Cell Phones on planes
STFU
On one leg of our flight to Hawaii, there was a group of teenage girls, all dressed in the same tshirts. A middle aged lady I assume was their group leader was seated right behind us. For the entire flight, at least one of the girls, sometimes more, were hanging over our seats yacking with this lady. They were loud and didn't seem to care about anyone around them and their leader just joined right in. Add to the fact that she had a loud, obnoxious laugh that could curdle milk and you can imagine what that flight was like.
When my wife and kids came to Germany (I was already there) in 92, my son got up to go to the bathroom and the guy next to him took the opportunity to put up the arm rest and lay down in his and my son's seat. When asked to move, he refused. My wife had to get the stewardess who had to threaten the man to get him to give my son back his seat.
The point is that cell phones are not going to turn nice people into assholes or assholes into nice people. Assholes will find a place and time to asshole, cell phone or no cell phone. I view cell phone usage just like I view cigarette smoking, talk on your cell phone all your want, just don't include me (or run me down with your car). A quiet conversation on a cell phone is no different than a quiet conversation with your seat mate.
I do have a problem with the whole thing though. I don't think it's really worth all the trouble they are going to have to go thru to make it work. There are so many other things you could do to make air travel more comfortable, why are we so worried about someone who can't talk on their cell phone for 2 hours? What percentage of air travelers need this service, 10%?
We get so wrapped around the axle on this kind of stuff, it's really kind of silly.
On one leg of our flight to Hawaii, there was a group of teenage girls, all dressed in the same tshirts. A middle aged lady I assume was their group leader was seated right behind us. For the entire flight, at least one of the girls, sometimes more, were hanging over our seats yacking with this lady. They were loud and didn't seem to care about anyone around them and their leader just joined right in. Add to the fact that she had a loud, obnoxious laugh that could curdle milk and you can imagine what that flight was like.
When my wife and kids came to Germany (I was already there) in 92, my son got up to go to the bathroom and the guy next to him took the opportunity to put up the arm rest and lay down in his and my son's seat. When asked to move, he refused. My wife had to get the stewardess who had to threaten the man to get him to give my son back his seat.
The point is that cell phones are not going to turn nice people into assholes or assholes into nice people. Assholes will find a place and time to asshole, cell phone or no cell phone. I view cell phone usage just like I view cigarette smoking, talk on your cell phone all your want, just don't include me (or run me down with your car). A quiet conversation on a cell phone is no different than a quiet conversation with your seat mate.
I do have a problem with the whole thing though. I don't think it's really worth all the trouble they are going to have to go thru to make it work. There are so many other things you could do to make air travel more comfortable, why are we so worried about someone who can't talk on their cell phone for 2 hours? What percentage of air travelers need this service, 10%?
We get so wrapped around the axle on this kind of stuff, it's really kind of silly.
posted by Big Ed at 7:21 AM
1 Comments:
Cell phones are like anything else, it's how they are used. I have a job that requires 24/7 access so I carry one in my pocket and it saves me a lot of headaches. My wife and kids can get me anytime they want. As silly as it might sound, I no longer have to play vulture in Walmart and keep circling till I can kill something, I just call her and ask her where she is. My wife and I share a minimum pool of minutes and we never go over. My phone doesn't have a camera or any of that other bullshit, it's simply a convenience for me.
However, cell phones are like alcohol. They just make an asshole a bigger, louder asshole. They make a bad driver a worse driver and they make stupid stupider.
It's gonna get worse before it gets better if it ever gets better.
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