FuzzBob wrote:

MWilke wrote:The thing that is annoying are people who find it appropriate to take a call in public or worse, hold down a conversation in public. The other problem I have is people using a cell phone like middle aged men use their car, as a status symbol. Cell phones are now a sad, pathetic outlet for vanity.

So I have no problems with cell phones, I just think we need to establish more etiquette with them.

There's nothing "status" about a cell these days. Anyone can get a Go-Phone. Go to Any Mall USA, especially in the ass end of town, and every other shlub you see is yakking on one. In fact, conspicuous cell use seems to be more "prole" than anything, as an extension of lack of etiquette in general. My experience is that cell phone use is actually *less* annoying in snooty places, believe it or not.

I'm talking about iPhones, Sidekicks, Smartphones, and Blue Tooth. Stuff that people enjoy playing with to show off.

Okay Mr. Graham Bell. Hate on quite possibly one of the best achievements of modern technology. Like when you flip your car on I-285 in the rain at midnight with a friend who gains only a long sleep and a massive head injury that turns out to not be fatal but hey who knew upside down in a Grand Cherokee.

I use my phone if I need to make a call urgently. Otherwise, land line. Hate being out doing something and getting a call. If I don't answer at the homestead, I don't want anything to do with you.

Not Crap WF: 10.

No land line in the house.
NOT CRAP

Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:No land line in the house.
NOT CRAP

Agreed.

My only phone. Don't go anywhere without it. I don't understand how anyone could possibly hate this invention not it's users.

Not Crap. 0 Wf.

ubercat wrote:

Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:No land line in the house.
NOT CRAP

Agreed.

No (or at least, barely usable) cell signal in the apartment. Fuck 'em.

ubercat wrote:

Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:No land line in the house.
NOT CRAP

Agreed.

+2.

It's cheaper for me to have this than a landline.

ironyengine wrote:

ubercat wrote:

Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:No land line in the house.
NOT CRAP

Agreed.

No (or at least, barely usable) cell signal in the apartment. Fuck 'em.

When I moved into my new place I had this problem and wound up getting that triple play from Comcast. Visitors in my apartment look at my landline like it's a BetaMax.

+3

my mobile phone and internet is bundled into one nifty bill.


CRAP for the tits who are a slave to them though... doesn't anyone make plans ahead of time anymore?

I held out on a cell phone until summer of 2005.
Inspired by a few friends who also had one, I recently upgraded to a Blackberry Pearl (which, due to its smaller size compared to regular Blackberries, is a little less flashy and hopefully makes me only a 50% dick).

I thoroughly enjoy it. The whole internet/email/text/call thing in one.
And I can screen calls on my cell, which explains why I no longer answer my home phone (which doesn't have caller ID) and only check messages instead.

Now there's one thing I hate: the frequently annoying moments when a cell phone goes off in public.
I've had the ringer on my cell phone(s) set on vibrate for years now.

And I find cell phone holsters cheesy.

Cell phones: Okay
Their users: Hm - ever experienced some cow walking down the sidewalk in front of you, suddenly stopping with a "shut up!" coming out of her mouth while on her cell phone (obviously with one of her gossiping friends)?