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   Anonymous Coward, Sep 3rd, 2002 @ 7:25pm

   
   

   What's wrong with using a cell phone in public? Provided it's not in a library, movie theater or other "quiet place" where the issue? Would these same people have a problem if I talked to someone standing beside me in public? What's the difference? Is it that these guardians of etiquette are upset that they can't listen in on the entire conversation?

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   quietman, Sep 4th, 2002 @ 4:25am

   
   

   The problem is simple - mobile phone users shout. I suspect that people in the USA dont know the half of it as mobile phone is nothing like as prevalent there as in Europe I suspect. Example : I was sitting on the train across the aisle from a guy who was clear in the process of splitting up with his girlfriend/wife. If she had been there in person i bet the conversation would have been much quieter if it happened at all.
   
   By all means use your phone in public, just don't shout.

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   Deb, Sep 4th, 2002 @ 8:55am

   
   

   I've never overheard anything as horrific as recounted above. I do believe what I heard recently; that 90% of all cell phone conversations consist of "Hi, I'm [here], I'm on my way [there], I should be [there] in about a half an hour."
   When I heard 15 ring-tones (at full volume!) go off inside 2 minutes on a public ferry, I'm guessing ALL of the conversations were variations on the above. I mean really, who among us is THAT important (other than me, of course)?

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   Alex Bell, Sep 4th, 2002 @ 9:17am

   
   

   Thank you.
   A recent MSNBC article (now linked to from everywhere) is titled, "Why do cell phones make us stupid?" I think the stupid is already there; the cell phone just brings it out into the open. Noisily.
   What I find most disturbing is that, despite no shortage of "cell phone etiquette" rules - not to mention glaring looks - people continue to use their phones like jerks. This rude, arrogant and selfish attitude speaks volumes of what we've become. While I don't care if all the world doesn't love me, I'd rather not be labeled "asshole" be even a few. Cell phone users appear to wear "asshole" as if it were a badge of pride.
   

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