I miss the days of restraint and politeness too... It all makes ya wonder what Aunt Bea, Andy, Barney and Floyd the barber would have to say about it all... I miss and sometimes long for "Mayberry". 
I hate to go to the grocery store. There is always some big woman with her elbows propped on her shopping cart and a cellphone glued to her ear right in the middle of the isle just chatting away hardly moving at all. If you say excuse me to get around them you get attitude from them. People will practically walk into you in the stores cause they are focused on texting. I stopped for road construction the other day and the guy with the stop/go sign was texting away on his phone while we sat there.
People blocking isles while they chat up someone they ran into is rude. Pull over to the side for crying out loud. Last but not least I HATE when people sit in their cars blocking traffic while waiting for someone who is loading their groceries to move their car. That is beyond rude. No consideration for others at all.
I have a cellphone I carry in case my old car breaks down. It stays in my purse turned off unless there is an emergency. I do not text and if I want to call you to chat I will do it from home.
People blocking isles while they chat up someone they ran into is rude. Pull over to the side for crying out loud. Last but not least I HATE when people sit in their cars blocking traffic while waiting for someone who is loading their groceries to move their car. That is beyond rude. No consideration for others at all.
I have a cellphone I carry in case my old car breaks down. It stays in my purse turned off unless there is an emergency. I do not text and if I want to call you to chat I will do it from home.
I have a cell phone - for emergencies only - and I don't text - have no interest in it - and if I get a text message - I delete it without reading it.
Don't forget the ones that are in line on the phone - they are yakking away, one hand on the phone and one flapping in the air because they talk with their hands, the cashier is waiting for them to unload their carts, they pay no attention to the cashier, then they take their time putting their parcels in their carts and they forget to step away so the next person can be waited on.
And when their credit card or food stamp card doesn't work - or they don't know how to use it - the cashier can't talk to them because they are so engrossed in their conversation.
They talk while driving and parking, they talk all the way into the store, the whole time shopping, while checking out, loading the car, backing out (which they pay no attention to) and all the way home.
Unless they stop at the gas station and they are smoking a cigarette, yakking on the phone and pumping gas while their motor is running.
Yep - I'll park next to them for gas - NOT!
and the whole time the are the only ones in the world...........no one else exists
Don't forget the ones that are in line on the phone - they are yakking away, one hand on the phone and one flapping in the air because they talk with their hands, the cashier is waiting for them to unload their carts, they pay no attention to the cashier, then they take their time putting their parcels in their carts and they forget to step away so the next person can be waited on.
And when their credit card or food stamp card doesn't work - or they don't know how to use it - the cashier can't talk to them because they are so engrossed in their conversation.
They talk while driving and parking, they talk all the way into the store, the whole time shopping, while checking out, loading the car, backing out (which they pay no attention to) and all the way home.
Unless they stop at the gas station and they are smoking a cigarette, yakking on the phone and pumping gas while their motor is running.
Yep - I'll park next to them for gas - NOT!
and the whole time the are the only ones in the world...........no one else exists
Excessive cell phone users and texters irk me too.
I have a co-worker who receives a dozen calls a night from friends and family members. And she's one of these types who multiplies the level of her natural voice volume 2-3X when she's talking on her cell- so there's no way to avoid hearing what should be a private conversation. After over 4 years of this I finally told her I found it excessively-rude and asked her to stop. Now she receives texts instead so now I deal w/ the weird constant Rap/Hip-Hop ring-tones, AND the loud vibration alerts and then the incessant typing by her thunderous thick fingers on the tiny keypad. If this happened once or twice a night it would be acceptable. But it's a dozen or more times. Not only does she have zero concept of how this is rude and annoys others- but I haven't even begun to try to explain to her dumb azz that when she does this stuff it removes her from the work pool in the department and in effect makes her dead weight that's doing nothing- and renders WORTHLESS in the work-place. Talk about rude and CLUELESS!
I have a co-worker who receives a dozen calls a night from friends and family members. And she's one of these types who multiplies the level of her natural voice volume 2-3X when she's talking on her cell- so there's no way to avoid hearing what should be a private conversation. After over 4 years of this I finally told her I found it excessively-rude and asked her to stop. Now she receives texts instead so now I deal w/ the weird constant Rap/Hip-Hop ring-tones, AND the loud vibration alerts and then the incessant typing by her thunderous thick fingers on the tiny keypad. If this happened once or twice a night it would be acceptable. But it's a dozen or more times. Not only does she have zero concept of how this is rude and annoys others- but I haven't even begun to try to explain to her dumb azz that when she does this stuff it removes her from the work pool in the department and in effect makes her dead weight that's doing nothing- and renders WORTHLESS in the work-place. Talk about rude and CLUELESS!
what about guests? if you come to visit me - don't spend your tiem texting or on your cell - if you are waiting for an emergency call - give them my number to reach you - leave the cell at home
ditto when eating in a restaurant - I've seen couples out - one on the phone and eating while the other one just sits there eating alone - ignorant
ditto when eating in a restaurant - I've seen couples out - one on the phone and eating while the other one just sits there eating alone - ignorant