Rant: We are banning the wrong stuff

Onkel Neal · 03-27-17, 05:07 PM

And what about Muslims on cell phones in grocery stores?

Sailor Steve · 03-27-17, 05:14 PM

While it never affected me directly, I've always had a peeve concerning people who talk on their phones while checking out. The clerks deserve our attention while they are trying to help us.

Platapus · 03-27-17, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

And what about Muslims on cell phones in grocery stores?

Put them on airlines, where they belong.

Reece · 03-27-17, 06:15 PM

Remember 9/11.

vienna · 03-27-17, 06:35 PM

/rant on

Back when cell phones first began to become ubiquitous, I was in a local fast food restaurant and there was a long line. I was about two or three persons behind a guy yapping away on his cell, loud enough to hear it was a very banal conversation. The line moved up slowly and finally cell yapper got to the order counter. He held up his hand in a sort of "wait a minute" gesture to the clerk, and said to the person on the other end "OK, I'm at the counter, what do you want? What? Oh, well, they have..." and proceeded to start reciting the whole of the place's extensive menu. There was an audible reaction from all the rest of the people in the line behind him; I couldn't begin to describe the glaring look given by the clerk who had had to endure the seemingly unending line of customers only to have that jerk pull such a stunt. With admirable restraint, the clerk told the jerk to step aside, let the other, prepared, customers make their orders, and, once he and his cell-mate had made up their minds, to get back in line at the end of the line. This elicited a rousing round of applause from the other customers in line. The result was predictable: the cell jerk took severe, and loud, umbrage in a sort of "How dare you!" attitude. The manager came up to the counter to see what was going on, listened to the clerk's and customers' accounts and told the cell jerk to go to the back of the line. The cell jerk stormed out of the restaurant, followed by the cheers and jeers of the customers...

Blocking the aisles is one thing; having to wait at the checkout because some cell jerk won't stop his/her yapping and deal with finalizing their purchase is just as bad. I say there should be a mandatory installation of localized cell jammers at all check-out counters!...

/rant off

Oh, and, again, Platapus For President!...

<O>

Aktungbby · 03-28-17, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vienna

Oh, and, again, Platapus For President!...<O>

/Tweet on .../Tweet off

03-27-17, 05:07 PM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,386 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	And what about Muslims on cell phones in grocery stores? __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

03-27-17, 05:14 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	While it never affected me directly, I've always had a peeve concerning people who talk on their phones while checking out. The clerks deserve our attention while they are trying to help us. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-27-17, 06:15 PM	#4
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,904 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Remember 9/11. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

03-27-17, 06:35 PM	#5
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,731 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	/rant on Back when cell phones first began to become ubiquitous, I was in a local fast food restaurant and there was a long line. I was about two or three persons behind a guy yapping away on his cell, loud enough to hear it was a very banal conversation. The line moved up slowly and finally cell yapper got to the order counter. He held up his hand in a sort of "wait a minute" gesture to the clerk, and said to the person on the other end "OK, I'm at the counter, what do you want? What? Oh, well, they have..." and proceeded to start reciting the whole of the place's extensive menu. There was an audible reaction from all the rest of the people in the line behind him; I couldn't begin to describe the glaring look given by the clerk who had had to endure the seemingly unending line of customers only to have that jerk pull such a stunt. With admirable restraint, the clerk told the jerk to step aside, let the other, prepared, customers make their orders, and, once he and his cell-mate had made up their minds, to get back in line at the end of the line. This elicited a rousing round of applause from the other customers in line. The result was predictable: the cell jerk took severe, and loud, umbrage in a sort of "How dare you!" attitude. The manager came up to the counter to see what was going on, listened to the clerk's and customers' accounts and told the cell jerk to go to the back of the line. The cell jerk stormed out of the restaurant, followed by the cheers and jeers of the customers... Blocking the aisles is one thing; having to wait at the checkout because some cell jerk won't stop his/her yapping and deal with finalizing their purchase is just as bad. I say there should be a mandatory installation of localized cell jammers at all check-out counters!... /rant off Oh, and, again, Platapus For President!... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

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