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FlapFlap said:
Probably people on the footpath totally engrossed in their phone, making it so tempting to nail them with a shirtfront
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It's good fun. Go to a mall or busy street, and get your phone out too, so it looks like an accident; then go around bumping into people and listen to them apologise.

Hours of fun for the whole family.
 
I'm starting to become more tolerant.

One gripe I have is when you give someone a lift, and they turn down the radio to make a call. So you do not get to have a conversation with them, you don't get to listen to the radio, and you can't walk away from the well documented (http://healthland.time.com/2013/03/14/why-overheard-cell-phone-conversations-are-so-annoying/) annoyance and distraction of a one sided conversation; all the while you are doing them a favour.

Also had a date once where the girl was busy texting, face booking who knows what else. Next please.
 
I find PT is a great time to have a long phone call as long as it's not sensitive or personal information. Makes the trip go so much quicker.
 
Adzam said:
Ive got a mate who for some reason starts talking 10 times louder when on the phone. I was traveling through Japan with him and he got a call and started doing it when we were on the train. Its apparently considered rude to talk on the phone on public transport there so we got heaps of dirty looks from people
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similarly in taiwan....the carriage is quiet. a murmur is all.

people who talk loudly on phones is intesting. the mouth is next to the mic, yet the speaker assumes person cannot hear them under normal circumstances.

Jack Richards said:
I for one hate people who use their phone when out at a restaurant. I understand with young kids it can be hard to keep entertained, but they get to an age when it isn't needed, but if you are having a 'kid free night' or don't have kids, keep off your phone and enjoy the time spent with your mates or loved ones. Nothing peeves me off when I see people just sitting on their phones rather then talking like they did in the good old days. My wife and I are in our late 20's and make these phone free times (only used to check up and make sure our son is in bed when he is babysat).
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an idea is for everyone to throw their phones into a container/basket and place the container on the floor. no one is to access their phones until the dinner is over.

on the kids and phones.....a vexed issue. i admit i use the phone to entertain miss norfy at times. then i think when i was a kid what did i do to keep myself entertained? nothing, maybe a few toys otherwise annoy the shit out of parents.
 

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kickazz said:
I'm starting to become more tolerant.

One gripe I have is when you give someone a lift, and they turn down the radio to make a call. So you do not get to have a conversation with them, you don't get to listen to the radio, and you can't walk away from the well documented (http://healthland.time.com/2013/03/14/why-overheard-cell-phone-conversations-are-so-annoying/) annoyance and distraction of a one sided conversation; all the while you are doing them a favour.

Also had a date once where the girl was busy texting, face booking who knows what else. Next please.
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the 1 sider as its been known.....and they get pissed off if you evesdrop!
 
I only take very brief calls on the train, don't like doing it cos I know how annoying it can be.

I have noticed people who generally talk on the train (phone or in general) talk far too loud to the point where it's ****ing annoying.

Girls who are uni students and women in groups of 2-3 are the worst offenders.
 
Glad to see im not the only one who thinks taking a phone call on public transport is rude.
 
bkozican said:
Glad to see im not the only one who thinks taking a phone call on public transport is rude.
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Taking the call is ok with me, continuing it to the point where you're broadcasting your mundane life to anyone within a 15 metre radius is annoying. Usually I have my earphones in but if I'm traveling with a friend it becomes painful.

Ring ring: Hi mate/mam/senor/daddy, can I just call you back in <insert time>, I'm just on the tram/train/bus/carriage. Thanks.

:thumbsu::thumbsu:
 
The other day, I was passenger in a car with a mate who insists on answering calls, reading texts (and replying) while bombing down the West Gate freeway at 100km/h at 5pm in thick traffic. He's a shit driver at the best of times. He's always taking his eye off the road; looking around at everything; veering in and out of his lane; speeding up; slowing down; looking across at me for 10-15 secs while talking; not even looking at the road… But this was too much. I told him in plain language, "Dude, you're going to kill yourself on the road one day, but not while I'm in the car with you. Put your f**king phone away!!"

He just laughed in my face. He thinks I'm being a drama queen.

Stupid campaigner :drunk:
 
Back One Out said:
The other day, I was passenger in a car with a mate who insists on answering calls, reading texts (and replying) while bombing down the West Gate freeway at 100km/h at 5pm in thick traffic. He's a shit driver at the best of times. He's always taking his eye off the road; looking around at everything; veering in and out of his lane; speeding up; slowing down; looking across at me for 10-15 secs while talking; not even looking at the road… But this was too much. I told him in plain language, "Dude, you're going to kill yourself on the road one day, but not while I'm in the car with you. Put your f**king phone away!!"

He just laughed in my face. He thinks I'm being a drama queen.

Stupid campaigner :drunk:
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age?

might be best if he drove into a wall at high speed
 

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peternorth said:
age?

might be best if he drove into a wall at high speed
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Middle aged. He once rode a motorbike into a wall at fairly high speed and f**ked himself up for a few months. He's gone off the road a number of times and had many bingles - too many to count. He smashed into 3 parked cars on one occasion. He hasn't learned from these scrapes. It'll probably take him being hospitalised for 6 months and losing a limb (or killing someone) before he changes his ways.

Even before cell phones became common… He always drove along and spent more time looking at what was on the side of the road (houses, girls, shops, etc) than paying attention to the road in front of him. I'd be sitting alongside him, staring at the road ahead, pointing at cars and saying "Watch out!"

I honestly don't know how he's made this far. The worst driver I know.
 
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Stop using your phone when you're on the road. This goes for both drivers and pedestrians. Have had two instances where a stupid bimbo staring at her phone has just about stepped out right in front of me because they were crossing the road without looking.

The Lemon said:
He will kill someone.
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Hopefully only himself.
 

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If my phone rings on the train how I answer will depend on the train. If it's a busy morning/afternoon carriage then I'll answer quietly and say something like 'I'm on the train, is this important?' to bring the conversation to an end. If it's an empty carriage then I'll just let the conversation run its course. I caught a mid morning train the other week and there was barely anyone on it. I could've given away my bank details and the location of Madeline McCann and no one would've heard.
 
kickazz said:
Also had a date once where the girl was busy texting, face booking who knows what else. Next please.
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Had a similar experience - texting, facebook, snapchat etc during the time we spent together. The relationship ended shortly after
 
My girlfriend has the most annoying, maddening habit when we speak on the phone. 95% of the time she asks if I'm not busy and can call me, I say yep, she'll call, I'll answer, and within 20 seconds she'll say "oh you can hang on a second?" before coming back 15 seconds later saying "sorry I just had to do something"

Every single time. Getting to the point where I consider hanging up if she has to go do something. You're the one ringing me!
 
Fazza2Jazza said:
My girlfriend has the most annoying, maddening habit when we speak on the phone. 95% of the time she asks if I'm not busy and can call me, I say yep, she'll call, I'll answer, and within 20 seconds she'll say "oh you can hang on a second?" before coming back 15 seconds later saying "sorry I just had to do something"

Every single time. Getting to the point where I consider hanging up if she has to go do something. You're the one ringing me!
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That would be incredibly frustrating.

If my missus did that I would have cracked it at her by now if it was a constant thing.
 
FlapFlap said:
Probably people on the footpath totally engrossed in their phone, making it so tempting to nail them with a shirtfront
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I hate getting out of the way of people who are so engrossed with their phone. One of these days i'm just going to shirtfront them.
 

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