Cellphones - UNusual usage..........?

[Alysser]

The stupidest place I have seen someone use their cellphone has to be in public bathrooms. They are pissing and talking on the phone. CAN'T IT WAIT! Seriously, what if they get up the phone falls in the tiolet??

Also, at a mall once I was washing my hands and a women was chnaging her babies diaper and talking on the phone. EWWWWW! There was stuff all over her hands and phone. Ew it was revolting.

Once my friends mom called her during class and she answered it and went outside to talk. WTF? lol your not supposed to use a cellphone in school. She got it taken away.

[catnapper]

I hate when kids at stores are ringing you up at the register on cell phones. My daughter's friend got kicked out a store for 6 months friday night ebcause the "manager" was on the cell while making his ice-cream cone. When he complained, she called security and they kicked him out!

Though like ES, I would be lost without my cell. I run my own business and when you are still a young company, you can't afford to miss one call. I often am scooping kitty litter at Petsmart's adoption center while discussing major design revisions.. I ask the person on the other end to either fax or e-mail the hardcopy of what they asked me to do just so I don't have to take notes. (then I quickly call home and tell Ashley to not pick up the phone since a fax is coming over )

My one client knows about the litter so he asks if I have a scoop in my hand or not. LOL

[dragonfly]

Here's my worst cell phone experience, it was when I was working at Petco still. This younger guy is there on his cell phone and he asks me to help him pick a better dog food than what he's using now. So I think o.k. he'll rap up the phone call and then I'll go ahead, but no he wants me to help him while he's still on the phone. The phone call is with his girlfriend by the way and they are having a big fight. Needless to say I learned more about their relationship than I needed to but he did get the better food for the dog.

Anyway, I think when it's business and you aren't being rude to anyone then you should take advantage of technology. And of course if it's an urgent call then answer. The thing I hate about cell phones is so many people are constantly on them. Like the people who use them in check out lanes or the guy in my story or people just walking down the street ignoring everything but their phone call, hello, real live flesh and blood person in front of you how about some honest to goodness human interactions. I think that cell phones are really starting to alienate people from one another. Think of all the chances for connecting to other people we are missing out on when we are constantly glued to our cell phone. Unless it's an emergency I always hang up or refrain from using it when there is a person with me.

Wow sorry for the novel, probably too much info, I guess it's kind of a peeve of mine.

[sasvermont]

Also,when driving to and from the office I must pass by the University of Vermont and Champlain College. As one could imagine, I see hundreds of students and teachers, but mostly students. How can I tell? That's a different thread topic, for sure. Later.

Anyway, 9/10 of the students are on cellphones and the ones not using the cell are tied to their IPODS! They all look alike! They dress the same - hair looks similar....sound familar anyone? I think its called peer pressure. And...belonging.....and so, I do understand the cellphone usuage situation and the IPOD etc. etc. it just isn't my generation. Do I have an IPOD? Yes. Do I have a cellphone? Yes. But I am just not tied to them. I have other habits to keep me company! Don't ask. And no, I don't smoke cigarettes.

[Joannie]

I live in California, need I say more?

[Cataholic]

At the hairdressers? Okay...it was me... a client wanted a 15 minute conference call at the same time I had a long overdue hair appointment.....

My sister...who lives outside Chicago...did a phone interview while we were having lunch outside in SoCal....

and some of you know from where I conduct many telephone interviews.(Please ignore the splash...I fell off my raft....)

Why not take advantages of technology????

As usual, I simply stare in AWE! I couldn't agree more. WHY is it soooo different, or more offensive to talk on a cell phone than it is to carry on a conversation with the person standing right next to you? You only get 50% of the 'noise pollution'. I really don't understand the ire cell phones raise in people.

[sasvermont]

Cataholic, I think my concern is that so many people cannot think straight as it is and to add another distraction, especially while driving a car etc. is scarey. I know that cellphones are here to stay, I just want folks to know that computers, cellphones, IPODS are not "their family" and they don't need to take them every where they go....or should I say, use them to the point of distraction from the main event...i.e. vacation...shopping...movies...dinner...

I carry mine with me all the time. I just don't use it unless it is really important. I know that some folks use it differently....as in calling home to ask...."shall I get the Skippy Peanut Butter" or the "store brand".....hey, live life dangerously and get Skippy.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

A memorable bus ride to work one morning.....woman having public row with hubby over the phone and he kept hanging up on her but every time the phone rang again she answered it and they carried on rowing......until...................... after 20 minutes of this...........I said "for crying out loud switch that ***** thing off " rather too loudly but to a round of applause from fellow passengers

[Cataholic]

Cataholic, I think my concern is that so many people cannot think straight as it is and to add another distraction, especially while driving a car etc. is scarey. I know that cellphones are here to stay, I just want folks to know that computers, cellphones, IPODS are not "their family" and they don't need to take them every where they go....or should I say, use them to the point of distraction from the main event...i.e. vacation...shopping...movies...dinner...

I carry mine with me all the time. I just don't use it unless it is really important. I know that some folks use it differently....as in calling home to ask...."shall I get the Skippy Peanut Butter" or the "store brand".....hey, live life dangerously and get Skippy.

I know. I wasn't really including you in the 'ire'uppers' category. It was more just of a general comment, as cell phones REALLY seem to irritate people, and I just don't get it. Bothersome noise, be it loud talking, loud mufflers, public 'rows' (he he he), or loud music, is rude. It isn't just loud cell phone conversations, right? BUT, some people (not you, SAS) seem to be prejudiced (LOL) against cell phone usuage. To me, if you ain't paintin' it ALL with a wide brush, you shouldn't paint the cell user, either.

I use my cell phone for everything. In the car, in the house, in the street, etc. I don't have a home phone connected anymore (though, I do have a line into the home for internet). For me, my cell phone has come in handy WAY more than it has been a hinderance.

[sasvermont]

Listening to a one-sided conversation is frustrating at best. One can only "imagine" what the other person is asking/saying. In a way, it is "TOO MUCH INFORMATION'...... to listen to couples fighting or Mom's arranging rides, etc.. Who cares what they want at the store....etc. etc. I don't care to know that much about a complete stranger's life.

I suppose we will all become accustomed to it at some point and then they (hehehehehe) will come up with a new item of distraction.

I think it's called "the old fart syndrome"...... hehehehehehehe

[Blue_Frog]

I almost got rear-ended last night by a Driving School Instructor ... talking on his cell phone. I shudder to think what he's teaching the kids in any of his classes!

On average tho, i generally dont care if people are talking on their cell phones -- except the car. Im on the road for about 2 hours a day worth of commuting, and almost get smucked into at least once a day by someone on a cell. This morning - a taxi driver. Last nite, a driving instructor and some girl in a cavillier who just started 'drifting', saw me, slammed the brakes and dropped the phone. *sigh-and-headshake*

[Freckles]

A girl dropped the phone.

A few years ago in Portland, EMT's were assisting a woman in a crashed car who explained, just before she died, she had dropped the phone then tried to retrieve it.

[Blue_Frog]

Originally posted by Freckles
A few years ago in Portland, EMT's were assisting a woman in a crashed car who explained, just before she died, she had dropped the phone then tried to retrieve it.

Yeah, i've heard of accidents like that too -- dropped cell phones, cigarettes, CDs, etc. Distracted driving = sooo dangerous!!

A couple months ago (or so), there was a woman talking on her phone who caused an accident - and when the paramedics turned up, they found her severed arm *still holding the cell phone*

http://www.wlextv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4449021

[elizabethann]

The other day I was at Barnes & Noble and this woman was talking sooo loud on her cell phone. Instead of listening to her stupid conversation, I should have thrown a book at her head....like War & Peace or something.

I don't have a cell phone. Though I've thought of getting those pay as you go ones for any emergencies in the car or out on a hike. But I find cell phones to be expensive. I think they're great if you have kids & you can keep tabs on them.

[Argranade]

I could have got one but then chose not too .

Here are some facts.

Did you know? Cell phone facts and figures...
40 million cell phones will be turned over annually
75% of cell phones are sitting in people's drawer's at home or at the office and end up going to landfills
250,000 tonnes of toxic material from e-waste end up in landfills
average household has between 2 to 3 cell phones awaiting disposal
cell phones use a dull metallic ore called "Coltan", this ore is found in major quantities in eastern areas of the Congo and mining occurs in the middle of endangered gorilla and other African animals and their habitats
cell phones contain toxic substances such as arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, copper, lead and zinc (some of these hazardous substances are a serious threat to the environment and public health).
there are 57 zoos that are participating in cell phone recycling.
any kind of cell phone (and pagers) will be accepted for recycling, even your old cell phone from 10 year ago

I hate those phone's now its desturbing animals habitat's.

Why is there Coltan in cell phones?

When refined, Coltan becomes a metallic tantalum, a heat resistant powder that can hold a high electrical charge.

These properties make it a vital element in creating capacitors, the electronic elements that control flow inside miniature circuit boards.

Tantalum capacitors are used in almost all cell phones, laptops, pagers and other electronic devices.