gosh..

[fotogazmik]

gosh, if they weren't illegal id buy a dozen!

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/technology/04jammer.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5087&em&en=af1b70dec8f68d52&ex=1194325200

Comments

[fotogazmik]

dunno know if it's an on/off thing. i get the impression it is since that story or a related one mentioned restaurants having ones that are on all the time.

dunno if they put out anymore nasty waves than we already get exposed to, but it seems like having something that knocks out celphones, sitting in your pocket, isnt a good thing for the organs.

i guess it is passive/agressive. but when you do confront people who are loud talkers, they are usually rude, beligerent to begin with so any confrontation with them is only gunna provoke them to get pissy at you rather than "oh, im sorry, how rude of me"... witness the encounter i had at the library a few weeks back...

people do seem to think they are the most important thing going on and therefore it is well within their rites to have loud chattychats in public.. even worse are the nextelers who make us privy to both sides of the conversation.

lisa's hubby (and sons) will commonly join in on people's cel phone conversations.. if they overhear people talking they just start chiming into the conversation, as a way to let the people know, "oh i guess im not in private".. of course, they can pull it off.. her hubby's 6'8 and her sons are prob 6'3 - 6'5. being that tall (and big) does have it's advantages sometimes. heehee... ill often times make comments about what i overhear on people's comments but not usually loud enuff for the talkers to hear me..

and i simply dont go to movies anymore coz it pisses me off to no end when people text, have to check their fones, etc in a movie... im always tempted to bring in a squirt gun and squirt people who insist on talking during movies or phoning during movies.. but then i realized 1) they wont get it and 2) in order to squirt all the offenders id need a gallon sized supersoaker.. a bit hard to hide in a theater... so i just dont go anymore.. ignoring the cost factor of going to movies..

but i babble...

what is your solution to people who carry on loud conversations in public places (restaurants, stores, etc)? what's a good, non-passive agressive solution?

[ms_sankofa]

honestly, i don't know. if it's a public place, i just ignore it.
if it's a quite public place, i may smile and sweetly ask them to decrease volume.
but honest, prolly just ignore.
b/c that's what i do. saving the world with my ignoring abilities..

heehee

[fotogazmik]

and you called them passive agressive.

Re: heehee

[ms_sankofa]

hey, it's the american way to be.