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

It hangs from the ceiling, and has birds on it

:-D

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 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.

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

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

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.....

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.

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

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.

Why do people have to below into mobile phones? Do they think there is a piece of string between them?

I probably make two calls in a year of heavy usage and I kind of curl up and whisper furtively into it when I do.

We haven’t been told what the phone call was about – if it was work related then it would be appropriate for the conversation to continue with an apologetic shrug and ‘mouthing’ an explanation to the Check out lady.

Gossip or anything else non urgent, then the call should have been terminated.

Although I have great sympathy for the employee, it wasn’t up to her to impose her etiquette values on customer. On the other hand, the customer could do with being reminded of common courtesy.

I take OH to work every morning and over the years this time has varied from 3.30 - 4.30 am.

We see people at but stops, on buses, walking along all on their phones - who the hell are they talking to at that time of the morning!!!!!

And they walk out in front of traffic without looking at the road, they are so intent on their phone.

I have a mobile which goes everywhere with me, however, it is rarely turned on. I have it in case of an emergency, or if out shopping and see something that a family member may like I can call to see if it is wanted.

When I want to speak to my friends I use my landline, sitting in comfort in my own home. Why would I want to have long conversations walking along the road.

And to all those out there who do use their phones in public, I and others are not in the least bit interested in your life. You do not need to shout...... :-D :-D

Our surgery used to have a sign asking for Mobiles to be turned off.

Sitting next to a young woman in her 20’s one morning, her phone went off. Apart from the occasional cough and fractious child, the full waiting room was quiet.

It was pretty obvious that it was work related. Although she said that she was out of the office, she said nothing about waiting to see a doctor.

What to do? Say loud enough for her caller to hear that she should go outside and thus give the game away, or stay Shum?

Lmao Scozz


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

It hangs from the ceiling, and has birds on it"
:-D :-D

Statement from Sainsbury's...

"We have apologised to Ms Clarke. It isn't our policy to not serve customers who are using a mobile."

Interesting reading...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23158579

Looks like she is pig ignorant.

Who?

I wonder what Sainsburys said to the checkout girl?

Perhaps the problem could be solved by reverting to the old big Red Phone Box.Bit of a job carrying one of those around and making or recieving a call. :-D :-D :-D In my local Papershop is a sign, If you wish to be served turn your mobile off when at the counter. :-D

We all managed perfectly well without mobile phones.

I do not remember panicking just because I was unobtainable 24/7.

And my parents did not feel the need to know where I was all the time. We all told them where we were going and that was it.

And I was always told if anything happens and you will be home late, make a reverse charge call to let us know what is going on. Only ever needed to do this twice after missing a bus etc. WE COPED. THE WORLD DID NOT END. :-S :-D :-D