Did You Ever Get In Trouble Or Have A Problem For Using A Cell Phone

What kind of trouble/problem did you ever have for using a cell... i.e. school, work, driving, hospital, police, test areas, secured areas, and restricted areas? Maybe not necessary getting in trouble… maybe you were challenge for using or having one and told not use it or have one in your possession. I know some school restrictions vary from school to school, I know NYC restrict even bring one in school.

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My daughter got an in-house suspension at school because she forgot to turn off the ringer when she got into her first hour class. A bill collector who was looking for the previous owner of her number called during third hour (her least understanding teacher).

All in all, it was a good lesson for my her.

My daughter went to private school, I got her a phone when she was in the 7th and eight grade, anyone who had a phone had to turn their phone in at the principle's office before school, and pick them up at the end of school.

my gf got my phone and saw pix from another girl....does that count?

Originally Posted by teamneon

my gf got my phone and saw pix from another girl....does that count?

YES... of worse kind of trouble...lol.

Nope adults don't get in trouble for having cell phones.



Well this adult doesn't, and won't ever.

At school I get in trouble, they took my cellphone once and answered all the calls that came in during the day. That was not very cool.

How about at a meetings, gatherings, lectures, and everyone was told to turn off their cell phones, then as the person/instructor is speaking…you here that cell phone in the crowd go off...lol

Also at the movie theater my phone rang during the "best" movie in the world, 3faster 3most furiouserer. And this olg guy tried to steal my phone, that was pretty funny.

Originally Posted by aepple

YES... of worse kind of trouble...lol.

Agreed !!!!!


I personally think taking away kids' phones in school is stupid. Have them turn them off, sure, but come on, taking them away ?

When I attended high school, I took a freaking notebook computer with me to every single class. Some teachers tried to get me in trouble and take it away, pfffft, screw that. Because I spend so much time typing on a keyboard (out of school in the past, and now everyday at work), it was actually straining and hurting my wrist to write notes with a pen. So I used MS Word and took my notes that way. Long story short, I won that argument easily, and got to keep my notebook in class.

If kids use it or leave it on, certainly, take it from them, but requiring them to turn it in when they enter the building ? I don't think so.

My daughter is supposed to leave it in her locker when she gets to school (our rules, not the school's). On this day, she was running late and just forgot to do it. She is very good about turning it off ar at least to vibrate, but again, it just slipped her mind.

Her school does not require kids to turn in the phone to the office, nor do they have any specific policy about bringing the phone into a classroom. The only rule they have is it must not ring or in any other way interrupt the class. When it happened, she was told to turn it off and sent to the office for disciplinary action (the in house suspension). All in all, I think it was handled quite well. She knew she screwed up, and took her punishment well.

there was a perosn around here whose mother was fighting in Iraq, and sheer called her son during class and he answerd it and the kid got suspended, and his phone taken away. youd think that they would stretch the rules in a situation like that

Originally Posted by hollister

there was a perosn around here whose mother was fighting in Iraq, and sheer called her son during class and he answerd it and the kid got suspended, and his phone taken away. youd think that they would stretch the rules in a situation like that

Thats not cool, at all. What if she had been wounded or captured. Fascist schools.

Originally Posted by HappyMan

Thats not cool, at all. What if she had been wounded or captured. Fascist schools.

That's a double-edged sword though. Rules are rules, regardless.

If you let that slip, all of a sudden every student will start saying it's their parents, or their cousin-of their uncle's-sister's-brother's-daughter in some foreign country.

The solution would have been for the parent to call the school's landline and request their child be either allowed to use the phone that particular time, or have the call transferred to the classroom and let the child speak to them that way (assuming all classrooms have phones, as all the schools I went to had a handset in every classroom).

There are ways around that particular situation, that will accomodate everyone involved.

However, that said, suspending the student and taking away his handset wasn't the proper thing to do either. As a principal / vice principal, I would have contacted the mother, explained that this situation is against policy, however it is unique, and would have worked out a happy middle that makes both sides happy.

So in this particular case, this school's administration is not very intelligent.

I work in a call center & we are not supposed to answer our cell phones while on the floor, even if we're sitting at our desk on break. So many people do it anyways & they get written up by their supervisors.