Talking loudly on your cellphone in public is just plain stupid

[Anonymous]

huh, I didn't think anyone would actually admit to being so obnoxious. Cheers to you, loud self-important cell phone talker. You have just proven the point.

Wonder what these obnoxious people did BEFORE cell phones? I didn't enter the workforce/adulthood before cell phones were prevalent, so I honestly don't know.

[Anonymous]

No, bitch, it's because my life is falling apart and there's simply no other down time, not because I'm important.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, bitch, it's because my life is falling apart and there's simply no other down time, not because I'm important.

you need to seek therapy, then, not inflict your drama on others.

[Anonymous]

I was in a waiting room and listened to someone ordering flowers. Credit card number, expiration date, name of the cardholder, etc. All some one had to do was jot down the info or use a voice recorder, to get that information.

[Anonymous]

Beyond confused about how Googling someone is an invasion of privacy.. do any of you even understand Google or how it works?

[Anonymous]

MY FAVORITE IS THE PHILIPINA NANNY WITH IT ON SPEAKERPHONE SHOUTING INTO IT WHILE HOLDING IT OUT FROM HER CHIN LIKE A LITTLE SHELF WHILE HER CHARGE WANDERS NEAR THE CURB AND TRAFFIC IN THE POURING RAIN. Saw this in front of the kid's school today. Awesome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, bitch, it's because my life is falling apart and there's simply no other down time, not because I'm important.

Your life is 'falling apart' to the point that you can't wait to get off the bus to make a phone call?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think people are blowing this way out of proportion. If OP actually intends to act on this information she was able to track down, THEN I'd consider her a stalker.

+1

+2. Ya'll OP found this information on the internet - it's public! She's not actually stalking this lady, jeez.

[Anonymous]

How about talking loud in a foreign language? annoying.

[Anonymous]

I'm with you OP! I google people all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, bitch, it's because my life is falling apart and there's simply no other down time, not because I'm important.

Uh, yeah, and it clearly has nothing to do with your behaviour, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about talking loud in a foreign language? annoying.

This is even more annoying because you don't get the juicy details, just the noise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to think that people who yammer on and on on their cellphones in public places were just rude and annoying. Now I realize that they are also stupid. Yesterday I was waiting (waaay too long) at the gynecologist's office. A woman in the waiting room was having an endless conversation on her cellphone, totally obnoxious going on and on about how hard it was for her to hire a new housekeeper (she already had a nanny). She was totally rude to the front desk staff--when they needed to ask her some questions, she kept talking on the phone while answering them. She was talking super loud for at least 30 minutes about her "problems."

I was on the verge of asking her to please keep it down, when the nurse came out and called her name. Presto! I was able to Google everything about her on my phone as I continued to wait--having heard her name from the nurse, and having already heard from her loud mouth her husband's name, where he was last week for work, how many kids she has, etc. In just minutes, I knew her address, where she worked, where she went to college, etc. For me, this was just idle cyberstalking as revenge for having had to listen to her for half an hour. But then I started thinking--what if someone with even worse motives had heard everything that I heard? Perhaps the real karmic punishment for rude cellphone behavior in public is identity theft, or burglary, or something else?

My 'fave' is when people on my Metrobus hold their cellphone in front of their face and talk into it like they're Captain Kirk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to think that people who yammer on and on on their cellphones in public places were just rude and annoying. Now I realize that they are also stupid. Yesterday I was waiting (waaay too long) at the gynecologist's office. A woman in the waiting room was having an endless conversation on her cellphone, totally obnoxious going on and on about how hard it was for her to hire a new housekeeper (she already had a nanny). She was totally rude to the front desk staff--when they needed to ask her some questions, she kept talking on the phone while answering them. She was talking super loud for at least 30 minutes about her "problems."

I was on the verge of asking her to please keep it down, when the nurse came out and called her name. Presto! I was able to Google everything about her on my phone as I continued to wait--having heard her name from the nurse, and having already heard from her loud mouth her husband's name, where he was last week for work, how many kids she has, etc. In just minutes, I knew her address, where she worked, where she went to college, etc. For me, this was just idle cyberstalking as revenge for having had to listen to her for half an hour. But then I started thinking--what if someone with even worse motives had heard everything that I heard? Perhaps the real karmic punishment for rude cellphone behavior in public is identity theft, or burglary, or something else?

I still don't get how any of the information you overheard and then googled could be used against this woman in any tangible way, that you couldn't do without learning this infomation. Please explain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, bitch, it's because my life is falling apart and there's simply no other down time, not because I'm important.

No down time to talk in private somewhere? That may be why your life is falling apart. Priorities.