[djmcmath]

I'll play DA: I don't mind at all of someone uses a normal level of voice on their cell phone in the restaurant, or if they can still get through the checkout line expeditiously while yammering away. If they can manage to drive and talk at the same time, good on 'em. OTOH, if they can't follow simple common sense guidelines of human courtesy, that's definitely across the line. Maybe I'm biased, because I'm always on call for my job, so I absolutely have to have my cell phone on all the time.

My personal cell phone peeve? Someone's phone goes off in a meeting, or church service, or movie, or whatever. That's pretty obnoxious in it's own right. But the expert jerk will ignore it. People sitting nearby will ask "Is that your phone ringing in your purse/coat/pocket?" and received the dumbfounded "I don't know what you're talking about" look while the phone rings "The Entertainer" over and over again. Then finally, there's a silence while the caller leaves a message, followed by an equally obnoxious "You have a new voice message" sound. Aargh.


Dan