i'm with ya on that totally.
i was out to dinner with 4 other women, one of who was having her birthday.
when her sister first answered her phone, i asked her to turn it off thru
the evening and return the calls later or the next day. i thot she was being
really rude to her own sister on her birthday.
she laughed and thot i was kidding, i wasnt at all. she ignored me.
oddly enough those types think that as long as they can talk to us and text
at the same time its ok.
its not ok !!!!ever!!!! to text while chatting with someone.
grrrrrrr.
i like how you handle those rude people, cher.

ginger, do those people realise the danger of using a cell phone so much.
there is some scientific evidence that prolonged use might actually cause
brain problems. that is one time the funeral folks should be at the door
and ask that every cell phone be turned off before they go in for the
service. omg, the height of rudeness for a cellphone to ring then. there is
no excuse.
jeanne
i have a phone but only have to use it when working/driving. i do take it
with me when out but only for use if there is an emergency. i often dont
even turn it on. i've had to ring when in a florist picking up and chatting
with them and i always say, oops, excuse me while i see who is annoying me
now while i'm enjoying chatting with you here
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"Cats" wrote ...
Now that is not only rude, it's just plain outrageous!

The last time I chaired a business meeting and a mobile
phone went off I invited the recipient of the call to put it
on the speaker phone for the whole room to hear rather than
make us all listen to only one side of the conversation, . .
. . . or else leave.

He got miffed and left - to the applause of three of the
other people in the room.

He was not missed!!

I teach groups of friends about quilting in my home, but IF
they bring their phones to an organised class, and IF the
phones ring during a class involving other people, I quietly
and politely ask them to leave the room to take the call or
message, and go on with the class.

I HATE MOBILE PHONES!! The number of people in the world
who are truly that important and indespensible to the
welfare of humanity is simply not that high. I'm sorry -
but I see 95% of mobile phones as just another load of ego
enhancers.

And that goes double for people who continually text
messages, even as they speak to you. Neither of the people
being communicated with is getting the appropriate degree of
attention, and it is rude to both.

Here it is illegal to use a handheld mobile while driving -
but that seems to have made little or no difference to most
drivers. How they can expect to drive safely while texting
is beyond me!

Now climbing quietly down of my soap box. Hope I have not
pierced any eardrums with my rant.



"Ginger in CA" wrote...
: Oh, Polly, the most embarrassing thing yesterday - I went
to the: funeral for my friend's daughter. She passed after a long
battle with: brain cancer.
:
: Two people didn't set their cell phones to silent. You
guessed it - they went off during the funeral Mass.
:
: Ginger in CA