US Lawmakers are sick of people sitting on airplanes, talking about all sorts of private matters while waiting for the plane to taxi. After a round of story-telling on conversations they’ve overheard in the past, the House of Representatives has voted to upgrade the FAA’s ban on in-flight cell phone usage to “Permanent” status.
On one hand, I’ve felt their pain: a few plane trips ago, a girl three seats from me was proudly divulging how sick she’d been a week prior. I’ll spare you the nitty-gritty, but it involved poop and pants. On the other, it’s not everyone’s fault that a few people can’t remember to not talk about poop in public. Taking their cell phones away isn’t going to make them any more courteous.
Thank God they got this in before Nancy turned out the lights.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0808/House_Dems_turn_out_out_the_light_but_GOP_keep_talking.html
Why do people get so uppity about people on cell phones?
You are aware that people also talk to other people without cell phones and often it’s twice as annoying because you can hear two (or more) people talking.
Unless they are yelling “can you hear me now”, cell phone etiquette should be no different that normal conversion etiquette. Keep your tone down, easy on the swearing around kids, if you are in line or something, take care of those responsibilities first, then take care of your conversation. Pretty much the same in person or on a cell phone.
I admit, your Fall Out Boys ringtone is god damn obnoxious, and there are some places (the opera, fancy restaurants, funerals) where maybe a cell phone conversation is different than a normal conversation, but for the most part they are just talking to someone and you can’t hear the other person.
It is really funny to see how many people walk around in their daily lives with a cell phone stuck to their ear, and it is also annoying sometimes too, if they are in fact speaking too loud.
It is really funny to see how many people walk around in their daily lives with a cell phone stuck to their ear, and it is also annoying sometimes too, if they are in fact speaking too loud.