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1 Emo Text From Stranger: Respond or Ignore?
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2 Hugh Jackman Has a Cell Phone Rant — Did You?
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3 Please, Please, Please Put Your Phone Away
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4 Cell Phone Rant: Get Off Your Phone For Service Sake!
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5 Reader Redux: Put Down Your Phone to Order!
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6 Have You Ever Been Caught With Your Ringer On?
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7 Cell Phone Rant: Unplugging Etiquette
This post comes to us from Elfyn, who let it all hang out in our Cell Phone Rant group: I own a mail and parcel shipping store in Southern California. A customer comes in wanting to make a copy, but the copier doesn't seem to be working. I go to help him and find my copier unplugged and a mysterious charger plugged in in its place. Note, the person who plugged in their charger had to physically Read more
As I settled in for the Back to the Mac event yesterday, I made sure to turn off my cell phone ringer, as you do when you head into a movie, presentation, or theater experience. However, a number of other people either forgot, or disregarded this courtesy, as I noticed a lot of ringers, buzzers, and mobile notifications going off while Steve Jobs and co. were on stage. But I wasn't the only one Read more
This question was submitted by ohhaimom in our Cell Phone Rant group. A few nights ago I received a confusing text from a number I didn't recognize right before I went to sleep. It was on my work phone, so I ignored it — certain it was a drunk dial or mistake. When I woke up, there were a flurry of emotional messages from a dad who seemed to have lost touch with his son and was reaching out to Read more
After reader exchequette posted a rant in the Cell Phone Rant group, many of you spoke your like-minded frustrations. Here's what you had to say: "I have the same problem at my work. I just look at them and don't say anything until they hang up. It works pretty well, not many people like to just have someone stare at them while they're having a "private" phone call. " — Zuli "I had a Read more
This cell phone rant comes from GeekSugar community member exchequette: I've worked in a couple of different coffee shops in the past and had the experience of trying to take an order from someone who's on the phone gabbing away. "Oh, yes, Honey, please don't forget — Oh! yes I'll have a coffee — Honey, don't forget to put the kids' — What? Oh! Um, a small, I guess — Ok Honey, sorry, I'm Read more
Reader HeyKristen recently posted this rant in the Cell Phone Rant group: I am a happy and proud iPhone user, and a happy and proud geek, but I have had it with people pulling out their cell phones during conversations, dinner, drinks, or other planned events that do not require the use of a cell phone. Not only is it incredibly rude and off-putting, it's unnecessary and distracting. I live in Read more
Last weekend I decided to go to the movies alone. Just me, a small bag of popcorn, and a movie I've been dying to see. A movie that was then interrupted by a ringing cell phone. Seriously? I haven't been to a movie in the past year (at least!) that hasn't featured a "Please silence your cell phones" PSA before it starts. I was in honest disbelief that the phone rang so loudly, and grew angrier Read more
Internet etiquette has been a hot topic around these parts for a while, but it seems that the majority of Americans' mobile manners are getting worse. Texting while sexing may be the most heinous mobile etiquette offender, but people are breaking manner rules left and right while out in public as well. A new study by Intel reveals that keeping your phone handy while at the dinner table may not Read more
