The Ten Commandments of Cell Phones

I found this on some off-shoot of Yahoo...Infoworld. It is the Ten Commandments of Cell Phones

1. Thou shalt not subject defenseless others to cell phone conversations. When people cannot escape the banality of your conversation, such as on the bus, in a cab, on a grounded airplane, or at the dinner table, you should spare them. People around you should have the option of not listening. If they don't, you shouldn't be babbling.

Can't say that I'm real guilty of this one....unless the family doesn't want to hear me talk!

2. Thou shalt not set thy ringer to play La Cucaracha every time thy phone rings. Or Beethoven's Fifth, or the Bee Gees, or any other annoying melody. Is it not enough that phones go off every other second? Now we have to listen to synthesized nonsense?

Mine ringtone is Canon by Pachbel.....very peaceful. Now my txt message alert is the Westminster bells - and it even gets on my nerves sometimes!

3. Thou shalt turn thy cell phone off during public performances. I'm not even sure this one needs to be said, but given the repeated violations of this heretofore unwritten law, I felt compelled to include it.

If I ever forget this I feel horribly guilty!!! My fav is when someone forgets to turn it off druing church and the preacher is in the middle of a sermon and you hear some hiphop ringtone playing. One time this happened and it was some old man!!!

4. Thou shalt not wear more than two wireless devices on thy belt. This hasn't become a big problem yet. But with plenty of techno-jockeys sporting pagers and phones, Batman-esque utility belts are sure to follow. Let's nip this one in the bud.

HA!

5. Thou shalt not dial while driving. In all seriousness, this madness has to stop. There are enough people in the world who have problems mastering vehicles and phones individually. Put them together and we have a serious health hazard on our hands.

Um yeah - sooooooo guilty!


6. Thou shalt not wear thy earpiece when thou art not on thy phone. This is not unlike being on the phone and carrying on another conversation with someone who is physically in your presence. No one knows if you are here or there. Very disturbing.

Oh this is a HUGE pet peeve!!! Like the bluetooth is some sort of a status signal??? Seriously people - if you are in a place where you can physically use your hands, hold the phone to your ear!!!

7. Thou shalt not speak louder on thy cell phone than thou would on any other phone. These things have incredibly sensitive microphones, and it's gotten to the point where I can tell if someone is calling me from a cell because of the way they are talking, not how it sounds. If your signal cuts out, speaking louder won't help, unless the person is actually within earshot.


hahaha I like that last sentence - that's great! I wonder if I'm guilty here.....my Dad is!


8. Thou shalt not grow too attached to thy cell phone. For obvious reasons, a dependency on constant communication is not healthy. At work, go nuts. At home, give it a rest.

Yeah, I'm kind of attached but I think I have a legimate excuse....the cell phone is our home phone! About a year ago we had our land line switched over to a cell phone in the effort to save a little $$$. The Coach, however, is addicted to texting on his. Somedays it drives me nuts and I want to throw the phone up against the wall!!!....but then we would have to buy a new one.

9. Thou shalt not attempt to impress with thy cell phone. Not only is using a cell phone no longer impressive in any way (unless it's one of those really cool new phones with the space age design), when it is used for that reason, said user can be immediately identified as a neophyte and a poseur.


Oh some people are sooooo guilty of this. Not us though!!! We have plain ol' regular size phones with only a camera and the ability to text. No email or web on these babies!!!

10. Thou shalt not slam thy cell phone down on a restaurant table just in case it rings. This is not the Old West, and you are not a gunslinger sitting down to a game of poker in the saloon. Could you please be a little less conspicuous? If it rings, you'll hear it just as well if it's in your coat pocket or clipped on your belt.

Yeah, guilty here....I have a hard time hearing in noisy places though :(

Hope you enjoyed this - I got a kick out of it!!!