rant Rude people

[Guest mattsupra]

I don't understand the importance put on mobile phones. Maybe it comes from being of an age where I was used to people not being able to contact me every second of the day. In fact I LIKE not being able to be contacted wherever I am!

 

It's like when it rings if you're driving. Fine...leave it to ring. There's nothing that can't wait 10 mins or so.

 

and what if its an emergency?

 

then what do you do ?

[Lbm]

and what if its an emergency?

 

then what do you do ?

 

Whatever humans did for the last 100,000 years or so.

[Guest mattsupra]

Whatever humans did for the last 100,000 years or so.

 

which is ?

 

sorry we have evolved as people (well some of us have ) and use technology to our advantage so why would you not use a mobile or email or the www ?

 

sorry but if there is a better way then please let me know

[bigcol]

Would it not be easier just cancelling the call, carrying on with your original conversation then ringing whoever called and blagging them by saying you were driving etc

but what would i know in with RedM on this, no one speaks to me either:(

[Pete]

and what if its an emergency?

 

then what do you do ?

 

How many "emergency" calls have you taken?

I've not taken any in my life ever.

 

This morning I was called whilst driving (I didn't answer) by a customer to tell me their website and email was down. It turned out the core router had hiccuped.

 

Now from a business point of view you could say that was important - but there's naff all I could do about it on the road anyway. It wasn't exactly life and death.

[Lbm]

which is ?

 

sorry we have evolved as people (well some of us have ) and use technology to our advantage so why would you not use a mobile or email or the www ?

 

sorry but if there is a better way then please let me know

 

 

What do you think we (humans) did before the mass produced mobile phone?

 

Were we all wiped out, with no ability to cope?

Did did we sit for millenia thinking...If only someone could come up with a tiny hand held device/communicator thing.

 

Until then- we won't know what to do in an emergency! ?

 

if you're not sure what I'm on about Matt, give me a call on

0800 Numpty

[Tannhauser]

I don't understand the importance put on mobile phones. Maybe it comes from being of an age where I was used to people not being able to contact me every second of the day. In fact I LIKE not being able to be contacted wherever I am!

 

It's like when it rings if you're driving. Fine...leave it to ring. There's nothing that can't wait 10 mins or so.

 

I agree with this so much that my internal organs want to leap out, shouting " we agree!"

 

I use my mobile maybe 3-4 times a year and seem to get by. I carry one in the car in case I get stuck and that's it.

 

It really is a tyrannical instrument. When it gets to the state of affairs that soeone feels the need to break off a conversation with the person that is right in front of them in order to take a call, I think it's gone well beyond being just 'a useful tool'.

[Guest mattsupra]

What do you think we (humans) did before the mass produced mobile phone?

 

Were we all wiped out, with no ability to cope?

Did did we sit for millenia thinking...If only someone could come up with a tiny hand held device/communicator thing.

 

Until then- we won't know what to do in an emergency! ?

 

if you're not sure what I'm on about Matt, give me a call on

0800 Numpty

 

but were not in those days now are we numpty

 

im sorry but i would be at a great loss if i never had my mobile as its my work and my life is in there as its more of a personal folder inside a little capsual

 

so i can understand the rudeness of it all to a degree and i would never ever just take a call and not say excuse me or something and thats the whole reason of this topic so hey ho

[tbourner]

I have my mobile on me all the time, and I feel anxious if it's got no battery left! But I often get calls during the day when I'm at work talking to someone, and I ALWAYS mute the call and finish what I was doing. If I can close the conversation and pick up the call I do, if they've given up and hung up by then I usually see what the number was and decide if I'm going to phone them back or not.

 

One thing that gets me though is answerphones, I have one at home to pick up messages from people/companies who I havent given my mobile number to, but I don't have one set up on my mobile and don't have my work voicemail set up either - and I actually get told off (in a nice way) for this!!! People seem annoyed that they couldn't leave me a message!!! The way I see it, if I'm not there to help, tough!

[AndrewOW]

and what if its an emergency?

 

then what do you do ?

 

 

I would hope they would've called the emergency services first. Then me.

 

I do think people should be more gracious when receiving calls.

 

I tend to either let it ring, or call them back when I'm free, unless it is an important call, then I will apologise to the person first and take the call.

 

Its all about good manners really IMO.

[Charlotte]

The one I object to is where you're in a shop or whatever and you're just about to be served or, even worse, are being served when the shop's phone rings and the assistant then ignores you and answers the phone! How rude is that!

I've taken the trouble to go there and wait my turn but somebody else can just call them and get served before me because the ignorant shop assistant doesn't have the common manners to serve customers in the right order.

 

Has the above ever happened you, Blackie? How would/did you feel about it?

 

OMG this soooo winds me up!

 

I was at a petrol station and the man behind the counter didn't even acknowledge I was there...inserted my card, putting in my pin, etc etc literally was on the phone the whole time. I felt like walking out without paying, just pain rude.

 

I have my mobile phone on silent always. It tends to annoy people that are trying to get hold of me but I'd rather call them back than have it going off somewhere that I myself would find annoying.

 

Edit:

 

Now this absolutely infuriates me!

 

There's this bloke at the local petrol station that’s always picking up his mobile when people are in the middle of paying, or even he just stands there carrying on with a conversation (in some Pakistani language) while people stand around waiting for him to finish...

 

Ha ha I didn't read all the thread but clearly it's a petrol station thing!

[outatime]

A friend of mine was serving someone at a bar while on his mobile, the guy grabbed the phone and put it in a pint of beer

 

I didn't have much sympathy, but the customer had to pay for the phone in the end.

[keancy]

 

I have my mobile phone on silent always

 

Mine spends most of it's life on Silent too, it's always a good option

[L33]

had some real rude b1tch that really p1$$ed me off to day!! im a electrician and mainly go into council owned houses, went to one at 8am as arranged this morn, no answer, waited for 15mins, went off and came back at 9, again no answer so i waited for 15 before i left. came back at 1, they finally answered and went mad at me because so call they cancelled the work by ringing the councl at 11 am? i said im sorry i was here at 8 and but no answer, they called me a lier, i never shown up at there door, she was so call stood at the door waiting, started shouting at me told me to f**k off and slammed the door in my face!

 

now to me that was rude, considering the work i go into do is all paid by my taxes, and there getting a free rewire, fitted kichen , bathroom the lot!

 

told me to come back tomo at 8! guess what im not going to do!!

 

just makes me sick, some people i do work in are elderly and really need extra stuff but the council wont provide it, and then u get that bat who dont deserve any thing apart from a boot up the wrongun, who gets the lot! grrrr!