Cell phones in public places

I talk on my cell in public places - however, I do not find it necessary to shout into my cell phone.

I see no reason to be on my phone in a public area. I do not want to hear other people's conversation so I do not use mine inside a building. If I need to make or take a call, I go into the hall or outside. Everywhere I go people are talking loudly on their phone, it makes me nuts!

No, it's rude.

It is only rude if the person is shouting into the phone. Otherwise, it is just another conversation between 2 people, that you overhear in a restaurant.

If that person is me or with me, I find it rude unless it is an emergency.

I make very minimal use of my cell phone when in public. For most things, and certainly for extended conversations, I find I can wait until I'm at home or otherwise in private.

Something odd - my DH will complain to the high heavens about other people sitting in a restaurant or other public place on their smartphones but he will sit there on his tablet, and he denies it is exactly the same thing.

I do not make it a habit to talk in public on my cell phone. That's why I prefer to text.

If I am in a restaurant, I would not be talking or texting unless there were some emergency.