'I'm On The Plane!' Phone Calls In Mid Air

"Chris Blunt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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: What's the difference between a passenger talking on a
: phone. and talking to the passenger seated next to him?

You can't hear both sides of the conversation, very annoying ;-)

Actually, most people on public transport seem to raise their voices far
above the level they would use normally. I once spent 30 minutes on a bus
listening to some idiot female on the back seat yakking on her mobile the
entire time. I reckon I could have given a blow by blow description of her
entire social life for the following month for quite some time
afterwards..!

At least with a bus you can get off when it gets unbearable (unless you're
the driver..!) - no chance on a plane.

BTW if anyone ever tells me talking on the phone while driving is
dangerous, I tell them that driving a double decker with 60+ screaming
schoolkids is *far* more distracting..!!

Ivor

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Ivor Jones wrote:
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>
> BTW if anyone ever tells me talking on the phone while driving is
> dangerous, I tell them that driving a double decker with 60+ screaming
> schoolkids is *far* more distracting..!!
>
> Ivor
>

Imagine teaching them !

On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:51:39 +0800, Chris Blunt <[email protected]>
wrote:

>What's the difference between a passenger talking on a phone. and
>talking to the passenger seated next to him?

I'm surprised you haven't noticed yet. The difference is the same as
between a passenger on a train talking on a phone and talking to the
the passenger seated next to him. Or between someone in an office
talking on a phone and talking to someone next to him. Or between
someone in a restaurant and ... Or, ...

The differenece is that many (most?) people when talking into a mobile
phone SHOUT and block out their surroundings so completely that they
have no comprehension of the adverse effect they're having on those
around them. Talking on a mobile phone in company is extremely
anti-social; it's one of those things that should be restricted to
consenting adults in private.

Mike.

On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:21:36 +0100, Simon <[email protected]> wrote:

>Chris Blunt wrote:
>> On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:46:35 +0000, Adam Funk <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2008-03-28, Ivor Jones wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Dave Higton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> news:[email protected]
>>>> : In message <[email protected]>
>>>> : Mark Carver <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> :
>>>> : > So, either way what's the point of having mobile
>>>> : > access in the air ?
>>>> :
>>>> : To stave off the boredom.
>>>>
>>>> Go to sleep..? Or read a book..? Works for me.
>>> And of course, good luck doing that with some idiot blabbing "I'm on
>>> the plane!" beside you!
>>
>> What's the difference between a passenger talking on a phone. and
>> talking to the passenger seated next to him?
>>
>> Chris
>
>You get to listen in on the conversation and the conversation is likely
>to be more meaningful than "Hey, I bet you cant guess where I'm calling
>from".

OK, perhaps you're right. but at $4 a minute I don't think many people
are going to be making long calls for trivial things like that, at
least once the novelty of the new service is over.

Chris