The cell phone thing has gotten so out of hand that people who object to them are now considered to be in the wrong.
It got to the point where I preceed any presentation I make with words to the effect that while I'm a laid-back guy, the sound of a cell phone turns me into a raving lunatic. So everyone would be wise to turn their's off.
So, I'm giving a presentation on heirloom veggies, and had given my spiel. Halfway through it some idiot's phone goes off. I answers it, and starts talking on the phone. Naturally, I made a comment about it. Some other guy gets up and leaves, loudly proclaiming that he wouldn't listen to anyone (meaning me) who was that rude.
Let's see. I'm there to share knowledge. There's 20 or so people who want to hear what I have to say. Somebody, who had already been warned to turn his phone off, thought it didn't apply to him. His phone intruded on the whole group. And I was the rude one.
Only thing worse was the idiot who came to my son's wedding and didn't turn his phone off. It rang twice during the ceremoney. Once could have been an accident. But anyone with the brains God gave a turnip would have turned it off after that---except that person obviously didn't care. His phone calls were so crucial he didn't mind interferring with the most important day of my dil's life.
Lord, do I hate those things.  |