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Cell Phone Etiquette

olive59 — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:47:10 GMT

Ok - my pet peeve: cell phone usage in a public restroom! Not only is it extremely annoying to be a "captive audience" to someone else's conversation but I also feel as if MY privacy is being invaded. I don't want someone on the other end of the line being able to hear myself or anyone else in the restroom. There is also the chance that they are using "face time" and can see as well! I just think this is so rude, but maybe it's just me. I think so many people are inconsiderate everywhere with their cell phones. Just tacky to to me. Am I being old fashioned or do you think I have a legitimate gripe?

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Preds — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:50:13 GMT

I don't like it in public anywhere ... especially a bathroom.

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straykatz — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:50:40 GMT

No you are not being old fashioned...it's tacky and in very poor taste to talk on the phone while doing your business in the restroom - especially a public one...not mentioning the germs that are added to your phone as if it isn't already exposed to enough germs throughout the day..but to deliberately expose it to restroom germs is just..ewww....ewwww...ewwww!

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Clover29 — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:50:59 GMT

I think all cell phone calls sound like they originate from a restroom.

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serenity4ever — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:52:00 GMT

It's crude to me but then I am sure critics would say I am an old lady with provincial ideas about etiquette in general...

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Suziepeach — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:54:22 GMT

Seems a good percentage of people have lost sensibility and common courtesy with cellphone usage. No, olive, you aren't being old fashioned and have a legitimate gripe.

Tennessee is trying to get a only hands free law when behind the wheel of a vehicle - I sure hope it goes through. I'd love to see hands free for the entire United States.

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Mom2Dogs — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:54:47 GMT

most people do not practice cell phone etiquette.......I have no patience for those people and I will agree with serenity4ever.....I would probably be perceived about the provincial ideas as well, and I am proud of it.

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brii — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:56:03 GMT

It's just disgusting. Plus, it's risky - it might fall into the toilet.

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terrier3 — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:57:00 GMT

On 3/6/2014 Suzie said:
Seems a good percentage of people have lost sensibility and common courtesy with cellphone usage. No, olive, you aren't being old fashioned and have a legitimate gripe.

Tennessee is trying to get a only hands free law when behind the wheel of a vehicle - I sure hope it goes through. I'd love to see hands free for the entire United States.

NY has had hands free for YEARS!

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brii — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:59:56 GMT

Illinois went hands free January 1. I don't know if it's being enforced or not.

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raven-blackbird — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:07:22 GMT

""I don't want someone on the other end of the line being able to hear myself or anyone else in the restroom.""........... ummm how much noise do you make in a bathroom????......................raven

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missy1 — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:08:00 GMT

I lived without a cell phone, before they came out with them. The world functioned. People are so dependent on them.

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Suziepeach — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:11:01 GMT

terrier and briii, that's wonderful being hands free!! It should be mandatory all over, even a bathroom stall.. LOL what's next for the bathroom, seat belts?

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chickenbutt — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:11:48 GMT

They've had the hands-free only law in my state for some time, also. I thought that, by now, it was pretty much everywhere. I don't know to what extent it's enforced, though. I'm not one of those who are dependent on being connected 24/7, so I can actually drive from here to there without yapping on the phone the whole way.

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~moxie~ — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:12:25 GMT

On 3/6/2014 Suzie said:
Seems a good percentage of people have lost sensibility and common courtesy with cellphone usage. No, olive, you aren't being old fashioned and have a legitimate gripe.

Tennessee is trying to get a only hands free law when behind the wheel of a vehicle - I sure hope it goes through. I'd love to see hands free for the entire United States.

Hands free causes as many accidents as using phones that are not hands free. That is the new statistic that came out a couple weeks ago. Hands free drivers get in as many accidents as those that use cell phones. They are still distracted.

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raven-blackbird — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:18:26 GMT

On 3/6/2014 ~moxie~ said:
On 3/6/2014 Suzie said:
Seems a good percentage of people have lost sensibility and common courtesy with cellphone usage. No, olive, you aren't being old fashioned and have a legitimate gripe.

Tennessee is trying to get a only hands free law when behind the wheel of a vehicle - I sure hope it goes through. I'd love to see hands free for the entire United States.

Hands free causes as many accidents as using phones that are not hands free. That is the new statistic that came out a couple weeks ago. Hands free drivers get in as many accidents as those that use cell phones. They are still distracted.

see I have issues with the stats on that.........hands free is no different then having a conversation with someone in your car.......rather that's your kids, your hubs, a friend........if you want to play it that way, then we need a law saying only the driver in the car.........and that's a ridiculous notion..................................raven

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straykatz — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:23:05 GMT

On 3/6/2014 blackbirdraven said:
""I don't want someone on the other end of the line being able to hear myself or anyone else in the restroom.""........... ummm how much noise do you make in a bathroom????......................raven

You can't hide the sound of a toilet flush......there are also sounds that go with tinkling that definately separates its sound from running water....and so on.

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~moxie~ — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:24:09 GMT

On 3/6/2014 blackbirdraven said:
On 3/6/2014 ~moxie~ said:
On 3/6/2014 Suzie said:
Seems a good percentage of people have lost sensibility and common courtesy with cellphone usage. No, olive, you aren't being old fashioned and have a legitimate gripe.

Tennessee is trying to get a only hands free law when behind the wheel of a vehicle - I sure hope it goes through. I'd love to see hands free for the entire United States.

Hands free causes as many accidents as using phones that are not hands free. That is the new statistic that came out a couple weeks ago. Hands free drivers get in as many accidents as those that use cell phones. They are still distracted.

see I have issues with the stats on that.........hands free is no different then having a conversation with someone in your car.......rather that's your kids, your hubs, a friend........if you want to play it that way, then we need a law saying only the driver in the car.........and that's a ridiculous notion..................................raven

The most sophisticated of hands-free cell phone devices cannot stop distractions from occurring. Handheld or hands-free is not the issue in the use of a phone. Both kind of devices distract the driver, usually by the conversations they are having. The statistics bear that out.

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straykatz — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:24:55 GMT

On 3/6/2014 blackbirdraven said:
On 3/6/2014 ~moxie~ said:
On 3/6/2014 Suzie said:
Seems a good percentage of people have lost sensibility and common courtesy with cellphone usage. No, olive, you aren't being old fashioned and have a legitimate gripe.

Tennessee is trying to get a only hands free law when behind the wheel of a vehicle - I sure hope it goes through. I'd love to see hands free for the entire United States.

Hands free causes as many accidents as using phones that are not hands free. That is the new statistic that came out a couple weeks ago. Hands free drivers get in as many accidents as those that use cell phones. They are still distracted.

see I have issues with the stats on that.........hands free is no different then having a conversation with someone in your car.......rather that's your kids, your hubs, a friend........if you want to play it that way, then we need a law saying only the driver in the car.........and that's a ridiculous notion..................................raven

ITA....distracted drivers happen for many reasons....I believe the statistics of accidents caused by distracted drivers has increased significantly with the use of cell phones.

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Suziepeach — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:25:55 GMT

My husband's company has a hands free policy and when he's hooked up through the car, I make darn sure he pays attention to the road. I am his personal nagivator!