cellphones!@#$%^

sucks2beme

So it seems people can't push a shopping cart now without one planted in their ear.
And they shop like they drive. They zigzag about like an idiot.
I should just do society a favor and run them down in the parking lot.
Really, they are THAT bad.

tonyb

It's a sickness, soon to be labeled a disease/disorder capable of receiving disability benefits from the government no doubt.

The other day took the wife to get new glasses at a local Optometrist. 2 teenage girls could not, would not, put the darn phone down long enough so the receptionist to gather their information. She was obviously perturbed, and went to take the next customer before momma intervened. Which they still would not put the dang phone down and I saw them carry it into the examination room.

Parents are just as bad by allowing such behavior. Parents themselves have their own issues with it too.

voltz

like the idiot who walks into QTrip talking on the phone out loud the whole time and having mix conversation with someone on the phone and the teller at same time and can not get the wallet out to pay for lack of hands .....you just want to scream at them to put the $%&# down

kharp1

voltz wrote: »

like the idiot who walks into QTrip talking on the phone out loud the whole time and having mix conversation with someone on the phone and the teller at same time and can not get the wallet out to pay for lack of hands .....you just want to scream at them to put the $%&# down

Don't be afraid to yell out at them, I do!
Was driving througha parking lot recently and saw a woman leaving a store up ahead. She walked straight out in front of me texting and slowed to a stop in front of my car typing. Imoved within a foot of her and laid on the horn! she looked at me like it was somehow my fault. I rolled the window down and yelled at her "get off the F'ing phone if you can't manage to cross the street without stopping in the middle of the F'ing lane!" We're not doing inconsiderate idiots any favors by holding it in and letting them off the hook.

mdaudioguy

kharp1 wrote: »

Don't be afraid to yell out at them, I do!

Classy.

sucks2beme

mdaudioguy wrote: »

kharp1 wrote: »

Don't be afraid to yell out at them, I do!

Classy.

Yet it's for their own good. Look up and live.
Right now some say cellphones cause more deaths than
drunken driving. I believe it.

tonyb

For the same reasons normal people don't tell their kids to go play soccer on the freeway......just replace the soccer ball with a cell phone is all we are doing here. All anyone is asking is to sprinkle in some person responsibility for your own safety. Maybe a touch of etiquette too.

Strong Bad

Cellphone addicts in the gym really get under my skin! One guy was doing incline chest presses on a Hammer Strength plate loaded machine, all the while his head was cocked to the side talking on the cellphone. People REALLY are that addicted to these things. A lot of others rush through a set and immediately grab their phone to check for texts and other nonsense, often spending way too much time sitting there holding up others who want to use that same equipment.

Had a conversation with a couple coworkers about this. One guy doesn't understand how I can work out without headphones and music playing. I lock my cellphone up in my locker. Thats my time to focus on training and nothing else. No music, no headphones, no texting, no selfies, no Facebook, none of that crap! Just me and the weights.

I long for the days back in the 90's when none of this nonsense was around in the gym. Back then people actually said hello and knew each others names.

kharp1

mdaudioguy wrote: »

kharp1 wrote: »

Don't be afraid to yell out at them, I do!

Classy.

People that stupid don't understand a classy response.

pitdogg2

la2vegas wrote: »

Ok time to grab some popcorn.

Grab me a beer while you're in there please

mdaudioguy

la2vegas wrote: »

Ok time to grab some popcorn.

pitdogg2 wrote: »

Grab me a beer while you're in there please

I don't think it's going to be that entertaining, however, I could go for a beer too, please!

tat

Its all about wanting to be involved in the newest hype so they can socialize with the "cool" kids remotely, so things like nerves and emotions and dishonesty dont embarass/expose them as they would with direct face to face communication. I never got it myself but I am fairly anti-social, especially by todays Moa-like "safe-space" lunacy. Of course the "cool" kids in my day definitely were not computer enthusiasts lol. Im still not sure how Jobs and Gates and Zuckerburg became the rock stars of the new millenium...thats one of the new things I didnt see coming years prior. I mean come-on...Bogart, Miles and Elvis has turned into Zuckerburg and Jobs? Golden Age of American culture is definitely over.

tonyb

Strong Bad wrote: »

I long for the days back in the 90's when none of this nonsense was around in the gym. Back then people actually said hello and knew each others names.

Be careful pal, your walking that line of becoming an "angry old male" .

I guess human interaction is just too much stress for the younger generations. I have a family member, who at the ripe age of 35 just got his first full time job. Well, full time by todays standards, 30 hours a week. Do that math from when he left college at 22. Anyway, he knows what I did for living and says to me, me of all people...." I had no idea I'd have to be on my feet for 6 hours a day, I'm beat."

When I hear some say we raised a generation of wussie's, I tend to agree.

sgtmick63

A couple of years I heard about this hand held device that fits in your pocket and when activated will shut off any cell phone within 30 feet. I can't remember the name of it. It cost around $300.00 but it is outlawed in th USA. Anybody ever heard of this?

tonyb

Jammers....yeah, they are illegal but you can still buy them on the internet. You get caught though, they revoke your Costco membership card.

txcoastal1

sgtmick63 wrote: »

A couple of years I heard about this hand held device that fits in your pocket and when activated will shut off any cell phone within 30 feet. I can't remember the name of it. It cost around $300.00 but it is outlawed in th USA. Anybody ever heard of this?

here's a list
http://www.thesignaljammer.com/categories/Portable/

tonyb

I like the drone jammers in that link, pretty good coverage too.

sgtmick63

The web site is from the UK. It is called Jammerall.com.

tat

We're jammin'
Sing it, I want to jam it with you
We're jammin', we're jammin'
And I hope you like jammin' too
Ain't no rules, ain't no vow
You can do it anyhow
'Cause I and I will see you through
But every day we pay the price
Come a little sacrifice
Jammin' till the jam is through

tat

tonyb wrote: »

Strong Bad wrote: »

I long for the days back in the 90's when none of this nonsense was around in the gym. Back then people actually said hello and knew each others names.

Be careful pal, your walking that line of becoming an "angry old male" .

Dare I guess an "angry old white man". Don't wanna be pegged that today, not on the Coasts anyway..the new lepers. Im able to laugh at my irritation by this stuff thank God. It aint all bad, thats for sure...you hear Polk may be coming out with new SDA's!