Aleck79
join:2003-07-23
College Station, TX | great, cell phones replacing the crying baby
I can just see it now, no more jokes about the crying baby on the airline, its going to be the asshole on the cell phone :x |
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91439306
15,000 Watts of Bass Power
join:2002-10-16
New Milford, CT | Just consider what it's like to get an $82 bill for a 5-minute phone call from GTE AirFone. I'd rather use my cell. |
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MikeRaach
join:2000-12-05
Martinez, CA
| reply to Aleck79
said by Aleck79  :I can just see it now, no more jokes about the crying baby on the airline, its going to be the asshole on the cell phone :x Is someone talking on their phone any different than that person talking to the person next to them? Babies are just annoying, but I don't see this as being a big problem.
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AtomicZero
join:2004-11-24
West Palm Beach, FL
| reply to Aleck79
said by Aleck79 :I can just see it now, no more jokes about the crying baby on the airline, its going to be the asshole on the cell phone :x Yep that'll be me next to ya. Bluetooth handsfree in ear blabbing away to someone I have to business blabbing with at the moment, bouncing my tirelessly wailing baby on knee while clicking away on my Wi-Fi with the other hand and smoking a cigarette [cuz I'm hoping they will lift that ban too]  |
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cghh
join:2001-01-15
Milpitas, CA | reply to 91439306
Verizon Wireless customers can have their cellphone forwarded to Airfone. It is treated like a "roaming" call: $0.69/minute. Or you can pay a $10/mo fee and then calls are $0.10/min. Automatically "unforwards" when you get off the plane. |
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dave
Premium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio | reply to MikeRaach
phone is not required
I have resolved that if the person next to me has the right to talk into a phone, loudly and past the point of annoyance, then I have the right to talk into a non-phone, loudly and past the point of annoyance. |
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fireflier
Coffee. . .Need Coffee
Premium
join:2001-05-25
Limbo
 ·Skype
| reply to MikeRaach
Re: great, cell phones replacing the crying baby
Unfortunately, some people seem to assume that if the cellular connection isn't great or there's background noise that SPEAKING LOUDER FIXES THE PROBLEM.
In public places, you can frequently distinguish who's carrying on a cell conversation from others carrying on interpersonal conversation without even seeing them. Many of them basically scream into the phone.
That would get really annoying sitting next to someone on a plane who's trying to look important or is just bored and wanting to yak with their friend/girlfriend/boyfriend/kid/parent/co-worker, etc.
If people actually carried on cellular conversations at reasonable volume, it probably wouldn't be a problem.
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs:
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| reply to 91439306
said by 91439306 :Just consider what it's like to get an $82 bill for a 5-minute phone call from GTE AirFone. I'd rather use my cell. just consider what it's like sitting next to the prick who wants to do his full business meeting on the plane.
(yelling)
"YEAH BOB, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BUT I JUST CAN'T GIVE IN, THERE'S NO WAY I CAN DO THAT - HOLD ON I CAN BARELY HEAR YOU. OH YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK UP? NO PROBLEM. THANK GOD I HAVE MY CELL PHONE SO I CAN STROKE MY EGO EVEN MORE!"
Forget about business now, how about teenage love-birds talking THE WHOLE flight? "Ohh chrissy i've got the HUUUUGEST crush on timmy in 2nd period, hehehehehe! yeah i'm like, SOOOOO into him. I like, can't wait for him to like, ask me out so we can like... like... like each other! HEHEHE!"
That sets chills down my spine already.
I can truly see people asking "please sit me next to a quiet couple with 2 babies - it's so much more pleasant." |
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tnroroc
Let's Rock
join:2001-04-25
Matawan, NJ
| reply to MikeRaach
The someone talking to someone next to themselves has only that person to talk to. With a cellphone, this same annoying person can to to an unlimited amount of people. 
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mustang03282
join:2003-01-10
Bridgeton, NJ
clubs: | reply to dave
Re: phone is not required
easy solution eat some air line food and 10 min later you should be able to fart louder then the person on the phone. It may not shut them up but it will make them move and then they are someone els's problem |
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phunkysmell
@comcast.net
|  reply to Aleck79
Re: great, cell phones replacing the crying baby
1. if you want to talk (and annoy people) you will have to connect through the mini transceiver/picocell on the plane so it will be as expensive as the AirPhones in the seatbacks (so the annoying people shouldn't be any worse than they are already with AirPhones) 
2. if they lift the ban we'll be able to use our SmartPhones and PDA phones to play games, listen to music, read e-books, etc. without the flight attendants forcing you to shut it off and put it away  |
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slimpickinz
join:2003-11-29
Conyers, GA
| reply to MikeRaach
Just Like...
At the supermarket, when the person in front of you is talking about NOTHING and is not paying attention to the cashier...then they want to write a check or need a price check on an item ...I tell them to get off the damn phone & pay attention...
9 times out of 10 they hang up and move on. I have NO PROBLEM letting someone know I do not appreciate their phone conversation when it is infringing on me and my space. Just how important can a call be? You do have voice mail and an earphone, right? |
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outlaw phones
| reply to tiger72
I can just see it now...
Tthe airlines create specific flights that are "cell-phone" enabled / disabled.. kinda like what they did with smoking / non-smoking flights.
Worse yet, when you book a flight one of the new quesitons will be; "Do you want to be on a Cell-phone use area of the plane or not?" I can just imagine folks that want to use thier cell phones in flight will book a seat in the non-cell phone area, then get up and walk to the area of the plane; stand in the isle and make their calls...
This is gonna get ugly |
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Andromeda451
join:2004-04-08
Queen Creek, AZ | reply to Aleck79
So, is there a penalty for sticking the cell phone into the abusers ear? Must be at least 5 minutes in the penalty box... |
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