WHY DO WE RESENT PEOPLE USING CELL PHONES IN PUBLIC?

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WHY DO WE RESENT PEOPLE USING CELL PHONES IN PUBLIC?


[+] ballot by Cathexis
created Mon Oct 04, 04

Why does the sight of someone using a cell phone in public provoke such a strong sense of indignation and outright anger in so many of us?

When you think of it, is the level of our reaction really correspondent with what they're doing? But there is something about seeing this that really irks us ... why?

Dissonance in seeing a formerly private act performed in public
Seems rude/dismissive of others
Imposition of loud conversation
Used to be considered pretentious
They pollute environment and atmosphere.


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COMMENTS:
I see red when someone almost causes an accident on the highway because they can't wait till they get home to tell susan how terrible jenny looked a work today, or other various pieces of vital info.
by lowerclassbrats on Mon Oct 04, 04 9:29am [+]

"HELLO?"
"EH?"
"HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?!"
"YEAH, I'M IN THE SUPERMARKET RIGHT NOW!"
"I'LL CALL YOU BACK!"
"CIAO!"
Fucking pretentious fuck-witted wankers.
by Les6Hithe6Wins6Again on Mon Oct 04, 04 9:33am [+]

Often some cell-phone jerk at a table in a nice restaurant, at a craft fair, or on an airplane, will take the opportunity to ream out or fire an employee.

I always want to smack them upside the head with said phone.
by mojo on Mon Oct 04, 04 10:39am [+]

I believe it's because so many people have been inconsiderate when using their cell phones. Driving, dinner, movie, etc. Just gets on your nerves after a bit.
by Tadema on Mon Oct 04, 04 10:46am [+]

Driving while speaking on a cell phone is statistically more dangerous than driving drunk. It's illegal in the UK but people still do it.
by keithsheen on Mon Oct 04, 04 10:56am [+]

the bastards always seem to talk louder then usual, especially if it is a call where they can make themselves sound important "HELL NO MIKE, YOU TELL MR TRUMP THAT I WANT MY MONEY BY FRIDAY..." What I really like is when I go to the movies and before the movie start during the previews you can see 10-15 cell phone screens from people playing with their phones and trying the diffrent rings, gimmie a break, I hate cell phones.
by Duckhead on Mon Oct 04, 04 11:54am [+]

Look how important that guy is! His life must rule!
by _Beelzebubba on Mon Oct 04, 04 1:47pm [+]

I hate the damn things.

I wish phone booths would make a comeback.
by SCREAMING_FROG on Mon Oct 04, 04 5:36pm [+]

Doesn't bother me, using cells in public. I do it myself, when I'm out and about. But NOT when you're DRIVING. A cellphone and a car driver sets my steam kettle on 'burst', because I was once driving home from work, behind a woman who was actually stupid enough to be driving, talking on her cell AND trying to FIND something on the passenger-side floorboard of her car. Needless to say, it was a SPECTACULAR end-over-end crash, with three rolls tossed in. Lucky her, she staggered away unbruised. Feel free to pass this tale along to friends and cohorts as needed. Maybe the common sense will spread...
by Truthseeker013 on Sat Oct 09, 04 7:19pm [+]

There seems to be an inverse relationship between the cell phone user's volume and his or her intelligence.
by dinkytown on Thu Oct 21, 04 4:52pm [+]






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