Originally Posted By amazedncal2 "Commander" that is hysterical!!! I'm not a huge fan but I do like to have the phone with me when I drive by myself (yes I pull over if I need to use it.) I often forget to turn the phone on or check for messages. I've just recently bought a phone with a qwerty as it took me 20 minutes to text a 2 line message The first thing I did was learn how to set it on mute and vibrate. I also like to have it when shopping with someone, in a mall or a place like Costco it's easy enough to make a quick "where in the heck are you?" or "I'm done at Macy's lets meet at Starbucks" call. For conversations I'd rather use my landline phone which is easier to balance on my shoulder/chin while I multitask. The thing I find MOST annoying is people who use their phones on attractions. We suffered through an entire loop on the DLRR as a man loudly made a chatty business call and then made a couple of calls to set up a babysitter so he and his wife could go to dinner the next week. His wife and daughters were with him for the ride but he wasn't with them. I don't get why he couldn't have just sat out the ride on a bench at the station and made his calls "in private." Also, what is with people needing to talk SO LOUDLY on their cell phones? DH's first mobile phone was in a carrying case, he also had to have an antenna installed in the van
Originally Posted By Tiggirl I don't care if you talk on the phone in line at the grocery store. I don't mind if you shoot a friend a text message while we're taking. But for the love of all that is good, PLEASE do not use your phone in the stall next to me in the public restroom!! Thank you. ~Beth
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< But for the love of all that is good, PLEASE do not use your phone in the stall next to me in the public restroom!! >>> You mean, you don't approve of this? <a href="http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/news/0908/gallery.office_etiquette_tips/index.html" target="_blank">http://money.cnn.com/galleries...dex.html</a>
Originally Posted By lilgoofymom >> Do cell phones interfere with implanted medical electronics?<< beamerdog, I have a pacemaker/ defibulater. I have never had any interference that I know of. I was told not to carry the phone in a shirt pocket near the device, and to use the opposite ear for my calls. I was warned in the literature that they gave me after the implantation, to not allow electronic devices to be nearer than 6 inches to my Pacemaker.
Originally Posted By Ursula I use my cellphone for my needs, not for other people's needs. I don't turn it off, but I do use the silent mode often. I purposely do not have email. If it is urgent, they can call me. If it isn't urgent, they can email me. Having been robbed twice now in 10 years, I feel so much better having a cell phone on me and charged all of the time. I like that anyone can reach me as well, if they find themselves in need. I couldn't even begin to count how many times a friend has texted or called me from Disneyland asking for directions or for restaurant help. But, there is a time and a place. You never text someone else in front of others, unless they've asked you to or if the person in front of you just gave you important info the textee needs to get. Plus, if it weren't for my cell phone and others, LP live would look pretty barren!
Originally Posted By Ursula And I do have a BlueTooth device but I don't know how it works so it just sits there in the box. Someday, I'll excercise my inner Uhura, though.
Originally Posted By lilgoofymom We use Trac phones in our family. Pay as you go really helps control usage. Our main use for our phones are emergency calls, ordering take-out, & texting when DD gets to where she is going or when she is headed home(she does not drive). We try to be respectful to others in regards to our cell phone use. The phones are turned off in theaters, & worship services.
Originally Posted By iamsally >>>>The thing I find MOST annoying is people who use their phones on attractions.<<<<< There was once a lady in front of us on Pirates. She blabbed on and on all through the Bayou and down the first drop; where I began singing YoHo at the top of my lungs. She finally shut up.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 >>>Someday, I'll excercise my inner Uhura, though.<<< LOL!!! Perfect! >>> where I began singing YoHo at the top of my lungs. She finally shut up.<<< LOL!!! Not that I'm in control or anything but if someone is on an attraction and they take a call and say "I'm on Splash, meet me at Haunted" and then end the call, that's fine. It kills the moment but if someones kid or friend is trying to find them it's better to acknowledge it that have a frantic kid It's also just a moment not a "when is the idiot going to stop yakking" feeling. Funny thing, I initially wrote "pick up the phone and Hang up the phone"..... How old school
Originally Posted By HRM if i may mix metaphors... Cell Phones are like the Apple in the Garden of Eden... Nice to have, but not really that necessary. We got along foy a very long time without phones in general, people survived, physically got together to communicate and socialize, and basically made do with the situation. Then came the cell phone. Great to have, and yes it did make communicating easier. However, it also gave people the free will when to use the cell phone, and the choice of how to behave when using the cell phone. People being people... Then of course there is the "Cell phone in America". The good USofA, where certain people they have the right to own a house, drive a car, and talk on the cell phone, otherwise their Civil Liberties are being infringed upon. And where kids have such a sense on entitlement, that the new i-phone is on this year's Santa must-have wish list (just like the Wii last year). My thoughts on a cell phone? Yuck! But it's here, and Pandora's box is open. Yes I have one. and i try to follow the same expectations I have of others when using the dang thing... It isn't easy, the devil is always there to tempt me, (excuse me - someone is trying to call)
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo When I commute an average of 90 miles each way, it is a necessity. People once lived without plumbing or electricity too.
Originally Posted By HRM To each their own... if someone chooses to live a certain way (without plumbing and/ or electricity) then that is ok by me... I need modern plumbing, especially hot water... having traveled overseas and visited some very poor provinces, I realized how much I "need" the convenience of flush toilets. What really amazed me was how some of these areas didn't have consistent telephone service via land line, yet people were very proficient on Cell Phones - many texting very fast without even looking at the phone.
Originally Posted By geniesjoy I think it's a great invention but just like many other manmade ones, it has it's pros & cons- like we all know. And it sure beats trying to find a phone in the park when you need to connect with your traveling partners,eh? I agree, I feel it is rude & inconsiderate to always be talking on the cell when dining, riding or trying to rest or sleep, especially when on vacation. It's like being in the funnest place on earth & living thru the "view finder" all the time & never really being in the present moment. Alot gets missed. But again---all in moderation & these devises can enhanse the trip.
Originally Posted By Faline --->It's like being in the funnest place on earth & living thru the "view finder" all the time & never really being in the present moment. Alot gets missed.<--- geniesjoy I needed to be reminded of that simple thought. Thank you so very much. I am very guilty of doing just that. I don't want to miss the beautiful moments along the way.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney My dd had Jr. High orientation today. The on-campus cop said there are three things which, done away with, would make most of the problems at the school disappear: 1. MySpace 2. The "B" word and 3. Cell Phones. They can be a good thing to have in an emergency, but certainly have been used way too much and in rude and/or hurtful ways.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb That's far too simplistic. Of those 3 we only had the B (not really used that often) and our Jr Highs had problems. My sister was almost beat up just because one girl didn't like her. No Myspace or cell phones at all.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney I was almost beat up in Jr. High too because a boy who didn't like me spread lies about me and told a girl to beat me up. When I explained the truth to her she was mad at him! I agree it was far too simplistic, but I do think that those two cause a lot of problems that are MUCH more detrimental long term then anything we had to deal with in Jr. High (before internet and cell phones).
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I don't use my cell phone all that much. Most of the time I leave the house, I don't even think about having it. Last night we went to an outdoor concert in the park last night, and the band played a Journey song. Instead of holding lighters aloft, which was a traditional response for many years to a rock ballad, the crowd held up their cell phones. All these little blue screens in the night was kind of cool. But mostly, I was amazed people were able to refrain from texting for three or four minutes.
