Now You've Done It - Mama's P.i.s.s.e.d.

[Mama Mangia]

MsMai -

Somewhere on site you'll find my thoughts on cell phones, dinnertime, etc. - but - to me it's worth repeating -

come to my house and leave your cell phones home. Waiting for an important call - then give them my land phone number and you can receive your call(s) and even in private! Just don't start pulling out a cell and taking calls, checking messages and texting - you can do that at home - not in my house.

dinnertime - family dinner table - PERIOD - don't ring the phone - cu it won't get answered - sorry - family time is not long enough these days and dinner with family is very important - and you know what - dinner is important even if you are the only one at the table

and - don't eat on the phone when talking to me - I'm not interested in your slurping, sucking, licking, and plate scraping with the fork even tho you excuse yourself when burping so politely and talking with your mouth full

manners are important - at least to me

yep - you fit in just fine!!!

[MsMai]

all the confusion.

We are in total agreement. Won't happen in my house either. I can't stand to see a person walking into a store, or even worse inside a store with a cell glued to their head. Rude, I tell ya', just plain rude. Finish that dang call before you get out of the vehicle.

I love your forum; nice folks here and fantastic recipes.

[KYHeirloomer]

Let me tell you how bad it's gotten with cell phones.

When I give a presentation of any kind, lately, I start with a canned speech about how I'm an easy-going, soft-spoken guy. But the one thing that turns me into a raving lunatic is the sound of a cell phone ringing. So anyone who hasn't turned their's off would be wise to do so.

Jump ahead to this past Saturday. I'm in the middle of my presentation about heirloom veggies at The Arboretum when a cell phone goes off. I stop dead. Look at the idiot, who at least is walking away (I suspect so that my talking won't interferre with his important chat). I make a comment about how some people just don't listen, and are so insecure they have to have an electronic lifeline that intrudes on other people.

Now, here comes the killer. Off to the side a gentlemen, referring to me, says something to the effect of, "well, that was awfully rude. I won't stand here listening to anyone that rude." and he walks off.

Get it? I'm giving a speech, and I'm the rude one, for daring to embarass a guy just for getting a phone call.

Hellofaworld we live in.

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

Thank you MSMai for the compliment and I am so glad you like it here as well.
I love Spice Place and have learned so much.

Re: Cell Phones; I agree with both KYH and MSMai, and they are the biggest cause for car accidents these days, and they also make folks behavior "pure T rude" as can be! I believe it has to be associated with all the other gripes we have about poor customer service and rude behavior in general that seems to be running so rampant in society these days! Everyone is so self absorbed and seem to care less about others more now than ever before, but as Brook pointed out "rain on their parade" for one minute and they're all huffy about it!!! GO FIGURE!!!!

[mrsjimmyp]

Cell phones a pet peeve of mine also ! People survived before cell phones but now you would think they can't ! For example...I was in the grocery store a few days ago and a girl was arguing with someone who must have been the boyfriend.Couldn't help but overhear so did eveyone else. I mean she was cussing and hollering ! Unbeleivable! Just hang the darn phone up !
I get on my daughter's case enough lately about her's.

Some people have no manners when it comes to cell phones.Or sense it seems!

[Mama Mangia]

I thought (years ago) that answering machines were bad - I watched people "screen" their calls and make rude comments to the machine (not to the caller of course - they didn't have the nerve to do that) and make total idiots of themselves.

Then caller ID came out - same thing.

If you don't want to talk to someone - tell them - don't lead them on.

And then the first phones that plugged into the car cigarette lighter. I still have that phone too. Of course I did not drive and yak to impress the world. Once again - for emergencies only.

Then they came out with the portable battery pack - you could sling this heavy contraption over your shoulder and yak.

So enter the cell phone.

And texting.

Everywhere you go - they are on the phone. Can't live with out it. It's their lifeline. They cannot speak with a store clerk or an order taker - it's too rude of the clerk to be waiting on them while they are talking. They pump gas while yakking - boy I wish they would blow themselves up and get it over with. They buy cell phones for their kids. Next - they will make phones for dogs and cats.

Don't even get me started with driving and yakking or texting. Look at the idiots that are using their computers while driving - or - watching movies while driving.

Today's multi-tasking is: the ability to yak on your cell phone, listen to your Ipod, type on your computer, watch a movie, play a vidoe game and have the news on the car radio, eat your fast food lunch, drink your coffee and also finish it with your danish - all while driving your car and waiting for OnStar to come through the pipeline telling you that they will call the ambulance for you after you have crashed into some innocent victim, or a child on a bike, or a pregnant woman carrying bags of groceries home from the store so she can feed her kids.

Yeah - buy a headset so that you can still drive and talk. do you think you can handle it? It seems that they plug in their headset and the stupid button at the same time. They still cannot talk and drive.

What the h.e.l.l. are manners anyway? It seems that they have gone right down the tubes. And who gives a hoot about the next person in today's me-me-me society. All for personal satisfaction and gratification - screw the next person, their feelings or their time.

I wonder when or IF - as a society - we become human again?

(before you start - I'm not bashing everyone - I think you all know what I mean!)

Oh and get this - no more phones in the classrooms at school - the teachers use cell phones now.

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[chubbyalaskagriz]

You all make some great comments on a topic that irks the crap outta me too.

I can't really add a thing to what you've offered except to say, I'm almost 42 years old, it's 2008 and I've never owned a cell phone. Wouldn't even know how to send or receive a call on one. I presume they don't have a rotary dial? That alone would flub-me-up! Hee-Hee!

[Mama Mangia]

Hey - I got a cell - for emergency only - I can make a call and answer a call - and I can delete a call - I have no desire to read a text, send a text or retrieve any call waiting. When I am out it is on - when I am home it is off. Period.

I've got messages just sitting there - and I don't care. those that have the number know I do not accept messages, texts, etc. If the phone is off - then call my house - DUH! You don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure that one out!

And when I'm home - I answer - I don't screen - cuz if I don't want your call - you''ll hear about it!

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

You all make some great comments on a topic that irks the crap outta me too.

I can't really add a thing to what you've offered except to say, I'm almost 42 years old, it's 2008 and I've never owned a cell phone. Wouldn't even know how to send or receive a call on one. I presume they don't have a rotary dial? That alone would flub-me-up! Hee-Hee!

Kev,

I just got my 1st "cellie" on Christmas a year ago 'cause Eddie bought it as for a gift for me! I did not feel that I needed one, so I was 50 when I got my 1st cell phone! Then he's went and got Maddy one just this past Christmas, feels we should have 'em for emergencies . I will give him that but they are nothing I even use on even a semi-regular basis. I think they are over priced and way the heck over rated! I personally could care less about the darn things and consider them a nusience And I hear they do give you cancer according to the newest studies coming out, will there ever be alot of people with cancer of the ear this coming generation..LOL

That last part was just a joke

[Mama Mangia]

Cathy - there has been a lot of talk about brain cancer and cell phones. Then they say it's just talk and then they start up on it again.

Of course it is over-rated. There is no reason for the high price for a cell phone. there are no overhead wires to be connected to your home for maintenance, etc. like a land phone. I also think we are getting ripped for long-distance calls - I cannot see why those are not free.

And then there is cable tv - why the hell(o) do we have to pay to watch tv? And what's all this crap about the analog tv's not working anymore past February 2009 because of digital?????? BUT if you have cable - your safe.

Now what politicians got their pockets lined for allowing this to happen to us?

What about the poor, low-income, etc. that have nothing but analog and their local stations????

It's all crap - we're getting screwed left, right and center!