Cell Phones - DIE!

I was standing in line at the bank today, and no less than 4 people were chit chatting on their cell phones.  One person even answered it while in front of the teller. WTF, can\'t it wait?  Everyone shuffles through their pockets and their purses like it\'s a grenade about to go off.  

The advent of the speakerphone option only adds to my hatred.  I cannot tell you how many people I\'ve seen (and heard, unfortunately) chatting it up on speakerphone whilst holding the phone about 6 inches from their head.  Would it be so hard to talk the old-fashioned non-speakerphone way and hold that bad boy against your head?  The only time ANY speakerphone should be in use is if more than one person on the other end needs to hear the convo, or if you absolutely must use both hands and don\'t have a headset.  I make lots of calls to IT managers, and if you put me on speakerphone for no particular reason, I will automatically assume you\'re a prick and will secretly loathe you until your upgrade is complete.

I admit, it was kinda cool to have a cell phone for the first year.  Now...I really miss my privacy.  Yes, I can turn the damn thing off, but the only worse thing than a cell phone is voicemail.  I have a large family, and god forbid I don\'t have my celly ("celly"...I hate that) ready and waiting should they buzz me.  And no, your number on my missed call list isn\'t reason enough to call you back.

I hate you bluetooth - don\'t tell me the blue-led-eared 40-something housewife at the grocery store is expecting a call she just CAN\'T miss.  What it is, a god damned fashion accessory now?  

Text messaging - "R U going out 2nite? srsly? O-rly? lol"  STAB

Wasn\'t it great when you could go shopping or to a movie and if someone wanted to get ahold of you, your answering machine would be flashing?  Wasn\'t it nice when you could run out the door without a phone and still feel like a whole person?  Is it okay if I mow the lawn without my phone or if I don\'t keep it next to the bedstand?  Can I cheat on you in peace without you vibrating my conscience and my pocket?

It doesn\'t "own" me.  I have free will.  Of course now I feel bound by the one REAL advantage of owning a cell phone - the emergency, and the despair of seeing 39 missed calls.  Okay, maybe there are two advantages of owning a cell phone - the "I\'m lost" or "where the fuck are you" call.

I hate you, cell phone.  I especially hate you, pink RAZR.

i like cell phones... even more... i like speakerphones... but now i\'ll like them for another reason.  this time, when i use 2way or speakerphone, i will do it to annoy others around me and hopefully, if i\'m lucky, you will be one of them.

MINORITY W/ JOB =



Anyone wearing that when off looks like a total prick to me.  It always seems to be some trendy asian or black dood trying to look cool.

I\'m at work, will probably add more hatred later.

I have yet to buy a cell phone. Screw \'em.

I saw a girl today riding a bicycle, she was maybe 12 years old. Riding her bicycle, talking on a cell phone!

Or in a car when people are sitting next to each other but talking to other people.

Or people who text back and forth even though... You\'re both holding a gotdamn phone!

People..

-Dan

Now we have cellphones that store mp3 files and videos.  I fucking hate it when some high school kids on the bus take out a cell phone and start playing back an mp3 or a video on their cell phone, and I have to hear that crappy sound coming out of those miniature, shitty, tinny little speakers.  Is that supposed to be enjoyable for someone?  To me it feels like an chrome rod being pounded into my ear.
 
Oh yeah how about the time some asshole was sitting in the movie theatre one row in front of me with his bluetooth headset stuck on his ear.  That little blue light flashing in a darkened theater was incredibly distracting.  Fortunately the flashing light thing eventually timed out, but WTF?  Why do you need to wear a cellphone headset in a movie theater?  Are you actually planning to receive a call?  If so I will beat your ass with a torque wrench when I hear you answer the phone.

All that could be fixed if people weren\'t so fucking retarded.

I agree completely...

I hate cell phones.

I hate people who feel like they have to YELL into them or the person on the other end wont hear. I dont need to hear your conversation dingleberry.

Those wireless ear things are they gayest thing in the world. There was this douchbag in line at the gas station today in a crappy suit, buying a red bull, yacking into one of those and I stood there and wondered if he knew what a complete toolbox he looked like.

Your not as important as you think you are.

When I started fighting with my family (because I wouldn\'t *rush* to answer my cell or return an unimportant call when I was busy) they eventually got my point when I threatened to not only go back to a phone, but even to no phone at all (and use email for everything).  Cell phones make you feel like your at other\'s beck and call, unless your careful to simply use them as an advantageous technology.

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it actually took me awhile to get one,..but they really can come in handy for emergencies...only me and the wifey has one...i don\'t see how or why parents buy one for their teenagers.......they just better be home at a certain time or call me from a pay-phone for emergencies,...kids and people in general act like they cannot function without a cell phone,...i mean what were you doin\' before cell phones, even existed?....the beeper?....and don\'t even get me started at how many people use their cell phones while driving....it\'s scary...

[Viper_Fujax]

i just use mine every now and then..my lifetime use says 19 hours and iv had my cell phone for a while. Usually just emergency(ish) or a call from a friend, which usually takes like 2 minutes...are you busy, where we going, what time, hang up.

The ear piece thing bugs the shit out of me. Looks so damn preppy-gay. I had a customer come in with one of those, talking to me AND the person..so when i was trying to help her and she\'d respond i have no idea if she was talking to me or the person on her phone. Wouldnt be that hard to hang up for 5 minutes.

I also kind of hate when im in a store and i get a random call, so i try to be polite and talk quietly, but the person who called me gets all pissed off because i \'mumble all the time\'..cant be like "IM IN A FUCKING STORE!"

There\'s lots of vitriol in this thread.

I love it.

I work in tech support too so if ANYBODY gets ahold of my cell phone number they call me for anything.


Ive gotten calls at like 10 at night from podiatrists not knowing how to use a printer....


Yeah, I hate my cell phone.

I personally love my cell phone.  I don\'t use it that often but its a nice insurance just in case my car breaks down or anything like that.  Plus I don\'t have a land line so its really the only way to contact me.

It\'s not the gun that kills, it\'s people!!!111

So it\'s better to hate the stupid people who just have to answer their phone while at the bank or whatever. And usually it\'s just "hey what u doin\'" - "nothing, just chilling... u?" - "not much... blah blah FUCKING BLAH".

I just turn my phone off if I don\'t want to be bothered.

The sad thing is when you see kids down to like 5-6 years getting cell phones. Yes, I\'ve seen it.

My friends daughter is 8 and has a cell phone and a 30g ipod.