In restaurants, I don't see what's so bad about talking on a cell phone. What is the difference between talking on the phone and talking to a dinner companion? The ringing might be a nuisance, but I have yet to be bothered in a restaurant by cell phone ringing. What gets me, is when a cell phone rings in church.
I dont think anything is wrong if you eatin in something like McDonalds, or even Chillis or something. But if you are talking away on a cell phone on in a nice upscale restaurant its just rude. And LOL Timing! That situation is always messed up and funny.
Why? If there is a couple at a table next to you talking do you consider that rude? Are all upscale restaurants supposed to be silent? I just don't understand why some people have a problem with cell phones in restaurants...
Maybe you should stand your lazy ass up and go complain to the manager then. 'Cause I sure as hell ain't missing my movie dammit.
Im going to put things in perspective here: WE ARE PAYING TO SEE COMMERCIALS! Ugh, I can take all the other crap, but I cant stand this. I refuse to pay to be bombarded by commmercials at the beginning of a screening.
So, I'm going to trust my medical needs to the 15 year-old kid who can't count change correctly? Plus, you have to assume that the doctor would remember to go through the motions of giving up his pager (and remembering to get it back). My father (who is a anesthesiologist) would forget to give up his pager (or forget to get it back at the end of the movie). All for something that wasn't going to bother anybody anyway (since my Dad always has his pager on vibrate. Until very recently, he was completely deaf in one ear, so he couldn't rely on being able to hear the pager go off). It's also rare that I go to a movie and somebody's cell phone or pager goes off that I can hear. Other than the other day during Heist, I can't remember the last time it happened. Seems like a lot of trouble and expense (especially when adding in the FCC fines and legal fees) for something that isn't anywhere near the biggest problem of theatergoing. If we're going to go to an extreme, why not require everyone to wear a big piece of duct tape over their mouths for the length of the movie? That would prevent talking to one another during the flick. It's sort of like the deal with banning cell phones in moving vehicles. Do cell phones sometimes cause a distraction to drivers? Certainly. Are they anywhere near as dangerous as other things such as having a passenger in your car (which is encouraged by many cities), or having a radio or any number of other things? Not by a longshot. So why ban the cell phone when it's the other things that are much more dangerous? So in theaters, why ban the cell phone when it's people talking to each other and the like that is the much bigger problem (at least in my experience)?
Getting rid of cell phones in cars makes it that much safer to be on the road. Whether they're more or less distracting than other things doesn't really matter.
So you're willing to give up freedom for something that may make the roads so insignificantly safer that it may just be statistical error yet completely unwilling to do anything that would actually make roads safer? If the goal is to make roads safer, why not actually do something that would actually make roads safer? By the same token, if the goal is to keep theaters quiet, why not do things that would stop the biggest problems rather than focussing on the small things? Pass laws that make us feel like we're doing something regardless of whether they do anything at all and completely ignore things that would actually increase safety? That doesn't make so much sense to me.
So again, how does this differ from other cultural events such as plays, concerts, etc? This is already done at all of these events, and many are ushered by 15 year olds. Granted it is easier at events where there are numbered seats but it is still feasible at movies. Actually it's nothing like talking on a cell phone in a car. The movie situation is a case of impoliteness, pure and simple. It's a case of someone who thinks their conversation is more important than everyone else's movie experience. The car situation has nothing do with this and I'm not really sure why you brought it up... I have not called for any laws relating to car use or movie use, but I do think that movie theatres should, on their own, be able to have "cell-free" movie theatres. Let the market decide if that is a desired commodity or not.
