Comments on: I hate mobile phone users http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2007/07/02/i-hate-mobile-phone-users/ Striving to make the world a little bit smarter Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:05:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: crystalattice http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2007/07/02/i-hate-mobile-phone-users/#comment-35 crystalattice Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:48:26 +0000 http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2007/07/02/i-hate-mobile-phone-users/#comment-35 As I said, the only people I can see using the walkie-talkie function is for industrial settings, like construction, contracting, etc. It makes sense to have a single item that can handle phone calls and act like a radio rather than having 2 separate devices strapped to your belt. But do you ever use the feature outside of a work environment, especially at full volume? I am glad someone could give me a justification for the feature though. Thanks. :) As I said, the only people I can see using the walkie-talkie function is for industrial settings, like construction, contracting, etc. It makes sense to have a single item that can handle phone calls and act like a radio rather than having 2 separate devices strapped to your belt. But do you ever use the feature outside of a work environment, especially at full volume?

I am glad someone could give me a justification for the feature though. Thanks. :)

]]> By: cableguy http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2007/07/02/i-hate-mobile-phone-users/#comment-32 cableguy Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:35:27 +0000 http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2007/07/02/i-hate-mobile-phone-users/#comment-32 SAY IT !!! :) Here is something I can get fully behind. Well, almost, but more on that later. The preponderance of people with phones pressed to their pate while passing pisses me off. Alright, I may have been a little liberal with my use of "pate", but perhaps (after using a dictionary) you get my drift. One of my favorite shows, MythBusters, did a piece about drunk driving vs. cell phone driving. You could look it up yourself or follow the link provided to a blogger who has the details <a href="http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2005/06/mythbusters_killer_brace_posit.html" title="MythBusters drunk vs cell phone" rel="nofollow">here</a>. In my opinion, the test drivers did slightly better after drinking than while talking on the phone. This of course could have been skewed due to the fact it was their third time through the course. But watching how poorly the drivers reacted while holding a cell phone to their head should frighten anyone that works on the road. Time and time again I see people driving by me jabbering away like a chimp on caffeine. Who are they talking too. Why is it so important. Most likely, some other idiot (possibly also driving) and it's not. But I have a solution. If someone is in a car accident and it can be shown that they were on the phone at the time ramp up the penalties. If it can be shown that they initiated the call, really jam it up their lower aft section. Sideways. Not figuratively, use the phone itself as punishment. How about this, make it viable for vigalantees to take these fools out. If someone is on a phone for more than a minute or they inititiate the call while driveing let them be fair game to other drivers. Like people in big trucks with large plates of metal attatched to the front. Since the phone monkey will be responsible for the accident we, erm they, would not be held responsible for ramming them into peanut butter. Ahhh, what a stress reliever that could be. The only part of this that I can't get behind is the "walkie talkie" thing. Working in a utility/construction trade I can say without a shadow of a doubt that the <acronym title="Push to Talk">PTT</acronym> do hicky is invaluable. I've used this to direct my workers quite effectively without the muss and fuss of maintaing several phone calls at once. When used with a group function, it gets even better. So we disagree on that, but I'm behind you entirely about the phones. And send me the link, I want a "circle of phonelessness" myself. :) SAY IT !!! :)

Here is something I can get fully behind. Well, almost, but more on that later.

The preponderance of people with phones pressed to their pate while passing pisses me off. Alright, I may have been a little liberal with my use of “pate”, but perhaps (after using a dictionary) you get my drift.

One of my favorite shows, MythBusters, did a piece about drunk driving vs. cell phone driving. You could look it up yourself or follow the link provided to a blogger who has the details here.

In my opinion, the test drivers did slightly better after drinking than while talking on the phone. This of course could have been skewed due to the fact it was their third time through the course. But watching how poorly the drivers reacted while holding a cell phone to their head should frighten anyone that works on the road. Time and time again I see people driving by me jabbering away like a chimp on caffeine. Who are they talking too. Why is it so important. Most likely, some other idiot (possibly also driving) and it’s not.

But I have a solution. If someone is in a car accident and it can be shown that they were on the phone at the time ramp up the penalties. If it can be shown that they initiated the call, really jam it up their lower aft section. Sideways. Not figuratively, use the phone itself as punishment.

How about this, make it viable for vigalantees to take these fools out. If someone is on a phone for more than a minute or they inititiate the call while driveing let them be fair game to other drivers. Like people in big trucks with large plates of metal attatched to the front. Since the phone monkey will be responsible for the accident we, erm they, would not be held responsible for ramming them into peanut butter.

Ahhh, what a stress reliever that could be.

The only part of this that I can’t get behind is the “walkie talkie” thing. Working in a utility/construction trade I can say without a shadow of a doubt that the PTT do hicky is invaluable. I’ve used this to direct my workers quite effectively without the muss and fuss of maintaing several phone calls at once. When used with a group function, it gets even better.

So we disagree on that, but I’m behind you entirely about the phones. And send me the link, I want a “circle of phonelessness” myself. :)

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