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09/29/09
But then what about voip?
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I think people generally only do that when the pilot accomplishes a smooth landing without any bumps or shaking.
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Also, not everybody has texting.
09/28/09
As is inconveniencing those around you for your luxury of talking on the phone while in flight. Obviously, if the call you are making is a real emergency, explaining this to anyone who complains should settle the issue.
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Oh hey Adam! What's up! :)
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Yeah that is pretty annoying. You know what else annoys me? Women! I will vote to ban them from flights too! I will vote to ban anything that annoys me!
09/28/09
(I sure hope my wife does not read my comments on Gizmodo or I may be sleeping in the garage tonight.)
My stupid comments aside, banning talking on cell phones on flights is the only logical conclusion. The last thing any of us wants is an annoying loud person next to us screaming into a cell phone for even a few seconds. It is bad enough that we have to engage in pleasant conversation with the person, but having to listen to them complain about their boss for hours -- no thanks.
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If it becomes an issue, then doesnt it become a problem the airlines will want to take care of in order to keep the maximum number of customers happy (the hundred other passengers over the one talker)? An outright ban just seems extreme.
All the other situations mentioned (buses and trains) are public transport. This law is essentially banning a practice on private transport that isnt banned on public transport. Doesnt that seema a bit backwards?
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Speaking of sodas, WTF?! Congress?!! They want to tax my sodas and my juice. Congress can't regulate that! Read the CONSTITUTION!!! It doesn't say that the government can put taxes on stuff like soda and candy and cigarettes and alcohol. This is just Congress trying to get rich over things that people like.
Meanwhile, Congress doesn't do anything about people spouting off dumb stuff on TV. I'm not talking about bad language (I'm cool with keeping that off TV). I have a right to not hear about homosexual marriage this and freedom-that.
Congress is ruining this country with all their intruding on my freedoms. If I want to talk on the phone on the plane, I should be able to.
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I'd love to hear a legitimate reason why you think the government has any such power to do this.
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But anyway, the reason I think they should be banned is because the majority of people in the US have shown they do not have the courtesy or awareness of other people that would allow them to make the choice of when to use the phone. They just choose to use the phone because they have it, and it's theirs, and fuck everyone else.
People can't even hang up the phone when they should be driving, and instead, cause or nearly cause accidents from their slower driving or inattentiveness to the car in front of them.
Until people can learn some fucking self control and respect for others in this country, they need to be told what the fuck to do in situations like this. No matter if it's the airlines or the government telling them.
I don't want to hear someone talking at the top of their voice to someone in the grocery store or a book store, or a restaurant or anywhere for that matter. But since I can usually walk away from a person in that case, I don't see it needs to be banned there. But stick me in a plane for 3 to 6 hours next to someone that has the opportunity to use that phone, and no, just no. Fuck that.
And right now, you can tell beforehand the ones that are going to do it. The ones that immediately turn on the phone and call someone when the plane is taxiing to the terminal. And no, I don't mean the people that are saying, "I'm here, come pick me up." I mean the people that immediately start a stupid conversation that could wait 20 minutes for them to get in the terminal.
Until people can stop being inconsiderate and realize that other people besides themselves actually exist, they don't get to choose for themselves. Sorry if that makes you cry.
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@lostarchitect: dude settle down, if you don't want people to ever be able to use their phones then move to a commune that doesn't have electricity.
09/28/09
And I'm sure you are completely wrong. When I see people walking around the mall or walmart or whatever, just blabbing on the phone, 90% of them are just gibbering about nonsense like what the woman down the street said in church. The other 10% will be someone asking if we have enough milk, and they hang up immediately. I'm sorry, your life isn't so interesting that every minute detail of it needs to be explained to someone as it happens. Sorry you are bored on the bus ride...deal.
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What kind of reaction am I going to get from Mr. Business man, when a complete stranger approaches him politely to ask him to lower his voice? If you think he's going to respond favorably, I think you are being an idealist, and the reality is usually not ideal.
The problem is that people feel entitled. For example, the dude who pays an arm and a leg for a Hummer feels entitled to drive the thing around, guzzling gas faster than they can pump it out of the ground. That person is thinking about the money he spent, not about how it negatively affects everyone else.
The same concept extends to the cell phone user. It's a nice convenience, and sometimes comes at a hefty price as with smart phones and data plans. However, simply paying those costs seems to give users a sense of entitlement to ignore common courtesy. Further, they seem to get wrapped up in the conversation, raise their voices, and lose all sensitivity to those around them.
In this situation, I think the greater good should be considered. One person's phone call will affect a dozen or more people on the plane. Also, the number of critical emergency calls compared to the number of disturbing non-emergency calls pales in comparison.
I'm all for open lines of communication, even at 30,000 ft, but only silent forms like SMS, MMS, IM, or email. It should be common courtesy, but unfortunately a lot of people don't think about how they affect others, and therein lies the problem.
09/28/09
Unless you're on AF1, you don't need your phone midflight. If it's that important, it can wait until you're on the ground. If it can't wait until you're on the ground, then you need to reorganize your life.
09/28/09
AND as assistant manager in training level 2 class at McDonalds there are times when I MUST be on the phone in a plane. Of course I've never been on an Aeroplane but how would the schedule get changed, and orders placed...yeah I thought so.
I rest my case. period.
jk you still have a little heart and star in my book.
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You can get your cola with those nuts over at Wendy's.