people who talk on the mobiles while buying things / at the counter

Hinny

One of these days, I'm gonna try walking in and doing something on the wi-fi laptop plus talking to someone on the bluetooth earpiece while ordering something at the counter, just to get a response from the server

catefrances

an extreme lack of respect. everyone you do transactions with deserves your attention. and that includes apu at the quickie mart and the bus drivers.

i hang up on people if im talking to them on a landline and they answer their cell phone. if it's so important the other person will leave a message... i'm here now so talk to me or take your leave.

one time i was walking down t he shops with my eldest and we were deep in conversation and her cell rang. she answered it without hesitation so i stopped walking. she told the person she'd call them back.

SENROCK

catefrances wrote:

one time i was walking down t he shops with my eldest and we were deep in conversation and her cell rang. she answered it without hesitation so i stopped walking. she told the person she'd call them back.

hahaha i love that!

vedder_soup

doin'the-evolution wrote:

hahaha actually it was here first and then msn....

:eek: and i thought we were friends... :(
no more buying you drinks if we manage to sneak you into bars on tour!

JaneNY

Well it kind of goes both ways, because I have had the experience plenty of times that the checkout person is conversing with another checkout person or the bagging person while handling my purchases, talking about their dates or something, as if I'm not even there. If people get that treatment, I can see them having no problem with being on a cell phone while purchasing stuff. I'm sure you don't do this, but maybe that's why the person you experienced was taking care of business on the phone while checking out.

kh65

Yes, I have one. But I look forward to shutting it off. I will not use it while driving. I hate using it around other people, because they don't need to hear my private conversations. It is a convenience not a necessity! Before we had them we got along just fine with pay phones, etc. WTF is so important that you have to be on the phone all the time, anyways?

Collin

kh65 wrote:

Yes, I have one. But I look forward to shutting it off. I will not use it while driving. I hate using it around other people, because they don't need to hear my private conversations. It is a convenience not a necessity! Before we had them we got along just fine with pay phones, etc. WTF is so important that you have to be on the phone all the time, anyways?

I got a cell phone for my birthday and wasn't exactly happy about it. Can't find a regular pay phone anymore, though. I mean the ones where you put coins in...

TransplantedNewf

At my retail job, i don't serve people when they're on the phone. I always say, "I'll help this person (whoever's behind them) while you're busy." The person on the phone either shoots me a look of disgust and hangs up the phone or is so stunned that i sadi something that they just move out of the way.

haffajappa

JaneNY wrote:

Well it kind of goes both ways, because I have had the experience plenty of times that the checkout person is conversing with another checkout person or the bagging person while handling my purchases, talking about their dates or something, as if I'm not even there. If people get that treatment, I can see them having no problem with being on a cell phone while purchasing stuff. I'm sure you don't do this, but maybe that's why the person you experienced was taking care of business on the phone while checking out.

ummmm... i dont think that was the case
perhaps... in one or two situations, but... i dont think that theory would count for all people who do it. and it does happen a lot

roar

we used to get upset with people talking on their cell phones during the morning rush at starbucks. (because it held up the line)

we'd zero in on the perp and fill every blender with ice and let them go...
turn on the grinders...and steam some half and half.....

it usually got them to end the conversation.

haffajappa

roar wrote:

we used to get upset with people talking on their cell phones during the morning rush at starbucks. (because it held up the line)

we'd zero in on the perp and fill every blender with ice and let them go...
turn on the grinders...and steam some half and half.....

it usually got them to end the conversation.

hahahaha.. i've done that with a keycutting machine... but i warned them first!

decides2dream

yes!

VERY annoying!
when i used to work retail it used to drive me nuts too. seriously, if all i am doing is ringin you up...fine.....no questions. still a bit rude imo but whatever. however, when i am going through a lengthy and detailed custom order for you......:mad: gggggrrrrrrrrrrrr. get off the fucking phone! i am trying to help you with things you want!


so yes...i feel for you, truly.


quite honestly, i cannot stand when ANYone answers their cell out at restaurant with me either. sure, emergencies..i understand...but i have yet to witness an emergency. we're out sharing a meal and conversation....i don't want to sit and watch you chat on the phone. luckily, anyone who spends time with me knows this.

JordyWordy

if a simple transaction that requires no talking, then whatever. wont stress over it.

on a bus/train/etc is okay if its brief or to the point. BUT if its an ignorantly loud rant to someone about nothing in particular (ie can clearly wait till not in a cramped space with strangers) then no, that shit is just annoying!

restaurant is a big no no.

fuck

Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:

And then, at the end: "K. Bye, mom."

hahaha

meme

Collin wrote:

More than half of the time I don't pick up my cell phone because I'm doing something which I deem more important e.g. buying something in the store, sitting on the train, walking, listening to music...

That's how I feel about mobile phones, too. Unless it's my son's school with an emergency, it can wait and I can call back when I am bored

Cosmo

doin'the-evolution wrote:

as someone who works 2 jobs in customer service, this drives me NUTS...
especially when there is a line up of people, and i'm trying to ask them questions (especially when i'm working at the post office, but it happens at my other retail job as well)

by now it bugs me so much that i'll just up and help another customer behind them on a seperate till (if one is available) or i'll just continue on asking questions as if the cell phone isnt existent - i dont care if i'm interrupting them or not. of course there are exceptions, but most of the time its just plain rude.

ahhhh!
i just had to get that out after serving that last customer, who would actually start asking me a question, stop in the middle and talk about something on his phone, then start asking me again, and stop, and start and stop ....and start and stop!

...
People need to come to the realization... You ain't that fucking important. Hang up the goddamn phone, asshole.

eyedclaar

Cosmo wrote:

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People need to come to the realization... You ain't that fucking important. Hang up the goddamn phone, asshole.

Agreed. I might be the only person left in this country to not own a cell phone. Never have, never will. I don't want to talk to anyone that badly, and I certainly don't want people talking to me. Why make it easier?

Collin

eyedclaar wrote:

Agreed. I might be the only person left in this country to not own a cell phone. Never have, never will. I don't want to talk to anyone that badly, and I certainly don't want people talking to me. Why make it easier?

I was so pissed off when I got one for my birthday. Sure, it can be convenient at times but most of the times I don't use it, Í don't pick up and I rarely call people with it.

I mainly use it as an alarm clock and a ... clock.

I just don't really need it.

elmer

It vexes me time and again being forced into hearing some hyena zapping exhortations into his or her mobile onboard a train, I'd like to snatch the dense little slab outta their palm and annihilate it.

It's good to possess one for assurance though. I get asked: "What's the point in having a mobile if you have it off?".

Cosmo

What can these people be saying... that is so damn interesting? I mean, I get the whole... "I'm running late... l'll be there in 45 minutes." thing... but, I have heard some of the most inane sentences ever uttered by some tool on a fucking cell phone.
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New Rule: Some dickhead is yaking away on a cell phone and interferring with you... you get to punch him/her right in the face.