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MIKERAPHONE
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 301 Location: Bury..home of the World famous Black Pudding!!
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject: People In restaurants |
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Next time you are having a meal just look round at other diners.
WHY?
To see how many have their mobile phone on the table.
Between courses they don't chat to those round the table they check for messages or send a text.
Just strikes me as really rude.
My phone stays in my pocket only to be answered if it rings. _________________ The Voice of reason in a MAD MAD world |
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Toggy tea slurper Guest
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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I've noticed that too, I rarely use my phone, it's a rackety old thing that I just keep with me in case of emergencies. Most of the time it's turned off, I never turn it on in a restaraunt or cinema, I think it's so bloody rude. |
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Ian Robinson Site Admin
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 3609 Location: Chorley, Lancashire
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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People are obsessed with mobiles and can't leave 'em alone. Really annoys me in the cinema.
I was in a meeting the other day, and everyone knew it would be rude to answer - sadly this meant they just kept bleeping for hours... |
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MIKERAPHONE
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 301 Location: Bury..home of the World famous Black Pudding!!
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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Ian there was a programme a couple of years ago.
It was a young woman who was a haidresser.
She said She could not live without her mobile.
She even put it under her pillow just in case.
SO SAD.
How did we manage years ago?
Also when was the last time you saw someone in a red public phone box.
As rare as rocking horse droppings i would imagine _________________ The Voice of reason in a MAD MAD world |
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Dutchy
Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 5
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 6:19 pm Post subject: mobile phones |
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I agree with you all, they are handy for emergencies etc but nowadays people walk around with them all the time! Maybe we missed a lot of important calls before we had them!
I was at a Springsteen concert, fantastic weather, open air, really enjoying the concert, a young girl next to us did nothing but text all the evening! I couldn't believe it!!! I don't think she even knew who was singing never mind what he was singing! The price the tickets are today she could have switched her phone off and enjoyed listening to Bruce! I did! _________________ Dutchy |
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gfloyd
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 4861 Location: Here, There, Everywhere.
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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People who watch their mobile phones constantly in company are sending out the signal that they would rather be somewhere else than with the people they are with at that moment. _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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Ella Sailyour
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 579 Location: Marbella, Spain
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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Another thing I consider to be rude (and a bit chavvy) is when - as occurred to us in a nice country pub restaurant early yesterday evening - a couple sat to eat. The guy, who was in his mid/late 30s, wore a stupid looking baseball cap throughout the whole time they ate, he drank beer from the neck of a bottle (obviously not worried about what the rats do on the necks of the bottles when they run across the top of the crates) and was constantly talking on his phone and texting.
And he was talking loudly.
Mr. S. referred to him as "an ignorant pill-ock" and I think that adequately sums up the selfish young man!
Ella
NB to Mod: Why on earth is the word "pill ock" in the Word Censor? (I inserted the dash and the space in order to get past it). _________________ This week's $64,000 question: Why am I so gorgeous, possums? |
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treasure
Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 133 Location: over the rainbow
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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Where I work we are not even allowed to have phones switched on for security reasons. A day without buzzes, beeps or infuriating ringtones is bliss.
Who needs 24/7 contact I certainly don't. We managed perfectly well without it BMP (before mobile phones) _________________ treasure
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. |
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Cherskiy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 3701 Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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Mine's just for emergencies - when I can get a signal half-way up a mountainside, that is.... can't stand the damned things otherwise.
I see people in our staff canteen on their breaks playing with them, downloading ringtones and trying to outdo each other with the latest wallpaper and cheesy music. Life seems to revolve around them, folks waiting for the next message from a friend - obviously they must be terribly insecure or extremely attention-seeking. Mostly it's just a vehicle to show off by talking in stage whispers about some 'great' thing they are doing later on, or something they're bragging about buying, wearing or drinking. Hurrah. _________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
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Toggy tea slurper Guest
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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I'm so glad to read this thread, I thought it was just me who found mobiles annoying.
I really really hate it when people use them in cinemas, theatres, etc, it is so ignorant and selfish. I just can't believe that people just can't live without their mobile for a couple of hours, I find it rather pathetic really. |
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treasure
Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 133 Location: over the rainbow
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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Toggy tea slurper wrote: | I'm so glad to read this thread, I thought it was just me who found mobiles annoying.
I really really hate it when people use them in cinemas, theatres, etc, it is so ignorant and selfish. I just can't believe that people just can't live without their mobile for a couple of hours, I find it rather pathetic really. |
I drive past a school on my way to work and the kids all seem to have phones glued to their ears. Who on earth are they talking to at 7.30 in the morning. Can it really be important? _________________ treasure
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. |
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Ella Sailyour
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 579 Location: Marbella, Spain
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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One thing I like about flying (and I do rather more of it than is good for me) is that you're not allowed to use mobiles. Lovely.
Mind you, I can't imagine how intolerable it would be if airlines like Ryanair allow the use of the things on their flights (even if it will cost a fortune). It will be like on a commuter train into/out of London only we'll be truly captive!
Ella _________________ This week's $64,000 question: Why am I so gorgeous, possums? |
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AndyAndy2 RAJARed Member
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 548 Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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My mates are all in their thirtees and insist on texting me when they know I'm in the house!!!
As soon as I get in from work, the mobile get's switched off and put in me bedside drawer.
So at 8.30ish, I'll get a call: "Oi!! why you ignoring me, I've sent you three texts!!"
Why the blooming heck don't they try the house phone and actually speak to me?!! _________________ Some say he once threw a microwave oven at a tramp and that all his potted plants are called 'Steve'.....all we know is, he's called 'The Stig!'. |
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childprufe
Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 212 Location: lincolnshire
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:49 am Post subject: |
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The thing I find most irritating is the "call waiting" facility. How rude is it to say, "I'm sorry, there's someone else waiting to get through."
The only answer to that is "That's allright, I was hoping to go for a pony, but talking to you was slightly better." _________________ Standing on Ray Moore's shoulders |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:58 am Post subject: |
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Ella Sailyour wrote: | Another thing I consider to be rude (and a bit chavvy) is when - as occurred to us in a nice country pub restaurant early yesterday evening - a couple sat to eat. The guy, who was in his mid/late 30s, wore a stupid looking baseball cap throughout the whole time they ate, he drank beer from the neck of a bottle (obviously not worried about what the rats do on the necks of the bottles when they run across the top of the crates) and was constantly talking on his phone and texting.
And he was talking loudly.
Mr. S. referred to him as "an ignorant pill-ock" and I think that adequately sums up the selfish young man!
Ella
NB to Mod: Why on earth is the word "pill ock" in the Word Censor? (I inserted the dash and the space in order to get past it). |
If that place had rats in it, did it get closed down?
Re 'NB to mods': try writing a message about the family of fish of which goldfish & Koi's are a member of & see what happens! _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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Ella Sailyour
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 579 Location: Marbella, Spain
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:14 am Post subject: |
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Lord Evan Elpuss wrote: | If that place had rats in it, did it get closed down? |
That's not what I was getting at. The stacking yards at breweries, distribution centres and even yards of pubs attract rats which crawl over crates and pee on the bottles. I used to work for a brewery company years ago and we used to watch them. People who drink beer from the neck of a bottle are stupid - really stupid!
Ella _________________ This week's $64,000 question: Why am I so gorgeous, possums? |
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