Thursday, February 23, 2006

Cell phones

I'm in line at a store and once again somebody is on their cell phone while at the register, slowing things down because they do not have their full attention.

Tampa City Council and the County Commission need to pass an ordinance making it illegal to provide service to anyone on a cell phone. All businesses should be required to post signs that say "Using cell phone - No Service"

Seriously there need to be a public service campaign on this issue of rude people.

When you get up to the register, call the person back. Chances are they are on cell phone to and cal be easily reached. Sometimes at work we are in the middle of a medical exam and the parent phone rings AND THEY ANSWER IT!. There is a such a thing as voice mail.

We need little cards that say "Your Cellphone Use Is Rude" that we can hand out to people we see on the street doing rude cell phone behavior.

Perhaps some creative person in Seminole Heights could come up with creative signs for businesses to post in the vein of SHHH, the Society for HandHeld Hushing.
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous2/23/2006 12:41 PM

    I could not agree more.

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  2. Anonymous2/23/2006 5:26 PM

    still laughing...

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  3. Joel2/23/2006 5:45 PM

    You see signs like that in virtually any government office, but they can afford to tick off rude people - the rude people can't go anywhere else. Businesses, particularly small local businesses competing against the big boxes.

    But speaking as a retailer I very much enjoyed your rant. I'm fortunate enough to work under two floors full of wiring, so by the time any customers with cellphone reach my desk, they lose their signal.

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  4. Joel2/23/2006 5:46 PM

    Businesses, particularly small local businesses competing against the big boxes aren't as lucky.

    Sorry about the incomplete sentence.

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  5. Livework Studios LLC2/24/2006 11:35 AM

    I have had to take cell phones out of patient's hands in the back of an ambulance so that I could do an adequate assessment.
    When it's not a life and death situation I prefer to treat the offenders the same way they are treating me. Ignore them completely. If someone at your register is talking on the phone, just ring up the next person in line. They'll eventually get the point.

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