public transport and mobile phones
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Yea, can never see it clearly enough.
Completely agree with original thread. Why on earth can people not go out without having to be in touch with their friends every second of every minute of every day? Surely it would be only a small concession to civil mindedness to turn your phone off for the duration of a bus ride? I could understand it if these people were brain surgeons or similarly important people, but they're not. They're just a bunch of self important nobodies with more money than brains.
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Would it be much different than two people talking to each other?
Their phone. Their business.
I think the real problem here is people moaning because they don't have any friends of their own to phone them?
This happened a few years back....I was on the bus going into town, car was in the repair shop and I thought "why not take the bus!" During my bus ride, I received an important phone call from my missus regarding her mother that was taken ill. I obviously took the call (heck, I'm not that mean, even though I hate her mother!) and was part way through my conversation when I heard a voice about half way back from the train say "Will you shut the **** up!!" He may or may not have aimed it at me because I was obviously not the only one making noise.
Nevertheless, I paused part way through my phone call and turned to get eye-contact with the 15 year old mouthy git and calmly said "Say that again.....go on, I dare you. Say...that...again!" His eyes were as large as saucers and he promptly got off at the next stop. Never uttered a word.
First point: he had no right to say what he said. It's a free country and I have every right to take whatever the hell kind of phone call I please whilst on the bus. If someone else doesn't like it, they're welcome to **** off
Second point: teenagers are normally the most obnoxious members of society, especially in large groups (more specifically, I believe the term for a collective gathering of animals is a pack.)
Third point: if everybody just chilled out some and relaxed, we would have no problems! It's always the stressy buggers who end up getting everyone else's backs up.
Fourth point: when you talk to anyone under the age of 20, be prepared. The MK1 keyboard in the shoulder holster concealed under a trenchcoat works well here.
I think the real problem here is people moaning because they don't have any friends of their own to phone them?
This happened a few years back....I was on the bus going into town, car was in the repair shop and I thought "why not take the bus!" During my bus ride, I received an important phone call from my missus regarding her mother that was taken ill. I obviously took the call (heck, I'm not that mean, even though I hate her mother!) and was part way through my conversation when I heard a voice about half way back from the train say "Will you shut the **** up!!" He may or may not have aimed it at me because I was obviously not the only one making noise.
Nevertheless, I paused part way through my phone call and turned to get eye-contact with the 15 year old mouthy git and calmly said "Say that again.....go on, I dare you. Say...that...again!" His eyes were as large as saucers and he promptly got off at the next stop. Never uttered a word.
First point: he had no right to say what he said. It's a free country and I have every right to take whatever the hell kind of phone call I please whilst on the bus. If someone else doesn't like it, they're welcome to **** off
Second point: teenagers are normally the most obnoxious members of society, especially in large groups (more specifically, I believe the term for a collective gathering of animals is a pack.)
Third point: if everybody just chilled out some and relaxed, we would have no problems! It's always the stressy buggers who end up getting everyone else's backs up.
Fourth point: when you talk to anyone under the age of 20, be prepared. The MK1 keyboard in the shoulder holster concealed under a trenchcoat works well here.