On Thu 07 Jul 2005 12:11:59p, sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 12:23:01 -0400, ~patches~ wrote:
>
>> He had a voice that you could help hearing, not quite yelling but
>> certainly not quiet.
>
> The combination of men and cell phones is totally annoying. They
> always raise their voice so everyone in the area can hear how
> important they *think* they are!

IMHO, women are just as bad and their voices are just as irritating. Pitch
makes up for volume in many cases.

Another place I resent cell phone use is in supermarkets where many
shoppers stay online the entire time they're shopping. If they'd keep
moving and stay out of everyone else's way it wouldn't be quite so bad, but
many often just come to an abrupt stop and continue talking. Makes me
wonder if they ever heard of a shopping list. What's even worse is a
parent carrying on a continuous cell phone conversation with kids in tow.
They exert absolutely no control over them at all.

It seems more common, in any venue, with people whose generation never knew
the absence of cell phone technology and their propensity for talking 24/7.
It's just as bad as those with mp3 players and the like, permamently
attached to their heads. They either can't or won't acknowledge an "excuse
me" and are oblivious to their surroundingss to the extent that they think
they're the only ones who exist.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974


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