drives me ****** crazy. Also refuse to wear my phone on a little belt holster. C'mon people, having a cell phone was cool about 20 years ago. Everybody has one, there's no need to show it off on your belt.

Rot 911 · 07-25-2008, 05:04 AM

I have a crackberry for work, but avoid talking on it unless I absolutely have to. I don't understand what everyone has to talk about all the time on the phone.

sand_man · 07-25-2008, 05:07 AM

I'm not a "phone guy"...never have been! In fact I went years without ever having a cell. And the one I carry now, is provided by work, and I hardly ever use it. In fact, I usually leave it in the door of my 930, in case I break down...hopefully I've remembered to charge it! Hell, I don't even have my v-mail setup!

Wifey has a phone because she's a type one diabetic and does a lot of activities with the kids; she's a stay at home mom. She also is not a cell phone minutes abuser. And seldom drives and talks.

When or if I get a call on my cell while I'm cruising in the 930, I tell them that I'll return their call as soon as I get to where I'm going, and hang-up. If it's the wife, I ask if everything is alright, if so, I'll call her back!

Just this morning as I was leaving the neighborhood, I watched a person back out of their driveway, immediately started dialing, and proceeded to chat away!!!! WHY? WTF??? What couldn't wait? Couldn't they have called before they left?

VINMAN · 07-25-2008, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

I also refuse to talk on the phone in restaurants, that drives me ****** crazy. .

This is a MAJOR battle between me and my wife. I leave my phone in the car. She has no problem answering a call and yapping in a restaurant. It has caused huge fights. To me it's flat out rude. People are there to enjoy a nice meal, not to listen to you yap.
I was at a Disney water park on Monday. I was in awe at how many people where walking around (in the water too) with a douche tooth on their ears. WTF??

I agree cell phones have become as bad as crack.

I remember a few weeks ago when the new "I phone" came out. A reporter was interviewing some people in NYC that had been camped out for four days on line to get a phone. You stayed in line four days just to get a phone, you fuchin loser???

Moses · 07-25-2008, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

Anyone ever mistakenly started talking to someone on thier douchetooth?

Like this?

Oh Haha · 07-25-2008, 05:15 AM

I remember a few weeks ago when the new "I phone" came out. A reporter was interviewing some people in NYC that had been camped out for four days on line to get a phone. You stayed in line four days just to get a phone, you fuchin loser???[/QUOTE]

This is exactly what I thought as well. Those same lamea$$es probably waited in line for days to see the last Batman movie.

I think I saw the dorks from the phone commercial with the wizard on tv, waiting for the phone to go on sale.

BTW-I still don;t have a plasma tv or a big screen, either. Oops, that's another thread.

sand_man · 07-25-2008, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Oh Haha

BTW-I still don;t have a plasma tv or a big screen, either. Oops, that's another thread.

...me either

Rot 911 · 07-25-2008, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by VINMAN

This is a MAJOR battle between me and my wife. I leave my phone in the car. She has no problem answering a call and yapping in a restaurant. It has caused huge fights. To me it's flat out rude. People are there to enjoy a nice meal, not to listen to you yap.

I agree. Not only is it rude to people around you, it is rude to you! People that answer their cell phones while having a conversation with another person is just telling me that they think whomever is calling them on the phone is more important than the person they are talking to in person. When people do that to me I just walk away from them. In restaurants I have been known to join in on the overly loud cell phone conversation.

onewhippedpuppy · 07-25-2008, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by VINMAN

This is a MAJOR battle between me and my wife. I leave my phone in the car. She has no problem answering a call and yapping in a restaurant. It has caused huge fights. To me it's flat out rude. People are there to enjoy a nice meal, not to listen to you yap.

You too? My wife treats every phone call as if it's life or death, especially if her mom is calling.

Fortunately my wife rarely brings her phone with us when we go out, and I typically refuse to answer while we're eating. For the life of me, I don't understand what is so difficult about "I'll call you back".

Seahawk · 05:57 AM

I got to live the dream this February. Cold but very sunny day...I'm driving back to work on a twisty, rural road going 50/55. The oil temp isn't even off the peg since I'm three miles from home.

Over a rise I am almost beak to beak with a huge SUV, blond-haired women talking on her cell phone, looking down...right out of central casting. Her SUV is half-way in my lane.

I avoid her, but I put the right rear tire off the road, which gets me spinning on the cold road. I don't think she ever saw me.

The result:

Pazuzu · 07-25-2008, 05:53 AM

My better half has to have one, because the medical board says she must be within reach for emergency contact within 30 minutes of the person calling, 24/7. So, she forwards her office emergency number to the cell. It's never rung once...no one calls a chiro for an emergency at midnight. However, she'd get screwed if she turned it off and someone did call.

Otherwise, it sits on the counter beeping because it has a perpetually low battery.