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Cell phones in public places

happygolfcartrider — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:53:28 GMT

Do you talk on your cell phone in a restaurant?

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151949 — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:46:27 GMT

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

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colliegirls — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:44:30 GMT

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!

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chickenbutt — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:34:56 GMT

No, it's rude.

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RedTop — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:03:53 GMT

I have never talked on my cell phone in a restaurant, although I have answered a text message. I did use my cell phone in the hospital lobby yesterday to call my husband, so he would know where to find me, as we waited on a patient to come out of surgery. I rarely use my phone for the purpose of actually talking.

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Peaches McPhee — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:12:18 GMT

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.

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Mom2Dogs — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:35:44 GMT

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

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stevieb — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:38:25 GMT

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.

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151949 — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:51:39 GMT

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.

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brii — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:57:27 GMT

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.

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seattlegirl98026 — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 21:01:45 GMT

Only if absolutely necessary. If I do, I am careful to not be one of those people who shouts into their phone and disturbs everyone around them. I find people having loud conversations on their cell phones in public very annoying.

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HisElk — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 22:55:49 GMT

On 9/30/2014 brii said:
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.

Same here, although if one of my kids sends me a text, I will respond.

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kittymomNC — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 23:10:38 GMT

It would be on a rare occasion for me to use my cell phone in public. There's not much that irritates me more than standing in line in a grocery store, or a department store, a bank, restaurant, wherever, and having to listen to someone's conversation. There is enough noise in the world, I would appreciate people being courteous enough not to invade my little bit of space with their unending need to be on a phone.

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happygolfcartrider — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 00:21:47 GMT

If I or DH get a call while in a restaurant we answer and walk outside to talk. If there is some one that has been talking very loudly on a phone I have my husband call my # and when I answer I loudly say " I am going outside to talk to you so I don't disturb anyone"

I shop in a few boutiques and consignment stores that have a sign on the door to please not talk on the phone while in the store. One sign actually says, we do not want to hear about your vacation, your children, your grand children, your job or how important you are so please do not talk on your phone in the store.

I don't mind the talkers that do not feel the need to yell and do not feel the need for everyone to hear their conversation.

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elated — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:38:03 GMT

My vet has a sign in their offices that are partitioned off for each patient that says no cell phones. Vet said while she was explaining to their client about the dog or cat--client would answer the phones and talk. People have gone off the charts with their cellphones.

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hckynut — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:45:04 GMT

I can't remember the last time I talked on my cell phone. If I remember correctly it was to call the power company when our power went out, and that was months ago. Since then I have dug out my old phone that plugs right into a phone wall jack now I don't even need my cell phone.

People that talk/text incessantly on cell phones have an addiction and some day they may come around to realizing it. Maybe even before they have to join CPA and take the steps necessary to relearn, how to live life without something they were not born with, attached to their ears and fingers.

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happygolfcartrider — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:26:56 GMT

I saw a woman in a grocery store checking out talking on a cell phone and she was trying to talk to the cashier too about a price on something. The cashier ignored her and she said are you listening to me? The cashier said no ma'am I am not I am listening to your phone conversation. Those of us in line applauded her.

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colliemom4 — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 14:11:05 GMT

No I don't. Once my husband and I were eating at Panera Bread and a man was speaking so loudly on his cell phone that it totally ruined my meal. I don't know what these people are thinking. They obviously aren't thinking or don't care. I gave him a "look" but he ignored it.

I hate being in stores and hear people blabbing their life stories away too. One day I was in Target, and a woman was giving very personal details about a situation she was going through and fighting with someone on her cell. I had to leave that area in the store and come back to it later lol.

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chickenbutt — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 18:49:43 GMT

On 10/1/2014 golfcartrider said:
I saw a woman in a grocery store checking out talking on a cell phone and she was trying to talk to the cashier too about a price on something. The cashier ignored her and she said are you listening to me? The cashier said no ma'am I am not I am listening to your phone conversation. Those of us in line applauded her.

That reminds me of a time, after I had gotten out of the career world. I had a gig running a small, individually-owned, shop. Often people would cruise into the shop with a phone on their ear yapping away. As soon as I saw this I would just back away from the counter. I figured I'd help them when they were done.

One such person gave me the 'uh, would you help me?' look and I just said 'I'd be happy to assist you as soon as you are finished with your phone call' and I stayed back until that time came.

It just got irksome trying to help people who couldn't let the, 99.999% of the time ridiculously frivolous, phone conversation go and expected people to help them in an area where you had to ask them questions, tell them stuff, etc, and you never knew if they were talking to you or the person on the phone. RUDE!!!

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Vamp — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 21:45:49 GMT

Only when necessary or when alone. And no shouting. It's rude to talk on your cell phone when you are with other people, unless it is absolutely necessary and relatively brief, but generally speaking, I have no problem with people talking on their cell phone in public.