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entre new


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This has been my pet peeve for time out of mind.  How hard is it to put your phone on vibrate while you're in a restaraunt?  What's the point of paying 20 bucks for lunch so you can sit in the middle of a room of ringing phones?


The latest thing is old people who have inhumanly loud rings.  I understand that if you're past a certain age your hearing may not be great and you may appreciate an especially loud ring.  But if your phone rings and everyone in the room freezes with their mouths open, YOUR RING IS TOO LOUD.  Again, there is a vibrate feature.  Even the severely hearing-impaired can feel a vibration.


Worst of all is people who choose lunch/dinner time to play with new phone rings they've downloaded.  I have twice sat next to couples where one is helping the other get their large variety of phone rings working.  Of course they have to listen to each one and decide which they like best.  We ALL have to listen, but none of the rest of us gets a vote.


What ever happened to basic consideration for others?  I'm seriously trying to eat out less, because it's just not relaxing any more..



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Phones should be turned off in restaurants out of respect for others I think, I always turn mine off, having a meal is something to be enjoyed not disturbed.

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Them are fightin words for PHoto. I am lucky to get her to turn it off for "private time".

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But I am important. I need my phone on!

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plushleather wrote:
Them are fightin words for PHoto. I am lucky to get her to turn it off for "private time".


That is true... The time I actually turned it off though, was in vain

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USofAcop wrote:
But I am important. I need my phone on!

Fuck off do you.

Ten or fifteen years ago you would not have had one, you were not contactable then, why do you need to be now?

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Them are fightin words for PHoto. I am lucky to get her to turn it off for "private time".

Seriously?


Oops, posted at the same time again.



-- Edited by entre new at 21:30, 2006-04-13

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sparky wrote:

USofAcop wrote: But I am important. I need my phone on! Fuck off do you. Ten or fifteen years ago you would not have had one, you were not contactable then, why do you need to be now?
Because, I told you I am important.

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entre new wrote:

plushleather wrote:

Them are fightin words for PHoto. I am lucky to get her to turn it off for "private time".

Seriously?
Oops, posted at the same time again.-- Edited by entre new at 21:30, 2006-04-13


Yes she is getting better at ignoring it.

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But I am important. I need my phone on!
Yeah, I think that's what everybody thinks.  But there's still vibration or the option to get a pager.


I remember reading somewhere that if you're indispensible to your company, you haven't trained your people.



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Yes she is getting better at ignoring it.
Naughy Photo.  How distracting and unromantic.


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Because, I told you I am important.

Nobody is that important dude.

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No, I must have it on ring, this way I am sure not to miss a call.

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USofAcop wrote:
No, I must have it on ring, this way I am sure not to miss a call.

That is what voicemail is for though.

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No, I must have it on ring, this way I am sure not to miss a call.
US, you're trying to start trouble, aren't you?


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entre new wrote:
Yeah, I think that's what everybody thinks.  But there's still vibration or the option to get a pager. I remember reading somewhere that if you're indispensible to your company, you haven't trained your people.

What good is a pager if you don't have a phone to call on. I can understand a fire department or a mass group to get called out but seriously.


 


Even more whenever I know I will be talking to someone for a long time and I am in there house, I will put it on silent.



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My phone stays on. I have ho's in all the different area codes.









yeah right, LMAO

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What good is a pager if you don't have a phone to call on.
You still have your phone.  You just don't have to turn it on until you get a page.


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entre new wrote:

USofAcop wrote: No, I must have it on ring, this way I am sure not to miss a call. US, you're trying to start trouble, aren't you? 

Yes, and it doesn't seem to be working.


 


I don't even have a cell phone!



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Yes, and it doesn't seem to be working.
 
I don't even have a cell phone!


You are such an ass sometimes.

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USofA you are a fucking wanker sometimes!

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entre new wrote:

Toby101 wrote: What good is a pager if you don't have a phone to call on. You still have your phone.  You just don't have to turn it on until you get a page.

Last time I checked a pager makes noise to. Maybe its not AS annoying but still.


 


And no I am not trying to start trouble, USofA took my account over and is trying to get me into trouble. 



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Last time I checked a pager makes noise to. Maybe its not AS annoying but still.   And no I am not trying to start trouble, USofA took my account over and is trying to get me into trouble. 




Usually people I'm with don't even hear my pager go off.  Maybe it depends which brand.


The thing about starting trouble was for US.



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Hey Entre New, I went out to get a bite to eat at a local restaurant and my phone goes off in full restaurant. I just laughed when I figured out it was mine.

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Hey Entre New, I went out to get a bite to eat at a local restaurant and my phone goes off in full restaurant. I just laughed when I figured out it was mine.
There ya go.  Vibrate mode is your friend. 


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entre new wrote:
 There ya go.  Vibrate mode is your friend. 

 


 


But that gets me kinda excited, then I think its a pussy with batteries. 



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Toby101 wrote:

But that gets me kinda excited, then I think its a pussy with batteries. 
And the problem is...?


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entre new wrote:

And the problem is...?
Yea I dont see a problem there

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I am in a booth, so it's comfortable.


 


 


 


But its a family restaurant



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Toby101 wrote:

I am in a booth, so it's comfortable.       But its a family restaurant
Kids gotta learn it somewhere

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