Post #152600 by Mai Tai on Wed, Apr 13, 2005 2:11 AM

Bad cell phone etiquette. Like when you are in a personal conversation with someone, or even a business transaction, and then their cell phone rings. It's like a switch was clicked, and they start having a conversation with their friend/spouse/who-ever for 10 minutes or so. So rude!!!

Then when they finish going over their grocery shopping list, the switch is clicked back off, and they jump right back into your conversation/business transaction, until their cell phone rings again 5 minutes later.

Listen and learn, you poor cell phone etiquette people: If my cell phone rings while I'm talking to someone, and if I have been awaiting an important phone call, then I will check the caller ID number, and answer it only if I have to - prefacing, of course, to the person I'm having a conversation with that I have to take this call that I've been waiting on for the past three days, but I will get rid of them immedietly. And if the caller isn't a priority, I simply smile at the person I'm having the conversation with, and turn off the ringer. They are usually pleasantly surprised that someone would do that.

Oh, and McCafe bugs the crap out of me too. Now you can buy your Big Mac and a Strawberry Vanilla Caramel Mocha all at the same time!