If I'm in the children's section at Barnes & Noble with a good book to skim and a happy three year old playing with the Thomas trains, guess what I don't want to listen to. I do not want to listen to a personal cell phone call.
It's Barnes and Noble. People go there to look through books and what do you need to look through books? Some quiet. Sure, it's the children's section, but what's wrong with a little quiet. Yes, I expect to hear the clickety clack of Thomas and his friends on the wooden train tracks and an occasional child's shriek and the inevitable child crying when it's time to go home and they're not ready. I don't mind that.
I do mind listening to a full volume cell phone call. I'm sorry that this lady missed her phone hearing because she didn't realize that we're not on Michigan time and she called an hour after her court hearing. I do feel bad that her ex is demanding she go to Michigan two times a year to bring their son for visitation. And, it is harsh that he wants the kid to spend the whole summer in Michigan. And, no it's not her fault that she called an hour late because she wasn't aware of the time change and now the hearing's been adjourned and her side wasn't heard. That is all too bad, but I don't want to hear it. Why do people think it's okay to have full-volume personal phone calls in front of complete strangers? Take it outside or better yet take it home. That's where I have my personal phone calls. At home. At Barnes and Noble, I just want a teensy bit of quiet to look through a book while my toddler plays happily with the Thomas trains. Is that too much to ask?
Thursday, May 14, 2009
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*groan* I know exactly how you feel. Honestly, I don't care if people are loud at B&N. It's a bookstore, not a library, and people can talk all they want. But when people have cell phone conversations that they forget everyone can hear, that really irritates me. It's like the guy in line at the post office last December, who called two different people and loudly told both of them all about his daughter finally divorcing her husband because he's been cheating on her for 4 years with some jewish girl in NYC, and how she's coming home for Christmas without the soon to be ex now. Did the guy not realize there were 50 people in the post office, all trying not to look at him? That there were three children right in front of him? Awful! Cell phone use is often very blinding. When you get on the phone, you forget other people are around you. But at home, with a home phone, that doesnt' matter so much. With a cell, it does, because B&N or the post office aren't really the appropriate place to spout your problems off publically...
What book were you skimming, btw?
That sounds annoying too. I don't get it. I hate to talk on my cell phone in public. I hardly ever do it unless someone calls me and I keep it short.
Too much information I don't want to know about others.
I was just skimming through a reference-type book about literary agents. It's a little outdated, not very good and suggests some things that are no-no's nowadays.
Ugh, I feel your pain all too well. I agree with you Marcia. I don't want to hear so much personal info. about people's lives in public. I feel the same way as you about not liking to talk on my cell phone in public. I do have to sometimes but I try to keep it short as well.
Not too long ago (at work) I got a phone call from guy who was sitting on the toilet.
After I got over the shock and disappointment of realizing he was in the bathroom, I then listened intently for the sound of running tap water... alas, I was disappointed for a second time.
I totally agree! My older sister is super picky about this. If she's on the phone with me, she'll finish our conversation in her car, then hang up and go into the store.
BTW - I'm surprised the post office didn't make him get off the phone. All the P.O.'s out here have signs saying no cell phone usage allowed.
I'm with you!
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