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Ok no one deserves to die for it but I have often wanted to strangle the morons using their phones in the cinema! I once reached over and grabbed the phone off a guy in front and threw it down the aisle, very enjoyable! Frankly I'm amazed that cinemas have not developed some sort of sheilding to negate phones entirely, then they'd not have to show those little comedic reminders about phone usage.
Ok no one deserves to die for it but I have often wanted to strangle the morons using their phones in the cinema! I once reached over and grabbed the phone off a guy in front and threw it down the aisle, very enjoyable! Frankly I'm amazed that cinemas have not developed some sort of sheilding to negate phones entirely, then they'd not have to show those little comedic reminders about phone usage.
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it wasnt even done during the film - it was the bit at the start
i think people need to chill out about others using their phones
everyone loves to get offended and angry about it when its in a circumstance they perceive as being unacceptable - but the fact is people are generally entitled to use their phones whenever they want, and some need to learn to just ignore it.
on a train, just because you can only hear one side of the conversation does not make it any of your business, nor does it make it unacceptable - there is nothing anti social about it.
if two people were beside you talking, then how is that any better?
if the man had been texting during the actual movie and it was making little beeps or clicks with each keypress, and a tone with each reply then id understand someone being annoyed, but if its making no sound then the mere fact that someone is using their phone is no-one elses business.
i think people need to chill out about others using their phones
everyone loves to get offended and angry about it when its in a circumstance they perceive as being unacceptable - but the fact is people are generally entitled to use their phones whenever they want, and some need to learn to just ignore it.
on a train, just because you can only hear one side of the conversation does not make it any of your business, nor does it make it unacceptable - there is nothing anti social about it.
if two people were beside you talking, then how is that any better?
if the man had been texting during the actual movie and it was making little beeps or clicks with each keypress, and a tone with each reply then id understand someone being annoyed, but if its making no sound then the mere fact that someone is using their phone is no-one elses business.
I hate trains so avoid using them if I can. But last November I was coming back from London, on my own. I sat opposite to old biddies who wittered on for nearly 2 hours. But when I answered my phone, not loudly, they glared at me. I pointed out that they had been talking non-stop since we left Paddington, mostly about complete trivia. I had nobody to talk to and had sat patiently, reading my book, so why was it a problem when I talked on my phone for perhaps 3 mins ?
I was told that " well, thats not the point"
Daft old bats, I thought. Silently.
I was told that " well, thats not the point"
Daft old bats, I thought. Silently.
not sure that shooting the person is the answer, however i have a problem with morons with their mobiles who don't necessarily hold back on the info they give - personal details of the red faced kind, sitting next to someone on the bus, it always seems to happen, out comes the phone, tap tap tap, or yack yack yack, it's irritating, and if someone does that in the cinema it's rude and boorish. I go to watch the film, and listen to it, not some clod on the phone, and yes i have asked people to be quiet, if you pay a small fortune to go to the flicks the least one expects is to be able to enjoy the entertainment on offer.
same for restaurants, why is it necessary for anyone to do it, if its to check the babysitter ok, but half an hour or more of their dull uninteresting lives, no thanks.
same for restaurants, why is it necessary for anyone to do it, if its to check the babysitter ok, but half an hour or more of their dull uninteresting lives, no thanks.
I agree Mikey. I think it's because there's an instinctive/Pavlovian self-quieting when somebody else is on the phone, and people have a weird resentment towards other people for 'forcing' them into that.
Of course they fail to realise that talking on a phone is no different to just talking to a person next to you, so there's no innate need for people to quiet themselves down any more than usual.
Of course they fail to realise that talking on a phone is no different to just talking to a person next to you, so there's no innate need for people to quiet themselves down any more than usual.
having listened to a conversation by a Chinese woman for 40 odd minutes sitting not two feet from me, i can attest that it's an annoyance, had she been speaking in English it would have been no better, many screech into the phones in the mistaken belief that the person at the other end can't hear them. Sitting on public transport isn't much fun, but with some who are inconsiderate and absurd in the details they impart, who wants to know what the person had for breakfast, or slept with the night before.
two old ladies on the train, were they shouting because both were a bit deaf, no idea, but i do know people who yack on the phone in the cinema whilst the film is running, what's the point of going if that's the case.
Didn't Dom Joly do a sketch about this very thing, talking loud on mobiles
two old ladies on the train, were they shouting because both were a bit deaf, no idea, but i do know people who yack on the phone in the cinema whilst the film is running, what's the point of going if that's the case.
Didn't Dom Joly do a sketch about this very thing, talking loud on mobiles
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\\\\Of course they fail to realise that talking on a phone is no different to just talking to a person next to you\\\
Yes, I do empathise and listening to some "old bat" on a train journey can be frustrating and annoying, but usually, she is only talking to YOU.
When someone gets on the phone (including Mrs sqad) they tend to turn into a different persona and shout as if the person was one hundred yards away.....there is a different attitude and level of decibels.
The whole carriage is informed when Gereald phones the office...."Oh! hi! (public school accent) twenty minutes ETA, the MD is meeting me at Kings Cross, perhaps you could fax a copy of the contract to Stephanie.
I suppose the meeting will go on, cancel my appointments until tomorrow.Perhaps a spot of lunch now...see you"
That to the whole carriage is annoying and nauseating............
\\\\Of course they fail to realise that talking on a phone is no different to just talking to a person next to you\\\
Yes, I do empathise and listening to some "old bat" on a train journey can be frustrating and annoying, but usually, she is only talking to YOU.
When someone gets on the phone (including Mrs sqad) they tend to turn into a different persona and shout as if the person was one hundred yards away.....there is a different attitude and level of decibels.
The whole carriage is informed when Gereald phones the office...."Oh! hi! (public school accent) twenty minutes ETA, the MD is meeting me at Kings Cross, perhaps you could fax a copy of the contract to Stephanie.
I suppose the meeting will go on, cancel my appointments until tomorrow.Perhaps a spot of lunch now...see you"
That to the whole carriage is annoying and nauseating............
it is ^^
and i have had to listen to conversations of the most personal nature, one woman's visit to her doctor, the most intimate details, heaven help you if you want a repeat of that. I think most don't know that they yell into mobiles, same way people may have done when the telephone was a new invention.
and i have had to listen to conversations of the most personal nature, one woman's visit to her doctor, the most intimate details, heaven help you if you want a repeat of that. I think most don't know that they yell into mobiles, same way people may have done when the telephone was a new invention.
not trivial, annoying. personal space is at a premium, if you sit in a car away from the general public it won't matter, many don't have that luxury,
especially the getting on in years variety. And in the capital we are ever more cheek by jowl, and buses are more packed than ever as its a tad cheaper than travelling by tube.
especially the getting on in years variety. And in the capital we are ever more cheek by jowl, and buses are more packed than ever as its a tad cheaper than travelling by tube.
Emmie.....if someone is talking loudly on public transport and annoying you do this....doesn't matter whether it's a man or woman but works brilliantly when the man is talking to his wife....
Lean close to the phone and say...loudly of course....Oh darling! Put that blasted phone down and come back to bed.....☺
A man then trying to convince his wife he is on a train with a mad woman he has never met and not with a lover is far more entertaining than the conversation he was having before....☺☺
Lean close to the phone and say...loudly of course....Oh darling! Put that blasted phone down and come back to bed.....☺
A man then trying to convince his wife he is on a train with a mad woman he has never met and not with a lover is far more entertaining than the conversation he was having before....☺☺
The problem with mobiles is that people adjust the volume of their speech because of subconcious reactions to background noise. It is a natural subconcious reaction to assume that the person you are talking to cannot hear over background noise, whereas in fact, the background noise is only around the caller, the recipient cannot hear it, so there is no need to speak louder, but people do without thinking.
The concept was wonderfully illustrated by Dom Joly in Trigger Happy TV, and to this day, i cannot hear the Nokia ringtone without wanting to shout 'HELLO! ... YEAH...' at the top of my voice!
The concept was wonderfully illustrated by Dom Joly in Trigger Happy TV, and to this day, i cannot hear the Nokia ringtone without wanting to shout 'HELLO! ... YEAH...' at the top of my voice!
they usually show a message on the screen before the programme starts,
but the twitchers seem to have their fingers on the keypad raring to go, not sure why anyone would pay a small fortune to see a west end film, then tx throughout it. Going to the flicks was always a fun, interesting, informative even experience, not so much these days. Like reminding people to keep feet off the seats on public transport, you shouldn't need to remind anyone, it's anti social.
but the twitchers seem to have their fingers on the keypad raring to go, not sure why anyone would pay a small fortune to see a west end film, then tx throughout it. Going to the flicks was always a fun, interesting, informative even experience, not so much these days. Like reminding people to keep feet off the seats on public transport, you shouldn't need to remind anyone, it's anti social.
click click click, i had a few friends over for dinner once, one who did this, i didn't invite the person again, nor the person who took calls throughout the meal at another, if the person was a doctor perhaps on call it can be excused but what happened to thinking of others, i wouldn't do it, nor sit in the cinema clicking away or talking to the friend throughout, it's pointless to go and be entertained and then ignore what's on offer.
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