In article >, Ranee
Mueller > wrote:
> In article >,
> (Dan Abel) wrote:
>
> > So for those of you who hate cell phones in restaurants, would they be OK
> > if people used a normal voice?
>
> More so. The other part of it is the ringing, though. If it were on
> vibrate, so nobody else had to hear it that would be better. I also
> feel for their companions, because they are being ignored so this person
> can have a (usually) trivial phone conversation. Even if the ringer
> were off, and the person were speaking in a normal tone, I would be
> offended if s/he answered every call and ignored me to talk about
> idiotic things throughout dinner.
I certainly agree with your last comment. However, I've read a whole lot
of complaints about cell phones in restaurants on this group, but every
single complaint involved somebody at another table, and not one single
complaint involved a person at their own table. Coincidence?
--
Dan Abel
Sonoma State University
AIS