Woman asks (much larger) man to stop texting in movies; gets fined for assault- Page 2

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 8/4/11 at 5:04pm

Same here. I turn my cell phone off the moment I enter a theatre (movie, Broadway, opera), not seconds before the program is about to start. And I never take my cell phone out to dinner--or, if I have to, it's turned off. Why would I want to sit there texting or fighting off calls when I've set aside time to have a meal with my family/friends? And as a professor, the first thing I tell my students at our initial class meeting is that their cell phones/iPods/whatever electronics must be turned off and unseen for the duration of the class period, and that if I see them they're marked absent for the day.

^ This I like A LOT

[AC126748]

Posted: 8/4/11 at 5:18pm

Romantico, I'm old enough to remember when doctors were about the only people who had pagers--because, really, who else would have needed one?

[nygrl232]

Posted: 8/4/11 at 6:32pm

I got a cell phone in 2006 for the first time. Sometimes it comes in handy, but I leave it home half the time. I guess that makes me weird.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 8/4/11 at 9:02pm

"who else would have needed one?"

Drug dealers.

[Q]

Posted: 8/4/11 at 9:34pm

"I guess that makes me weird."

I probably rate higher on the weirdness scale than you do, Nygrl, at least to most people. The only reason I have one of these things is to have in the car for emergencies, or if I know I'll be trying to meet up with someone. Otherwise, it's never turned on. It can go for weeks without being 'on'. And I don't even have it set up for voicemail, nevermind texting.

[AC126748]

Posted: 8/4/11 at 10:04pm

I'm with you, Q. I have a cell phone for precisely two reasons:

1. To call my parents, who are getting older and live in another state
and
2. It's easier than having a land-line these days (mostly because I can turn it off when I wish)

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 8/4/11 at 10:23pm

I finally had to give up my cel because this part of the state is the proverbial black hole where cel service is spotty at best. So I got a landline, and it's been... *fascinating* ever since. Lots of robo calls. Lots of "do you want to buy aluminum siding?"

But my cel? A waste of time and money.

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 8/5/11 at 12:26am

Timing couldn't be better for this thread.
Rant of the Day:

Time: 4 pm. Place: Doctors' Office 3 x 5 elevator. Me, another woman, and 2 dudes who couldn't wait 10 seconds to reach the lobby, yakking loudly and obnoxiously on cells. The other lady: "Shut up, you're rude!!". Me: "accidentally" (lol) bumped the 1 dweeb really hard with my stack of xrays and large handbag, his cell ph dropped to the floor, I "accidentally" smashed it with my shoe, and fled to the bus, miraculously on time, in front of the bldg. Not my normal game, but this was about the 15th inane loud cell convo i WAS FORCED TO LISTEN TO TODAY IN TINY QUARTERS. Mission accomplished. These people need to fondle something else. It's so pathologic. Pay attention to life, for a .