Cell phones are a funny thing. Everyone has one, and if you don't...well there is something wrong with you. I used to download a bunch of retarded rings that were cute songs, or themes from TV shows....then the other day I was thinking, and I decided that maybe it is time to just pick a regular ring. And even one that isn't just a standard 2 note ring...but just one that wouldn't be embarassing if it rang and you weren't around your friends. So I flipped thru my phone, and of course my rings all suck. But I chose one. When I went to Chicago, Tara's phone rang, and she too had changed it to a simple tone. Then Emily's rang. Same thing. Is this some freakish way of growing up? Changing your ringtone to be something other than "Don't Cha..." by the Pussycat Dolls :)
Who knows. Anyways, I found this on the internet and I thought it was quite pertinent.
HOW TO USE A CELLPHONE WITHOUT LOOKING LIKE AN ASSHOLE
1. Do not use your cell phone while driving. Pull over. Even hands free phones are distracting.
2. Refrain from using the cell phone on the subway, bus, airplane, and train.
3.
When eating out do not use your cell phone at the table! Go outside. I don’t care if
it’s raining.
4. Talk normally. There’s no need to yell. If your surroundings are too loud maybe you shouldn’t be using your phone.
5. If you have to say, “Can you hear me now?” five times – they can’t. Hang up.
6.
Do not interrupt a conversation with a real live person to answer your
cell phone. (Transplant surgeons are exempt from this rule.)
7. Do not use your cell phone to talk to someone in the same room.
8. When out with coworkers or friends, constantly checking your phone for messages is annoying.
9. Text messaging while talking to another person is rude.
10. Your kids text messaging at the dinner table is rude! I can make them stop with a look. Why can’t you?
11.
If your call gets dropped, wait a few minutes and get into a better
coverage area before calling back. Don’t frantically try calling me
back NINE times in thirty seconds forcing me to listen to static. I
don’t like you that much.
12. If you see a number you don’t
recognize in your phone’s missed call log, don’t ring it at three AM
saying, “Yo! I got a call from this number! You call me? Who’s this?”
Pathetic.
13. Stick with one ring tone - you all know what I’m talking about.
14. Stopping abruptly in the middle of the sidewalk to answer your cell phone is moronic.
15.
Make sure the phone’s charged before you leave the house. Restaurant
outlets are not for your cell phone.
16. Guys – when eating with other men in a
restaurant don’t whip out your cell phones as you sit down and put them
on the table. Nothing says “Gee, I wonder if his is bigger than mine?”
than that little maneuver.
17. Put the phone on vibrate in a
restaurant. Actually put it on vibrate everywhere. Put the damn thing
in your pants if you’re looking for a little fun.
18. Unless you’re expecting a call from God - turn off your phone in church, synagogue, or the mosque.
19. Set the ringer volume below an ear shattering 200 decibels.
20. Don’t use the phone’s video camera in inappropriate places. Try using it in a strip club and see what happens.
21.
Don’t keep the wireless headset plugged in your ear when not using the
phone. The coolness quotient on that expired years ago. And while
you’re blabbering into space don’t be offended if I mistake you for a
schizophrenic. Sometimes I can’t see the headset.
22. If you’re running late the ability to call your boss from the road does not magically make your tardiness OK!
23.
Having a cell phone does not mean you can change your plans nine times
before actually meeting up with friends. Pick a time and place and
stick to it.
24. Don’t have your friends call you with an “emergency” to extricate you from a bad date. Be a grownup and deal with it.
25. If you’re going to be late for a restaurant reservation please use your cell phone and tell us!
26. Turn off your cell phone at the opera, ballet, movies, live theater, and concerts. Again, transplant surgeons are exempt.
27. Turn off your cell phone before doing anything romantic – use your imagination.
28.
Cell phones shouldn’t be allowed in schools. If parents are so
concerned with their kid’s safety they shouldn’t vote down the school
budget every year or elect local Mussolinis to the Board of Education.
Cell phones won’t teach a kid how to read or make then any safer.
Besides – it makes cheating so much easier.
29. Answering your cell phone at a wake is the pinnacle of self involvement. You’re going to hell. Sorry.
30. Just turn the thing off. You don’t have to be available all the time.
31. Full disclosure – I’ve done some of the above mentioned stupid behaviors. Mea Culpa!
Anyway---that's all for now.
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I dont know if I will ever be able to drive by it again after she moves.
. I think next year will be good. Suzanne and I are getting along a lot better. 