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

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!

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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.

catefrances

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 too dont have a cell phone.never have, never will. if i am out of the house what makes someone think i want to be contactable? call the landline, leave a message and i'll get back to you, ok?

elmer

catefrances wrote:

i too dont have a cell phone.never have, never will. if i am out of the house what makes someone think i want to be contactable? call the landline, leave a message and i'll get back to you, ok?

What if you get lost in the outback? What about some Mad Max scenario? What if you spy an Indonesian invasion whilst out at the creek?

catefrances

elmer wrote:

What if you get lost in the outback? What about some Mad Max scenario? What if you spy an Indonesian invasion whilst out at the creek?

what if the indonesians see me talking onto a cell phone, think im part of the force sent to stop them and shoot me?

PearlJamaholic

this is great. when i first got my cell phone my 'friend' gave me all this crap about people that use cell phones. yet i never used the phone while in public, nor do i answer it when im in the middle of talking to someone in person, i just silence it, then get it later.

well he gets a cell phone cause this girl right....they didnt last 2 weeks. anyways the next time we went to the theater his cell rings, yep he answered and talked for like 10 minutes. i figured maybe it was important, cause i remembered the crap i got for just getting a phone. well i cant even count how many times he's been in lines at stores and was on the phone talking about nothing. he use to work at a gas station and that was one thing he ranted about all the time, people that acted like the cashier didnt exist because of their phones.

some people....funny how quick he changed his tune about cell phones after he got one. hes one of the rudest cell phone users i know. i mean you dont hang out with friends then talk on your phone the whole time.

cell phones are like the greatest machine to see how inconsiderate people are. i think we're really starting to see how selfish people really are, now that they have a chance to act this way all the time.

Cosmo

PearlJamaholic wrote:

this is great. when i first got my cell phone my 'friend' gave me all this crap about people that use cell phones. yet i never used the phone while in public, nor do i answer it when im in the middle of talking to someone in person, i just silence it, then get it later.

well he gets a cell phone cause this girl right....they didnt last 2 weeks. anyways the next time we went to the theater his cell rings, yep he answered and talked for like 10 minutes. i figured maybe it was important, cause i remembered the crap i got for just getting a phone. well i cant even count how many times he's been in lines at stores and was on the phone talking about nothing. he use to work at a gas station and that was one thing he ranted about all the time, people that acted like the cashier didnt exist because of their phones.

some people....funny how quick he changed his tune about cell phones after he got one. hes one of the rudest cell phone users i know. i mean you dont hang out with friends then talk on your phone the whole time.

cell phones are like the greatest machine to see how inconsiderate people are. i think we're really starting to see how selfish people really are, now that they have a chance to act this way all the time.

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Under the new rule, You get to punch him in the face.

PearlJamaholic

that rule should be passed into law.

i was at some sub shop the other week out of town and they had a sign no talking on cell phones while ordering. i think we'll see more of that soon. im almost ashamed to have a cell phone with the way most people act.

libragirl

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!

I see people doing it all the time and I thinks it's really rude.

InHiding19

yes this is possilby the most annoying thing ever along with shitty fucken drivers..............although just for the record they are cell phones not mobiles JK JK JK JK

Urban Hiker

I'm lucky in that where I work we have the upper hand. If some schmuck won't get off the phone to take care of business, I can send them to the end of the line.


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