25 Apr
Leave the Damn cell phone in your car!
MarkFu brings up an interesting point.
I was raised with the philosophy that the phone was there as a service to ME! I never could understand why someone would tear through their house, knocking over furniture and kicking the dog to answer a ringing phone. The same holds true with my cell phone. If the call is important and I can’t make it without endangering myself or my surroundings. The caller is free to leave a message or call back.
Generally, I leave my phone in the car when I’m at the gym. I hear a number of them ringing from inside lockers in the locker room. Just the other day Mr. To-Damn-Important had one of those beetle looking devices hanging from his ear. I was plugged into my iPod, minding my own business of sweating and he was on the elliptical next to mine. Suddenly I was hearing a blow-by-blow account of the previous nights Dancing with the Stars. I was approaching a rolling boil, so I moved. But who the hell did this guy think he was?
Have you had any bizarre cell phone experiences at the gym (or anywhere else for that matter)?
Posted by Tom Parker on 25.04.08 at 8:59 am
I find people using their cellphones in a bathroom cubicle is rather bizzarre. I’ve been in a few public bathrooms to use the urinal then heard a voice coming from somewhere. At first I’ve thought they were trying to talk to me from within the cubicle then after a minute I realise and think “Why would you want to use your cellphone there? Can’t you just wait 5-10 minutes?”
Posted by Sick of Being Fat on 25.04.08 at 8:59 am
I can’t put into words how much I hate those “beetle looking” blue tooth ear pieces. I have never seen anyone wearing one who didn’t look like they wearing it just to look important.
Posted by MarkFu on 25.04.08 at 8:59 am
To move away from cell phones for a moment, have you ever stood at the cash register in a retail establishment, money in hand ready to buy something only to have the clerk, (or worse, manager or owner) answer a ringing phone before they take your money? I have left merchandise at the counter and walked out when this has happened. I only wish I could do that at a restaurant. Makes me crazed!!