Irrational rants about wireless...

DITTO!

 

Bad day???

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ZaphodB

Boy, your editorials read nearly the same as mine. (Surely you remember "Swiss Army Knives"?)

You wrote: "I hate ringtones." Well, I can't say that I hate them, but will admit it is annoying hearing them go off in places most "normal" people would consider "quiet zones." (Including restaurants, theaters, places of worship, etc.) (My "ringtone" is still Foghorn Leghorn saying: "Pay attention to me boy, I'm not just talking to hear my head roar.")


About faceplates, you wrote: "it just doesn't make economic sense to me." Yes, but that because you are sensible person. What we're dealing with here are eccentrics and fanatics (which happens to be the original of the word "fan").

Then you address those who suffer not only from a lack of economic sense, but common sense as well: "Next in my line of fire are the people who deliberately choose to have a bad service with a sexy phone. " They complain: "I can't get Cingular or T-Mobile reception in my house, at work, or on the freeway between the two," they moan, "but I'm considering getting the S105 with T-Mobile anyway." You conclude with: "Huh?" Its like my father told me one time: Its not the crazies that are locked up that you have to worry about, its the ones that walk the streets that you walk, shop where you shop, eat where you eat that you need to worry about.

Finally you hit on a real techno-annoyance--Direct Connect, or PTT, or Push-to-Talk. What annoys me more than hearing both sides of the conversation is the relentless "beep-beep" at every push of the talk button.

Finally you talk about the act on Comedy Central. I couldn't stop laughing. It reminded me of a recent trip I took to Sausalito. I watched as an obviously new wireless user walked into and out of a number of retail shops (his wife and mine were pretty much keeping pace in window shopping). All the while he held his phone in his hand looking at it and had a Plantronics ear-piece on. He was NOT on a call. But I could tell he sure hoped someone could call him so he could enjoy looking important. During the whole hour that observed him, not once did he actually talk nor did his phone ring even once.

I suppose this facination with wireless will wear off over time. But then I reflected back on when I was a teen and how I gabbed on the phone (landline) to all my friends. My parents used to laugh at me. I suppose modern man's facination with this untethered communication device will eventually mature but as each generation gets introduced to it, they will find new and inventive ways of annoying all those around them.

 

I agree 100%! I remember the days when you went out to eat and shop to get away from the phone, it is so annoying to have people at a restaurant or in a line for a cashier gabbing away on their cell phones. And for some reason they seem to feel the need to talk twice as loudly as they would speak to a person next to them. And I won't even start on PTT, that has to be the most annoying thing ever invented. I know businesses love it, but I sure miss the days when you could go to lunch and relax for a few minutes without being interrupted by your job. Of course, having said this, I've been guilty of using my phone in a restaurant myself; so I guess I shouldn't be throwing stones at the others! LOL Still, it makes one wonder whether the conveniences we enjoy are worth the loss of manners and the increased pace of our lives because if it.

 

I don't find any of your complaints irrational in the least.

Well said.

 

Here here! A voice of sanity, crying out in the mobile wilderness.

And the next time someone actually ~answers~ his damn phone with "Hello? Hey! I'm standing here at the graveside..." (which happened at my Grandmother's funeral in June,) I suggest we promptly push him in and begin shovelling in the dirt with the backhoe.

Cheers mate,
Christa

 

Put it this way there could be 2 reason about the wireless rant pick an Enron and let them know how to change there service around the bend.

 

Good old apoc is back.

 

Hey Larry,

I've read Apocs post 4 times, even once out loud. It can't make any sense out of it. What is he saying? Is it English?

 

That's probably what Larry meant -- the good old Apoc -- the one where we can't understand half his messages -- is back.

It's alright to be a new person to the english language but when it's mixed with irrational phrases and comments, it sounds wacky.
Perhaps Apoc should back off mixing Viagra with alcohol?

 

Guys, wanna know who is really a mess writing posts? Do a search for user VPNGSM.