Dave Smith wrote:
> George wrote:
>>
>>
>>> And that can be done in 15 seconds or less. It is the loudmouth
>>> that talks on the phone for 20 minutes and is disruptive that is
>>> the problem, no matter the place.
>>>
>>>
>> Unfortunately like most things a few give everyone a bad name. I put
>> my phone in manner mode or just turn it off when in a restaurant
>> etc. That way I can look at the CID and go outside to call them back.
>
> That is a hard one to judge accurately because we really have no idea
> how many people are packing cell phones. You would not likely know
> that I have one, because it is rarely turned on, I don't use it while
> driving and I don't use it around other people. If I need to make a
> call I slip outside to do so. I am sure there are lots of others who
> do the same. Then there are those who think they are too important to
> turn theirs off or like to think they look important with them. And
> then there are those idiotic chatterboxes who can't exist without a
> phone glued to their ears.

Speaking of glued to their ears, what about those ridiculous EarBud phones
that go IN the ear? I was at the grocery store one day and a woman said,
"Hi!" and I replied "Hi!" before I realized she'd just gotten a phone call
and wasn't saying hi to me. She had one of those things stuck to the side
of her head. LOL

Jill