Filed Under: Satire Seriously
Are people who get irritated about public cell-phone use actually the selfish ones?
I think so.
I love using my cell phone in public. I come from Texas so I talk loud. I especially like talking to my doctor about sensitive medical information, spots where I have rashes and that sort of thing. We all have rashes. We all have to talk to our doctors on our cell phones. And sometimes those conversations happen inside of crowded elevators. We are human beings, for crying out loud.
But I keep hearing about these people who are irritated with people like me. They think it’s rude. But here are some things I’d like these people to remember:
- The person I am talking to on the phone is a person, too. It’s not like I’m talking into a Dictaphone. And people matter.
- What you are actually saying when you get irritated because I am on the phone is that you are more important than the person I am talking to and I think that is selfish. I don’t even know you. You are just a person trying to take a nap at an old-folks home.
- Cut it with the passive aggressive crap, too. It irritates me to be talking on the phone to my doctor and have everybody in the restaurant looking over at me like I’m offensive. If it offends you, come over, make a hand signal for my business card, take my card and text me your request. I will get back to you when I am off the phone.
- Understand that face-to-face communication is difficult. How am I supposed to read all your distracting facial expressions and how am I supposed to concentrate when your hands are flailing around like hoses in a kid’s play sprinkler?
What do you think? Are there other things that these really rude people who get irritated with people who talk on cell phones need to understand? Feel free to comment. I may print out the best comments on a sheet of paper so I can hand them to the flight attendant when she yells whatever she always yells at me as they back the plane away from the gate. It’s infuriating!
