There’s a law that might be passed allowing people to use their cell phones on airplanes.
Can you imagine if they actually pass that law? Then, for your entire flight, you’d have to sit next to a broadcaster.
I’m not talking about John Madden and Al Michaels here, and I’m not talking about Vin Scully. I’m talking about that obnoxious person sitting next to you at an outdoor café who is speaking so loudly that you can hear everything they say. And they want you to hear everything that they say.
The other day Rey and I were sitting outside Whole Foods and we basically spent the entire time listening to this woman’s conversation about buying a house. “I DON’T KNOW IF I SHOULD BUY THE HOUSE, I’M NOT QUITE SURE. I’M NOT SURE IF I SHOULD APPROVE THE DEAL…”
Everything she said was basically yelled into the phone and into our ears. She wanted the world to hear what she had to say.
That’s the worst thing in the world. Cell phones are annoying to begin with, but it’s even worst when you have to listen to one end of a crazy conversation that isn’t even remotely interesting. There was nothing interesting about this woman and her conversation whatsoever.
So what do you do to get rid of a broadcaster? You out-broadcast them!
So get on your cell phone. Even if you aren’t talking to anybody, just pick up your phone for the hell of it. Lift it up to your ear and just start out-broadcasting her!
Literally mimic her: “YOU KNOW, IT’S FUNNY, I DON’T KNOW IF I SHOULD DO THAT DEAL…” Just start talking as loud as you can and out-broadcast her.
At the same time, look at her and smile. She will think you’re smiling because of something the person on the other end of your phone said, but you’re just fucking with her!
Some more fun with cell phones: do you ever get cut off in traffic, or someone on the road just pisses you off? Get on your cell phone and move into eye contact distance with the person who pissed you off. While you’re holding your phone to your ear, make direct eye contact with the person, smile, and mouth, “FUCK YOU.”
They will think you’re talking to someone on the phone but in reality you just basically flipped them off in a very cool and calm way.
What does this all have to do with dating? Absolutely nothing! Not every blog I write has to be relevant to dating! Maybe once in a while I just want to write about something different. Today is different.
What do you guys do when you overhear a broadcaster?
lmao I’m totally doing the traffic thing now
I work with customers and clients, and my co-workers and I have an unwritten rule; if you’re on your cell phone, we’ll just leave you be until you are done talking on the phone. It’s amazing how people will expect you to answer their questions and give them excellent customer service, yet they can’t put down the phone for one minute and give you 100 percent attention back. And just like you mentioned David, their conversations are so trivial.
Maybe these are the same people that are public restroom piggies.
Talking about cell phone usage what gets me is when a person is in the public restroom and they are next to you talking on the cell phone. That annoys me the most. Hey I want some privacy here for I do not want your party to know what I am up to—here. Please respect the rest of us and tell the party you are speaking to call back shortly I am doing my duty for the constitution of the United States. Love that blog it made me laugh all the way to the bank.
Speaking of cell phones, a man was talking without a phone but I think he had a bluetooth attatched to his ear and really talking loud. Then he faced me and talking like he was talking to me. So I responded with a “what?” question and then I said “no”. then he turned around and still talking and held his ear, thats when I found out he was talking to someone else. Hahaha! I felt really stupid. So when I think back I feel that it was really funny.
Cell phones on airplanes? Damn! The last public transit bastion of peace and quiet…and we just passed a law in this state to stop people from using hand-held cellphones (or texting) in their cars due to some high-profile accidents. The police are telling hilarious stories about how people who notice them pulling alongside them in the next lane are flinging their phones across the car thinking that they did it before the police saw them!
You can ask offenders to use either use their “inside voice” or else to go find a phone booth with a door that closes. I have heard others tell folks that they are just not that fucking important so shut up already. At work, sometimes people in one area will all stop what they are doing to purposely listen to someone else’s conversation – just to embarrass them in front of a crowd. When the offender asked what everyone was looking at, one person replied that since the guy was talking so loud, clearly he meant for all of them to pay attention in case there was a test later. I say, let’s embarrass the crap out of them. They all deserve it.
At 30 thousand feet, cell phones won’t have any service. So its kind of a non issue don’t you think? Only a satellite phone will work at the heights that commercial airlines fly at. As a flight nurse, I’ve used the cell phone as high as say 10 thousand feet to contact the ground ambulance meeting us at the airport. The cell phone is just a tool and some folks will act like real tools when they use them…Its one of those sad facts of life about impolite people.
Ohhhh… These cellphones! How about on a bus? I take bases a lot in these days. Instead of talking on a cell phone, why can’t people listen to their MP player or read a book on a bus? Once I was on a bus with a women who brought a big radio! I think these people are just looking for somebody’s attention.
In Japan it is considered very rude to speak on you cellphone on the train or other public places. For Americans, we generally are very rude. Maybe that’s why we are called The Ugly Americans. To combat this problem, we must all commit to being more considerate. It will take a long time. Meanwhile, if I encounter a broadcaster sitting next to me on the plane, I will just lean over and let out a beautiful SBD and then ask in a loud voice: “Who cut the cheese??”
What do you do about all those people who when you ask how are you? or hows it going? whats new? they always respond with the same old. nothing. i usually respond “how can you feel nothing?” does this ever happen to you? if so what do you do about it?
I find people who actually give a long, detailed answer to “How are you?” tend to be the most self obsessed and constant bores! Massive praise to you for actually going for it unlike the vast majority of others! (Including myself at times).
It’s all about making observations (as DW says constantly and for good reason), and creating a moment between the two of you, especially one spiced with a little emotional energy.
“How are you” is a great last resort if you cant think of anything, and to be honest I’d rather use that than compliment a girl on her shoes, but theres always lots of little clues in environment you can use to creat conversation.
Ah… one more reason I’m a big fan of TEXTING…
I have noticed that some people who use their cell phones and talking to someone they want to diss. Boy it gets interesting when the person telling off that individual. On this side you can see their body expressions. I like to talk to people in person that away I know what their body language looks like not have to keep me guessing
cont. accidentally pressed enter: I can imagine what the other person is doing on the other side that you cant see.
I like to just start talking to these people as if they aren’t even on the phone about whatever and I make sure to raise my voice so they can’t hear what the person who is talking to them is saying. When they get mad and say they are on the phone, I reply with, “yeah I know, that’s why I had to talk louder, so you could hear everything I’m saying”. Usually they get the hint and go find somewhere in private to talk.
That’s a good one. What I actually do when I hear such a person is taking my phone to the ear and start screaming something very obvious into my phone, while looking at the ‘Broadcaster’. Usually it doesn’t take him very long to recognize that.
When I use my cell and I want to talk to the person in private at least on my lunch hour. I go and sit in my car. As far as I know we here in TN can still use our phones while driving.
Then people look at u like ur talking 2 ur self
This is hilarious reading all about the person who uses the cell phone. I think its time we talk about a more excitng subject like boxing. Hooray for Manny Pacquiao the Pacman. What ever happened to de la Hoya.