BRRRRRRRRRING BRRRRRRRING

[be-bop]

Sorry I'm with fresh on this one there is nothing more frustrating than trying to get a hold of someone on their mobile and they don't answer.
My wife is the perfect example I've lost count of the times I've needed to contact her for various reasons and because her phone is in the bottom of the huge handbag she lugs around she never hears it.
Once she was at an old lady friends house and the old dear was saying "can you hear that ringing noise"" no said my good lady wife" It was me trying to get a hold of her cos we needed to get papers signed to let our house sale go through..I was driving around the town and phoning everyone to try and find her

[Kitsune]

Originally Posted by be-bop

Sorry I'm with fresh on this one there is nothing more frustrating than trying to get a hold of someone on their mobile and they don't answer.

Yeah, but 24/7? "Cell phones are seriously life"? Anyone who gets angry at having to leave a voicemail at any hour of any day is going to develop anxiety issues in five years.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by be-bop

Sorry I'm with fresh on this one there is nothing more frustrating than trying to get a hold of someone on their mobile and they don't answer.
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[old man rant] I can remember when we had phones that actually had wires! These wires not only connected the speaker part to the other part of the phone, they went from that part into the wall! And we had to spin this round thing a bunch of times to call someone. And we had to wait until we were somewhere where there was a phone, and the person you wanted to talk to was somewhere where there was a phone. There were these things called "pay phones" along the streets. And we were happy we could call people. It was less time than the mail. [/old man rant]

Do you camplain at the length of time it takes a fax to be sent, too?

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Do you camplain at the length of time it takes a fax to be sent, too?

I do. Scanning, converting to PDF, and e-mailing is so much faster and more likely to go through.

[Shawnee123]

Sorry, but it is kind of rude to assume that because it's your business that those of us whose business it is not can turn off our ears and not listen to what amounts to us to be inane caterwauling.

We are an egocentric society. It's no different than the person who thinks they've got the only car on the road, the jerk who lets doors slam in stranger's faces, the person who spits big old hockers in the middle of the sidewalk, the coworker who cracks every bone in their body during meetings; you are assuming your business supercedes everyone else's business and trumps a modicum of class and awareness of the world around you. It's a "look at me look at me" world and frankly I don't always care to look.

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Do you camplain at the length of time it takes a fax to be sent, too?

That reminds me of a Rita Rudner joke when she talked about our impatient society and how we'll stand in front of a microwave tapping our feet and looking at the timer and muttering "come on, come on...I don't have all minute!)

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Sorry, but it is kind of rude to assume that because it's your business that those of us whose business it is not can turn off our ears and not listen to what amounts to us to be inane caterwauling.

We are an egocentric society. It's no different than the person who thinks they've got the only car on the road, the jerk who lets doors slam in stranger's faces, the person who spits big old hockers in the middle of the sidewalk, the coworker who cracks every bone in their body during meetings; you are assuming your business supercedes everyone else's business and trumps a modicum of class and awareness of the world around you. It's a "look at me look at me" world and frankly I don't always care to look.

I hear what you are saying, but does that mean if I'm standing in line with my wife, I'm not allowed to talk to her?

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by glatt

I hear what you are saying, but does that mean if I'm standing in line with my wife, I'm not allowed to talk to her?

Hell NO!

That's a point, but I think people talk differently on the phone: louder, more pointed, more expressive, because there aren't facial clues to rely on.

I can't put a finger on why I think so, but it seems different to me. Now stop making points I have no idea how to refute!

[freshnesschronic]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

We are an egocentric society. It's no different than the person who thinks they've got the only car on the road, the jerk who lets doors slam in stranger's faces, the person who spits big old hockers in the middle of the sidewalk, the coworker who cracks every bone in their body during meetings; you are assuming your business supercedes everyone else's business and trumps a modicum of class and awareness of the world around you. It's a "look at me look at me" world and frankly I don't always care to look.

Well, we live in the ME-generation. People are becoming more narcissist. Who do you blame, society or "the person in front of you".

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

Well, we live in the ME-generation. People are becoming more narcissist. Who do you blame, society or "the person in front of you".

I keep it easy and blame everyone and everything! :p

This article explains the "don't blame me" generation, which covers all our age groups!

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by glatt

I hear what you are saying, but does that mean if I'm standing in line with my wife, I'm not allowed to talk to her?

I wear earplugs on long train or coach journeys because the inanity of the conversations drives me crazy. I apologise for this again - I freely admit I am an intolerant person, although I try not to inflict it on the world.

I agree with what Shawnee though - people are louder and more pointed on the phone. You are also less likely to just hear a string of, "yeh, yeh, yeh, nah, naaaaah, ok" if the other person is present.

Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

Well, we live in the ME-generation. People are becoming more narcissist. Who do you blame, society or "the person in front of you".

I blame the person in front of me. Get some bloody manners or suffer me tutting quietly behind you!

[Dagney]

Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

Well, we live in the ME-generation. People are becoming more narcissist. Who do you blame, society or "the person in front of you".

Not everyone in the world thinks the world revolves around them. I'd rather spend all my time with those who don't, then spend any amount of time around those who do.

[Kitsune]

Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

Who do you blame, society or "the person in front of you".

Since this is the ME-generation, I'm blaming YOU.