Cell phones - HOW RUDE!

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My dw and I have a signal. If she calls and I don’t answer, then she can assume I’m occupied and can’t answer. However, if she immediately calls back, then I know I had better answer because it is important. This is about the only time I answer the phone when I’m in the middle of another conversation.
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Thats a pretty good idea. Put me and Debbie down for that system.
 
BamaRider said:
Yeah, if ya switch me over to take another call I’m gonna hang up. In the old days, ya use to get a busy signal and you’d say’ “Oh he must talking to someone, I’ll call back in a litlte while.” Since I keep my call waiting disabled, (if ya call me ya gonna go straight to voice mail, not gonna let ya cut in LOL) I’m curious. Have ya EVER told the first caller you’re not coming back? I mean why interrupt the conversation just to tell somebody you’ll call em back later? ROFLO. If they go straight vm they’ll know you’re already in a conversation.

So when somebody tells me hold on just a min, I usually say, "that alright tawk to ya later, or let em switch over and thein hang up. Now really when was the last time someone cut in on ya that absolutely had to tawk to ya RIGHT NOW?

Debbie has a good friend she says hard to have a conversation with cos someone is always clicking in.

But if Malia tells me its her elderly mother I’ll be patient, but outside of that I’m gonna let ya go LOL.

A cell phone ain’t got nuttin on call waitin. My :twocents:
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aw, not even if it were one of your caf pals calling you to say hello? :bighanky:

😃

No, I hear ya. I have a friend who every time I call, her husband is like right there, tickling her, yelling into the phone…it’s like…how old are we? lol

We should all write a phone book…get it, a phoooone book…of these silly stories. Ok, I’m too sleepy to go on. I’m getting punchy. 😛 Have a good night everyone.
 
BamaRider said:
In the old days, ya use to get a busy signal and you’d say’ “Oh he must talking to someone, I’ll call back in a litlte while.”

See, but a busy signal clearly meant “the phone is being used so the person you are trying to reach is not in desperate need of rescuing”:p:D

But if Malia tells me its her elderly mother I’ll be patient, but outside of that I’m gonna let ya go LOL.
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Oh boy, don’t let er hear ya call her elderly!!! Unless you call yourself that too:shrug: (she’s only 56)**
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Oh boy, don’t let er hear ya call her elderly!!! Unless you call yourself that too (she’s only 56)
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Hehehehe sorry. I forget how YOUNG some of y’all are arouond here. And yeah you mother is only a few years older then ME, but hey, you’re as young as ya feel and act right?
aw, not even if it were one of your caf pals calling you to say hello?
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Sharon if you were to *ever *call me, I’d take it. I’ll look at my screen “Whatevahgirl Callin” " Ohhhhhhhhhh better take this she’s prolly gonna scold me about sumptin I did on CAF."
or two to my hubby when he is sitting right across from me.
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What’d they say?
 
hasikelee said:
Hey…some stuff is better left unsaid…or in this day and age…better to text it! 😉 I’ve sent a text or two to my hubby when he is sitting right across from me. :love:
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I’ve done that with my BF - sometimes when we’ve been out with friends, and he’s being particularly sweet or kind, I’ve texted him a love note telling him how proud I am to be dating him. It makes him feel nice, without making anyone else feel uncomfortable, especially if we’re with single friends who wish they were dating someone.

My cellphone is always on, day and night. It’s the only phone I have (actually, I have two, but that’s a long story) so it’s the only reliable way to contact me. When I’m not in a position to take a call, or when the ring would disturb someone, I set the phone to vibrate. In Church, where I’d never “put God on hold” to take a call, I stuff it inside a glove or a package of kleenex so I can’t hear it vibrate (it’s quiet, but it might jingle some coins or something). Then it can still log the calls I miss, although I’ve never missed a call in Church so far.

I don’t answer calls on the can. I might answer calls in a restaurant, if the person I’m dining with wouldn’t mind. It’s common enough here in Korea to answer calls at the table. At work, I answer calls when I’m not in class. (I’m a teacher.) I do bring my phone to class because I use it as a clock, a stopwatch, and a calendar. If it rings in class, I ignore it. If the caller calls repeatedly, I’ll apologize to my students, answer it, and tell the caller I’ll call them back on my next break. I don’t wait for a reply - it takes all of ten seconds.

I admit that I answer the phone without thinking at 3am or whatever unreasonable hour it rings. It just doesn’t occur to me to ignore it. 🤷
 
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BamaRider:
But I hate call waiting worse then any cell phone. If I’m talking to you and you put me on hold to take another call I won’t be there when ya get back, even if you’re gone 5 seconds. Who ever is calling will just have to call back.
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Agree - if the other person ringing has an emergency its okay but otherwise not. And the person needs to come back this and tell methis quickly or I’ll hang up.

Another situation I loathe is sitting on the bus and HAVING to listen to someone’s conversation because they are talking so loudly. I have a 30 minute ride to and from work and there have been occasions when conversations have gone on that long.
 
As for the call waiting…in the NY Tri-state area the call-waiting will say the name and number of the person calling you. It can be annoying alittle bit in that it makes a booooop then says “You have a call from So and So from 31234143” but at least I can know in advance which call I will answer and which call I will ignore. 😛

As for the cell phones…grrrrr… I get very peeved by inconsiderate drivers talking on the cell. I remember one day my mother and I were crossing on the white pedestrian crossing lines that you will find in front of BJ’s Wholesale stores or any other department store. Well, some idiot did not even slow down and stop as you are suppose to do when pedestrians are crossing. He swooshed right by us, barely missing me and my poor mother who walks with her cane! :mad: Then he had the nerve to give us a dirty look as he swooshed his pathetic cell phone talking while driving self by! :mad:

But luckily I memorized his plates and reported the incident to the parking police. 😃 That will show him! :nunchuk:

Peace.
 
I have a cell phone and use it a lot, but the one thing I hate is when I’m at dinner with someone, especially when it’s my mom, and she keeps texting, calls someone, or answers a call. I kinda like spending that time with her, especially when it’s just the two of us, without interruptions.
 
BamaRider said:
But if Malia tells me its her elderly mother I’ll be patient, but outside of that I’m gonna let ya go LOL.

A cell phone ain’t got nuttin on call waitin. My :twocents:
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Guy, just so you know, Malia’s mom is your age :D. I still think it would be a good idea to wait for her to tell her mom she is okay and on the phone w/someone else.

Oh, and I don’t have voice mail on my home phone so unless I recognize the number I don’t take a call on call waiting, all it does for me is gives me a number to call back. You know if I am on the phone with a customer that person should be the most important person to me at that moment - the only people I will interrupt a call for is if my dh is out of town and he is trying to call me to talk to me so I let the person on the other end of the line know that I will call them back! I also take calls from my children when they call, usually it’s a gut reaction and I am usually right, they need me right then it is not a frivolous call. I do let others know before I switch them over.

I do like having my cell phone though and we never use the shared 900 minutes for 3 lines! The only one who remotely likes talking on the phone of the ones on the plan is my youngest daughter and she texts more than she talks. My husband is the other one who can chat for hours on the phone and he uses the cell phones because of the long distance features but you won’t catch me talking for more than five minutes on the phone no matter if I am on a cell phone or land line - phones are for business chatting is for in person!

Brenda V.
 
What you all need to do when you are in a line or near someone having a conversation you don’t want to hear is to take out your own cellphone and have a lounder conversation then they are. Or one with TMI about something.

I have a lound voice so that works well. It usually stops someone because they can’t hear their own conversation.
 
What you all need to do when you are in a line or near someone having a conversation you don’t want to hear is to take out your own cellphone and have a lounder conversation then they are. Or one with TMI about something.
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Yeah, but I’m kinda nosey. I like to listen in when someone is getting scolded.
 
BamaRider said:
Yeah, but I’m kinda nosey. I like to listen in when someone is getting scolded.
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Ditto that. If they didn’t want everyone knowing their business, maybe they shouldn’t carry on a conversation so loud the entire store can hear it:D
 
Anne1964 said:
My husband and I went out to dinner with a couple last weekend and they both read and sent text messages on their cell phones several time during dinner. We both thought it was rude.
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We were on vacation in the Cayman Islands last week and saw the same thing. The wife and I were having dinner in a nice restaurant – on the patio looking out over the sea – a beautiful romantic evening.

There was a couple at the table next to us. But they were together only in a literal sense. They both had blackberrys and both were engrossed in reading e-mail or texting or whatever. What a memorable evening for those two. 🤷
 
Funny, funny thread! Some comments come to mind.

If Miss Bonnie calls, and I don’t answer, I get yelled at. So I answer.

I don’t text. Period. Don’t know how, don’t plan to learn. If ya want to talk to me, talk to me.

I wouldn’t think of holding a cellphone conv while checking out of Wally World or ordering at Micky-D’s. There are times when someone approaches my guard position in a car, talking on the phone, and I tell them, “I’ll wait until you’re done with your conversation.” As for answering the phone in church, not gonna happen. Not from my end of the line.

On the other hand, I have no problems with holding a phoneconv in the john. I wouldn’t start one there, but I’ll answer a ring there. It’s not that difficult to avoid embarrassing noises, or in the case of some interlocutors, it wouldn’t matter.

DaveBj
 
I hate, hate, hate phones on ‘ring’ in the office…but even more than that when they’re ringing loudly and the person is not present! I have, on more than one occasion, either answered it saying ‘so and so’s phone, this isn’t so and so’ or shut off the noise. If it beeps for a missed call I will hit the button again to stop the noise. Don’t leave your loud cell phone in a place where other people are working if you don’t expect someone to do something about it! And what’s the point of a MOBILE cellular phone if you don’t take it MOBILE?!?

I also hate when my mom calls in the middle of the day and leaves me a vm saying ‘Jea9, it’s your mom (like I don’t know her voice?🤷 ), please call me back AS SOON AS YOU CAN’ and then when I call back she says, ‘did you hear who made the front page of the paper?’. Really? This is an important, middle of the day phone call that demands an immediate response? You can’t wait until 5pm? Seriously.
 
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