Cell Phone Screamers

LOL! "Yes, I can! Now will you shut UP"! :D

it seems the smaller the phone the more loud they get. It's like watching someone talk to a blind person. They are blind not deaf.

And why do they always do it in a place where it's supposed to be quiet? Two years ago my daughter had to attend a ceremony because she was getting an award from the county for having good grades. well, this woman across from my husband and me didn't have enough decency to turn off her cell phone, or at least down, so it rang. ANd it rang loud just as the principal was making his speech. Instead of maybe getting up and going outside to have her conversation she decided to carry it on right there, during the ceremony. I could have strangled that woman.

@grits4ever: LOL! It's almost like, the smaller the phone, the less the person can believe that it's capable of picking up their voice.

@nicoleal20: That's awful! It's like they're saying, I'm more important than anyone else here. Well, unless you're the president or something, shut the damn thing off!

@Polly: Those Bluetooth things confuse me. I never know if people with those things stuck in their ears are talking on the phone or to me. I guess we can take some small pleasure in the fact that when they are alone and talking into those things, they look insane.

@humblecookie (if your applause is for me): *bows* :)

Just another instance of individuals lack of consideration for others. Too many people these days have no concept of their own duty towards the effort we could ALL make to co-habitate peacefully. More and more selfish individuals only satisfy their own immediate needs without considering their affect on others. Sometimes these people only need a gentle reminder that even they, as invisible and inconsequential as they may feel, can still help in the big task of greater social awareness.

Download the PDF file and print your own SHHH! cards. It's a polite, discreet way to remind people to keep their cell phone conversations private.

http://www.coudal.com/shhh.php

Another creative solution is to interrupt them and ask for directions in broken English as if you were from another country. When I'm in a store and someone is talking loudly on their cell phone, I pretend they don't exist and make no effort to avoid bumping into them or cutting them off (and they act all indignant like I'm the one with the problem). Mostly, I just wear earplugs and pray my latent super powers will manifest as lightning :)

D00d, I agree...and wonderfully put. If everyone just had a tiny bit of consideration for others, it would go a long way toward making this world a nicer place in which to live.

Thulerack, those cards are great! :D "Put A Cork In It"...bwahahahaha!! Thanks for the link. You've performed a critical public service today! :)

I admire your proactive stance on annoying the screamers back, but with my luck, if I tried that I'd get sucker punched! Until then, I'll just have to pray for super powers like yours or invest in a some kind of high-tech jammer that can be easily concealed... ;)

The French have sense. In their trains there is a sign on the wall to say switch off your phone. But you can make it into a game. On the way to work, I hear a phone ring. As soon as I hear this I try to say "I'm on the train" before the person has time to answer the call. You score one point for every "I'm on the train" you hear. My record is NINE times for one journey.

Best story I heard was about an opera singer, who, when someone was talking loudly on their phone, began to sing. When the person on the phone complained, she said "So you feel like talking loudly on your phone? Well, I happen to feel like singing!" It probably made her feel a lot better.

DGLB: I wish I'd been there to see the opera singer. That must have been PRICELESS! :D

CM: There are always extenuating circumstances like that. Hey, drop outs happen! Sometimes you have to shout to get through. And I would never be upset at anyone yelling into a cell phone in an emergency or anything like that!

I was in the doctors waiting room one day when a "lady" started talking very loud into her cell phone. After at least ten minutes, I turned around and started saying things like "really? oh my god! Then what?" "yea, yea then what?" and "what was that part I missed that?". By the end of the phone call she was so angry, she hung up and I said to her" Well I thought if I was going to be forced to be a part of your phone call I should at least pay attention, you never know when there might be a quiz at the end". She got right up and left the office missing her appointment.