No talking on the jitney!! — Page 2

"Now, folks are too lazy to make their plans ahead of time, they just figure they'll call when they feel like it."

I hope that wasn't in reference to me, who has been working and out of touch for the past month and couldn't make plans til I got back! Don't be so harsh to judge.

While cell phones can be annoying and people who scream into them are horrible to listen to, some of us talk quietly so that everyone will not overhear our conversation. And my basic human rights of freedom of speech are gone when someone says that I can't use my phone because even though I am quiet, other people are loud and therefore ruin it for everyone.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

it makes me sick when stupid people expressing their desire to proclaim their own idocy cry "freedom of speech" at the drop of a hat when such freedom applies to their case almost as much as the words hairy and swarthy apply to robbiej.

anyone guilty of such offenses have demonstrated their rampant stupidity and obvious ego trouble and it's clear that before they are dragged off the jitney by their hair and shot in front of the other passengers that their phone should first be inserted deeply into their colon along with a copy of the bill of rights which they seem to have learned existed while watching a repeat of an old law & order between bong hits.

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Updated On: 7/29/05 at 04:12 PM

Talking on a cell phone is like Peeing-- maybe you have to do it, but you DON'T have to do it in front of me!

why liotte, whatever would make you think i was talking about you? i don't think i ever made a specific reference to anyone in particular. hmmmm, that ego thing...

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Airplanes have enforced rules about no cell phone use because it interferes with the signals the pilots need in order to fly the plane.

But while the plane is parked at the gate, and people are on their phones, most everyone attempts to speak quietly and not disturb others around them. I would much rather hear soft mufflings of phone conversations than the usual screaming baby that tends to disturb passengers.

And again, if you do not like noise created by cell phones or other people- drive your own car to your destination so as to avoid disturbances, don't go out to public places. Stay in your house if you like peace and quiet all the time.

I look to see more restrictions on cell phone use around all means of transportation, especially given their ability to trigger detonators of explosive devices.

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liotte , get off that damn phone!

The same applies to me- public transportation is the form of transportation that I use. I live in the city, I don't have a car, and getting around the city on public transport is better for the environment and just easier. And when I do drive, I prefer to be paying attention the road and do not talk on my phone. When someone else is driving (say, a bus driver or train driver), I can talk on my phone freely without worrying about the road conditions.
Yes, I feel that I have a sense of entitlement to use my phone when I want. I do not speak loudly and disturb others, and if I did see people who were bothered by me, I'd move away or if I was in an enclosed space, I would end my conversation. I felt that on the jitney, I was punished without doing anything wrong.
And in regards to the people staying in their houses if they don't like noise- when I walk out my apartment door, there is so much noise on the street of NYC, one person on the phone will not make a difference. 1000 people won't matter. Noise is part of life. Should all the cars stop driving because they are noisy? Wait, that bird flying over my head just chirped, someone shoot it!! I bet when you are walking down the street talking to a friend right next to you, you are louder than I ever am on the phone, as I do make an effort not to be overheard and annoying to those around me. Stop judging me for using a cell phone and saying that I am self-centered and selfish. You can ask the people on this board who have met me, I am definitely not the criminal you all are making me out to be.

*sigh*
I know, Jose', but I don't like being attacked and insulted by people who don't know me and judge me solely because I use a cell phone. Guess we all will just have to agree to disagree.

"Yes, I feel that I have a sense of entitlement to use my phone when I want. I do not speak loudly and disturb others, and if I did see people who were bothered by me, I'd move awayYes, I feel that I have a sense of entitlement to use my phone when I want. I do not speak loudly and disturb others, and if I did see people who were bothered by me, I'd move away or if I was in an enclosed space, I would end my conversation. I felt that on the jitney, I was punished without doing anything wrong.
I felt that on the jitney, I was punished without doing anything wrong."

How do you know that you do not disturb others? Has someone come up to you while you were on your phone and said "you're not disturbing me." Just because no one has never said anything to you doesn't mean you haven't disturbed someone.

So..let's take your jitney trip to it's logical conclusion. If you were allowed to talk on your cell-phone then everyone else should be allowed to talk on their cell-phones, no matter how loudly or softly they talked. One person's soft conversation may seem exceeding loud to someone else...who makes the rules...do we carry a decible meter...anyone that exceeds a certain limit has their phone taken from them. Obviously there have been problems on the jitney with cell-phone conversations...the only equitable way to solve the problem is to say no cell-phones to everyone, thereby alleviating the problem.

In your above quote you said "... or if I was in an enclosed space, I would end my conversation." I don't know about you, but I think the jitney qualifies as an enclosed space.

Next, you said "I felt that on the jitney, I was punished without doing anything wrong." You weren't punished, you were asked to follow the rules. Simply asking someone to follow the rules is not punishment.

Finally, you said "Stop judging me for using a cell phone and saying that I am self-centered and selfish. You can ask the people on this board who have met me, I am definitely not the criminal you all are making me out to be."

I don't believe anyone in this thread has called you a criminal, I would say, however, that you've got a pretty good persecution complex going.

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Updated On: 7/30/05 at 12:31 AM

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
A persecution complex is a term given to an array of psychologically complex behaviours, that specifically deals with the perception of being persecuted, for various possible reasons.

In this case...the fact that you couldn't use your cell-phone when you wanted to, and felt you were being punished because of it.

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what's a jitney?

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