General Chat

From what I understand the checkout girl was courteously trying to do her job, if she was polite then she deserved the same courtesy in return. Personally I find it acutely annoying when people continue to speak on their mobile at full volume in public places. They are obviously not concerned that everyone within earshot can hear what they are saying, but I do not want to hear it. A young woman sat down next to me in the “Quiet” carriage on the train recently, she immediately reached for her mobile phone, I waited until she started to use it and pointed out the “Quiet” sign, at first she shrugged her shoulders, so I pointed out I was quite prepared to call the guard unless she moved to another carriage which she then did.

It is also irritating when people are constantly texting/checking their mobile. Ohs DIL is
continually using hers and hardly joins in conversations when she visits us. I suppose one could blame the mobile phone for the rudeness, however I think it is just another example of some people have no manners.

Mobiles on flights? god forbid .........there are many folk who have issues just getting on a plane :-0 can you imagine the stress when sitting next to a loud mobile user!!...unless of course company insists the phones are used with ear-pieces.....and they can't answer the call ;-)

edit: I was always nervous in the days when smoking was allowed....my grandsons find that hard to believe....the smoking I mean lol

If that girl had been working for me, she would have been sacked on the spot. You can't have shop staff being rude to the customers; not matter what they may think of them. I'm not saying the person on the phone was right; but it wasn't the checkout girls place to judge. If I want shop staff to be rude to me, I'll go to Asda. They're experts at it.

Sister & I caught a bus across Madrid. The bus was full - and everyone was on their mobile - the noise was indescribable.
A girl next to us was talking away in Spanish, then suddenly shouted in English 'I'll call you back - I can't hear you because of the noise the b&*** are making!!' :-0
She was totally unaware that she was a part of the cacophony.
Imagine being on a plane with that amount of noise.....

Full marks to the checkout girl. Common good manners dictate that you should not talk to someone else whilst telephoning.

Does the newspaper publish the poll results in the paper or is it purely online ?

I heard that too, Ann in Glos, and am appalled. I regularly use BA and cannot imagine the din I will have to listen to. The country to which I fly back and forth has, in my opinion, a worse mobile phone problem than the UK. Everyone has a phone permanently glued to their ear, which means they will now happily continue shouting into one whilst on a flight.
Shop assistants in the area I live, including supermarket checkout people, are under no obligation to greet the customer, engage in conversation with the customer, help the customer, tell the customer how much the bill is, in fact you're lucky if they shrug towards the digital display which shows the total bill. I asked my local supermarket manager once and he couldn't understand my problem!!! They have plenty to say all day into their phones.though :-( :-(
EDIT: I should reiterate, I am referring to shops and supermarkets in Cairo.

I was appalled to read this week that BA are probably going to lift the ban on mobile phones on long haul flights. Can you imagine the racket?

I have a mobile............

It hangs from the ceiling, and has birds on it

:-D

We've seen cyclists riding along one handed using them the past week. One was a mother with her young daughter, also on her bike..........what a dangerous example to set her daughter!

I have a mobile. Never need to turn it off - no-one ever calls me :-P

Actually it's usually at the bottom of my bag, so I can't hear it even if anyone DOES call me.

Friends & family know, if they really want a chat, to call my landline :-D

I turn my phone off when driving, In fact I turn my mobile off and leave it in the car glove box when shopping, eating out or visiting places like the doctors.

Roy

Certainly did do the poll

Actually quite surprised at the results

On the subject of mobile phones.

I think we have the technology to obliterate the signal as soon as you turn a vehicle engine on. The only way to answer is to pull over and switch the engine off.

Yes I did Roy and glad to see I was with the majority :-D

Mau

While I'm at It, I am really annoyed at the loudness of music in stores - particularly so in restaurants and eating establishments.

It's often impossible to have a conversation or merely enjoy a meal.
I don't know who chooses the radio stations, either, but they have poor taste in my view with head banging stuff set to a very loud volume.

Yuk!

Did anyone take part in the Poll? I did

Should Sainsbury's checkout assistant have refused to serve customer who was on her mobile at the time?

No 13%

Yes 87%

Roy

Love it.

Think all shops should make sure that no one uses a mobile phone on their premises.

I agree with you, Sharron. A friend believes the mobile has taken over the cigarette in times of stress.

in time with evolution people will be born with one very big ear and some people will require surgery to have their phones removed

my mobile rarely sees the lght of day