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I had a co-worker buy a cell phone jammer (illegal in the US), and turn it on during his commute time as he rode BART to and from the East Bay to downtown San Francisco. His stories of people scratching their heads, pulling out their cell phone batteries and putting them back in, etc were priceless.
I had a co-worker buy a cell phone jammer (illegal in the US), and turn it on during his commute time as he rode BART to and from the East Bay to downtown San Francisco. His stories of people scratching their heads, pulling out their cell phone batteries and putting them back in, etc were priceless.
I don't usually pick up the phone in a crowded, public place. I want to focus on the conversation when I'm on the phone and I find background noise distracting.
And, conversely, I would like to enjoy a conversation with the person I am with in person rather than someone I can't see.
I'm amazed at how many people apparently think bathroom stalls are sound-proof rooms. I have overheard the most hilarious, serious, and private, full-volume conversations in public restrooms. I'm talking about at Target and the grocery store, here, not even semi-private. The funniest part is when these folks come out of the stall to wash they're hands, they remember to use regular, polite, out-in-public tones of voice again! People are weird.
This person at work was on the toilet and talking to someone from their card's customer service dept. I tried to be as quiet as possible.
Just friday night we went to the restaurant and the people behind us got on their phone. On speakerphone! The whole room could hear them.
I talk on the phone but I try and keep it down. Its usually just because when I'm home with my family I don't really like to speak to anyone else.
I do hate when people talk loudly or argue with someone in public. Please don't talk about your medical abnormalities in the bathroom we can all hear you.
This is why I PRAY that they will never allow routine cellphone use on airplanes. Can you imagine listening to that for 5 hours?
In the early days of cellphones (and a lot of you are too young to remember when not everyone had one), there was always the VERY.IMPORTANT.PERSON in the restaurant/bar/airport who would talk on his cellphone LOUDLY, to make sure everyone knew just HOW very.important he was.
I hear conversations all the time on airplanes in between songs I'm listening to.
For a few minutes here and there having to listen to someone on the phone is no big deal. Chillax. Life goes on. Technology had changed the world.
If I had to work beside someone like that, then that would be a big deal.
I don't mind a shirt call, but a long intense phone call out in public where everyone can hear? Of course calling your buddy to find a meeting spot us no big deal. Fighting over how to settle a deceased relative's estate seems weird.
I think people should know what to keep private and many of the public convos are TMI.
I had a co-worker buy a cell phone jammer (illegal in the US), and turn it on during his commute time as he rode BART to and from the East Bay to downtown San Francisco. His stories of people scratching their heads, pulling out their cell phone batteries and putting them back in, etc were priceless.
It's really hard to do a phone call on BART. Lots of dead spots. I used to try to do conference calls (the ones where I was just supposed to listen) in the way. Then I became disruptive having to reconnect all the time.
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