OT: Cell phones in restaurants
Paul Popinjay
my phone rings. As I answer it, I can see that this older couple across the
way is irritated. I'm perceptive, I pick up on this kinda stuff. The guy
calls the waitress, says something to her, and then I see them change
tables to a spot as far away from me as they can go. I'm thinking like,
fuck you old farts, my phone is not a big problem. It doesn't go off that
often. What am I supposed to do? Shut it off when I enter a restaurant?
And it was only a coffee shop. What the fuck, was I being rude? Because if
they thought THAT was rude, I got news for 'em, I can showya rude.
-Paul Popinjay
Clave
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You want motherfucking *RUDE*???
I was in a play-money tourney at a fashionable pub in downtown Seattle some
years ago, and it was bad enough that I was among the elder players, but
these fucking assholes were texting each other back and forth while the game
was going on and the TD (such as he was) was tolerating it!
I stood it for about 20 minutes, picked out one of the two or three people
at the table who weren't (hi, Jason!) doing it, took the first opportunity
to dump all my chips to him, and walked the hell out.
I can make allowances for a drunken play-money tournament, but...
Kids these days.
Jim
Paul Popinjay
>
> You want motherfucking *RUDE*???
>
Like I said, it was a coffee shop. Is it rude for me to get a call in a
coffee shop? It wasn't like it was a fancy dinner restaurant. And even if
it was, what if I was a doctor or something? Yeah, he didn't know, I could
have been a doctor as far as he knew. Am I susposed to let my patients die,
so I won't bother him while he's dining? I think his changing tables was a
bit overreacting. I don't know, I've never really been confronted with this
type of situation before. Next time I go to a coffee shop, should I leave
the phone in the car?
-PP
A Man Beaten by Jacks
>> You want motherfucking *RUDE*???
I wouldn't worry about the phone. It was probably the overpowering
odor that did it.
bub
<paulpo...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
did you get your aarp discount? do they cover refunds for services not
rendered?
Paul Popinjay
>
> I wouldn't worry about the phone. It was probably the overpowering
> odor that did it.
This is a serious deal, and you and Clave are making jokes? This really
happened to me, I'm not making this shit up. I'd recognize the old man
again anywhere. He looked like an older Hannibal, from the A-Team, but
skinnier, and older, and I think that guy died about 10 years ago anyway, so
it wasn't him, just someone who looked like him. But that's besides the
point. I usually don't bother anyone. On the contrary, I'm usually the one
who is bothered by other people. And to think that this guy was annoyed
with me, it just annoyed me to have someone else annoyed with me. Fucking
asshole.
-PP
Clave
> "Clave" <ClaviusNo...@cablespeed.com> wrote in message news:RP-
>>
>> You want motherfucking *RUDE*???
>>
>
>
> Like I said, it was a coffee shop. Is it rude for me to get a call in a
> coffee shop?
I couldn't give less of a damn, and I'm wondering why you do.
Reminds me of the time my young bride and I took a second honeymoon in San
Francisco. We made a scene at the ANA breakfast by dressing the way you
might dress at a Seattle diner after bar time and actually being polite to
the wait staff. Stuck-up sticky-beaks actually asked to be moved away from
us, but the wait staff was having as much fun as we were and wouldn't do it.
Jim
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Don't be a jerk.... ( alll men are jerks )
Change your ring tone to 'Diner" and squeeze the silence button when it
goes off. No harm no foul...
Enough wit dat NWA straight outta Compton Ring tone you MOFO...
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back out in the field and start picking?
Jerry Sturdivant
"Paul Popinjay"
> Like I said, it was a coffee shop. Is it rude
> for me to get a call in a coffee shop?
Hell no! How is a quiet ring (or Set To Vibrate) and then a discussion with
a person that’s not there, differ from talking with a waitress yelling, “Ham
and, over!” or the cook yelling, “Up!” or you talking with the person next
to you?
People look for things to bitch about. You should have gone over and given
them a good beating. Then use your phone to call 911.
Jerry (talking on my cell any time I want) ‘n Vegas
Will_gamble
I think it is probably a pet peeve of theirs based on past experiences and
had nothing to do with the particulars of your situation.
I have been in public places and even at the lunch table at work where
people get calls and instead of getting up and walking to a private place
to handle their call, they sit there and talk in a slightly loud tone and
disrupt everything around them. It can get annoying after about the 100th
time.
Do you get annoyed when you find yourself behind somebody in traffic that
is poking along while on a cell phone? I know I do.
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John_Brian_K
PeePee you should have definitely gone over to the table and looked the
guy in the eyes and said 'I am a perceptive motherfucker. Why did you
look at me like that?' If he does not answer fast enough you should have
grabbed him by his lapels and pulled him close to your face and shouted it
at him this time and make sure a little spittle flies out of your mouth
and lathers his face up good.
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Robert Ladd
You should have paid for their lunch and not said another word.
Robert Ladd
Paul Popinjay
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>
> PeePee you should have definitely gone over to the table and looked the
> guy in the eyes and said 'I am a perceptive motherfucker. Why did you
> look at me like that?' If he does not answer fast enough you should have
> grabbed him by his lapels and pulled him close to your face and shouted it
> at him this time and make sure a little spittle flies out of your mouth
> and lathers his face up good.
>
Dude, sounds like you got a bit of a problem. What a temper!
Paul Popinjay
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>
> People look for things to bitch about. You should have gone over and given
> them a good beating.
Uh huh, so says Jerry, the ex-cop. Hey Jerry, they weren't vagrants, and
they weren't minorities, so now what should I have done?
Paul Popinjay
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>
> Change your ring tone to 'Diner" and squeeze the silence button when it
> goes off. No harm no foul...
>
Really? There's a silence thingy on this phone? I've had this phone for
three years and I didn't know that. I'll check it out, thanks, Boise. Good
idea, seriously.
-PP
mrtnf...@aol.com
Here's the deal: There's nothing wrong with you talking on the phone,
but there's also nothing wrong if other people don't want to listen to
your conversation. So they just moved... Now everyone's happy.
It doesn't have to be a phone call. Just a conversation between two
people talking so loud that everyone can hear them annoys the hell out
of me. So I simply just move.
What really pisses me off is when the hostess sits you down at the
table right next to the only other occupied table in the place! Why do
I want to sit right next to strangers and listen to their coversation
when the rest of the restaurant is empty? Is it too much for the
waitperson to walk to the other end of the room?
- Marty
mrtnf...@aol.com
interrupt your cell phone conversations with postal transactions."
Dutch
"Paul Popinjay" <paulpo...@sbcglobal.net> wrote
You're lucky he didn't pop a cap in your no-class ignorant ass, he was
probably bearing arms as is his constitutional right you know.
Jerry Sturdivant
"Paul Popinjay"
>> People look for things to bitch about. You should have
>> gone over and given them a good beating.
> Uh huh, so says Jerry, the ex-cop. Hey Jerry,
> they weren't vagrants, and they weren't minorities,
> so now what should I have done?
Then they’re okay and you can skip the beating; apologize for making noise
with your phone and leave.
Jerry (‘Ring! Ring!”) ‘n Vegas
Jerry Sturdivant
<mrtnf...@aol.com>
> What really pisses me off is when the hostess sits you down
> at the table right next to the only other occupied table
> in the place! Why do I want to sit right next to strangers
> and listen to their coversation when the rest of the restaurant
> is empty?
It's a Station thing. Each waitress has a station and the Seater seats them
according to which waitress gets the next victim.
Next time you're being seated, ask for another seat. You're the customer and
it's your money. You just may have to wait a few minutes for your waitress
because she's busy.
Jerry (Table or Booth) 'n Vegas
eldo77
You were annoying them and they moved. Why does that make them the bad
guys?
eldo77
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Paul Popinjay
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>
> You were annoying them and they moved. Why does that make them the bad
> guys?
>
Eldo77, I think we all know the answer to that! How could they be annoyed
with ME? I'm the Popinjayster. I am really fucking loveable. It just
doesn't compute.
-PP
risky biz
Is your cellphone the kind that emits a high-pitched squeal when you
release the button after talking?
Joe Long
> You're lucky he didn't pop a cap in your no-class ignorant ass, he was
> probably bearing arms as is his constitutional right you know.
"An armed society is a polite society."
Points if you know who wrote that. Extra points if you know the title
of the work.
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Joe Long aka ChipRider
Somewhere on the Range
Joe Long
> On Mar 5 2009 1:55 AM, Paul Popinjay wrote:
>
>> Is this some kind of breach of etiquette? I'm in a booth having a meal, and
>> my phone rings. As I answer it, I can see that this older couple across the
>> way is irritated. I'm perceptive, I pick up on this kinda stuff. The guy
>> calls the waitress, says something to her, and then I see them change
>> tables to a spot as far away from me as they can go. I'm thinking like,
>> fuck you old farts, my phone is not a big problem. It doesn't go off that
>> often. What am I supposed to do? Shut it off when I enter a restaurant?
>> And it was only a coffee shop. What the fuck, was I being rude? Because if
>> they thought THAT was rude, I got news for 'em, I can showya rude.
>>
>> -Paul Popinjay
>
> You were annoying them and they moved. Why does that make them the bad
> guys?
C'mon, people, it was a transparent troll.
charrison100
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have
to back up his acts with his life.
Robert A. Heinlein
I want to say: The Polite Society
Chris
"NO! I want this shit to STOP! Right NOW! Nobody takes me serious
anymore." - Paul
Popinjay, 01/16/2009
John_Brian_K
SUPER transparent.
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Paul Popinjay
>
> C'mon, people, it was a transparent troll.
>
No it wasn't Joe, and I resent your implication. This event really
happened to me, and the guy really did look like George Peppard. Do you
think I'd make shit like that up? By the way, numb nuts, my "Ping Razzo Gun
Thread" is approaching 300. So bite me.
-PP
Paul Popinjay
>> C'mon, people, it was a transparent troll.
>
> SUPER transparent.
>
I'm not going to address the troll aspect of this accusation, but if you
guys think this did not happen to me, then you are quite mistaken. It did
happen, and it is also true that I did not know my phone has a silent
feature on it. In fact, I still don't. I can't figure out how to do that.
Y'know, thanks to people like Joe Long, this troll business has gotten
completely out of hand. It started off maybe as a little joke, but now
people are starting to really believe that I am actually a troll. See? If
you repeat a falsehood over and over enough times, people will believe
anything.
I am NOT a troll!
-PP