Yesterday afternoon, i was picking up my sisters from their high school, and of course traffic was pretty heavy as i was driving towards the school. Well, this one girl was jaywalking and as i was driving she just walks out right in front of me on the road with her head DOWN texting on her cell phone. I had to stop right away and i felt like getting out, taking her cell phone and snapping it in half :o :lol:

So basically yeah, i'm tired of these kids (this has happened more than once) walking out in front of a moving vehicle looking down at their cell phones while crossing a busy street. If i would have been multitasking like a lot of people seem to do, i would have hit her. These kids need to realize that a cell phone is NOT important enough to put their lives in danger like that. Who else experienced people who thought their cell phone is the most important thing in the world?

i felt like getting out, taking her cell phone and snapping it in half :o :lol:


:lol: She would have had that coming.

yeah, i have no problem with texting (I was into it until I ran up a bill..). But that's just ignorant!

i HATE that so much. im a kid so i see first-hand, there are kids who seriously do not put their phones down for 2 minutes through-out the entire school day. i despise it when people cant put their phones down for 5 frikin minutes - especially if your trying to hold a conversation with someone and they're just sitting there texting away. or if you're out to dinner with a big group and someone is texting during dinner. it's just like...is it THAT important?

im a kid who has a cell phone and i dont text that often at all. its a burden to me, because its extremely annoying to do.

lol. i admit i'm a text-aholic too, but...that i hate. kids need to pay attention cause it's annoying.
it's not just when they're texting either. i'll go pick my sisters up from their schools and they'll just jump in the street and not pay attention because they're talking or texting or whatever.
did they not learn to lift their heads up, open their eyes and look both ways? lol.

I've never understood this texting craze. Personally, I hate it! It's a pain in the arse.

You have a phone right there, just F****** call them!!!:mad: /mock outrage. I still think it is stupid, though.

I know, some people text like crazy when they can easily just call somebody. I am guilty of texting too, but i refuse to text when at dinner with a group of people, when i am crossing the street, driving, and other obvious things that would either be dangerous or rude, i avoid. These kids (and adults) need to learn some manners when it comes to phone etiquette. Maybe they should give a class on that in high school, but then, i guess the kids would be texting during the class too much to pay attention :lol:

I am in college, another thing i see that is ridiculous is students who text the whole time the instructor is lecturing. My parents pay for my college, and my tuition was over $1,600 this semester. I am not about to miss a thing my instructor is saying so i can text message. If i knew my kid was texting in his college class as well as failing, i'd make him learn to pay his own way.

i HATE that so much. im a kid so i see first-hand, there are kids who seriously do not put their phones down for 2 minutes through-out the entire school day. i despise it when people cant put their phones down for 5 frikin minutes - especially if your trying to hold a conversation with someone and they're just sitting there texting away. or if you're out to dinner with a big group and someone is texting during dinner. it's just like...is it THAT important?

im a kid who has a cell phone and i dont text that often at all. its a burden to me, because its extremely annoying to do.

Lol, that reminds me of the other night when I was eating at Joes Crab Shack. I saw a family of 5 people, a mom and a dad i assume and 3 kids. The oldest son (looked about a teenager) was sitting there with an ipod in his ears THE WHOLE TIME. His mom or dad or the waiter would try to talk to him, he'd have to keep taking them out his ears. Does anyone know there's a time and place for electronics anymore? lol

Lol, that reminds me of the other night when I was eating at Joes Crab Shack. I saw a family of 5 people, a mom and a dad i assume and 3 kids. The oldest son (looked about a teenager) was sitting there with an ipod in his ears THE WHOLE TIME. His mom or dad or the waiter would try to talk to him, he'd have to keep taking them out his ears. Does anyone know there's a time and place for electronics anymore? lol
ugh, that's annoying too. i mean i love my iPod but i dont listen to it EVERYWHERE and definitely not when im out to eat.

I am in college, another thing i see that is ridiculous is students who text the whole time the instructor is lecturing. My parents pay for my college, and my tuition was over $1,600 this semester. I am not about to miss a thing my instructor is saying so i can text message. If i knew my kid was texting in his college class as well as failing, i'd make him learn to pay his own way.


Oh my God, I can't stand those people. I'm one of those students that sit in the back of the class and I swer every class there are a few people that sit there and text the duration of class. In one of my classes, I sat behind this chick that was talking during a test. I don't see the point in going to class if all you is text people. You can't possibly learn anything.

Lol, that reminds me of the other night when I was eating at Joes Crab Shack. I saw a family of 5 people, a mom and a dad i assume and 3 kids. The oldest son (looked about a teenager) was sitting there with an ipod in his ears THE WHOLE TIME. His mom or dad or the waiter would try to talk to him, he'd have to keep taking them out his ears. Does anyone know there's a time and place for electronics anymore? lol
Mmmmm I love Joe's Crab Shack. Deeelicious food indeed.


I don't get the big deal with having an iPod in one's ears EVERYWHERE either. I have one but I use it in my car. I don't take it with me in public, I mean, just like a cellphone, who needs to have those things with you ALL THE TIME? I don't get it. Does it feel good to have earphones in your ears constantly? Does it feel good to chat with people abt virtually nothing while trying to do your business? When I leave the house, I don't want to talk to people on the phone. I have things to do. Leave a message on my voicemail at home and maybe I will get back with you.

It's amazing how many adults have the texting addiction too. I'm always surprised when I'm on the plane how many people are texting and talking right up until the flight attendants have to come and tell them that the captain has already asked that everything be turned off in preparation for takeoff. Then they open their phones two more times after that as we're taxi-ing out. Then of course as we're coming in for a landing their hands are in their pockets and purses, and the minute...the absolute minute the wheels touch the pavement people are on their phones. It's crazy!

I think that People should onlt text in Emengnecy.

I dont text or even HAVE a cell phone.....of course, its been almost 30 years since i was a teenager

Yeah, everytime i go to the airport to pick up people that have flown in, i always see people exiting the plane with cell phones on their ears or in their hands. They can't wait a single minute to start talking on them.

oh, and another thing on this topic...in high school and in college...when i exit class, most of the people (haven't even been one foot out the door) are reaching for their cell phones and having full conversations on them by the time they are out of the building. I'd say over 50% of the students in the classes. Then, what really really really pisses me off, is when they get in their car with the thing attatched to their ear, then drive off half-a** paying attention to anyone else on the road. I heard California will be passing a law on cell phones while driving? I sure hope so, because then maybe there's a chance on my state and every other state getting the law too. There is absolutely no need to be chatting on your cell when driving, even for an emergency you can still pull over anywhere and talk.

Yeah, everytime i go to the airport to pick up people that have flown in, i always see people exiting the plane with cell phones on their ears or in their hands. They can't wait a single minute to start talking on them.

Maybe those people are alerting their rides that they just landed.

Maybe those people are alerting their rides that they just landed.
Yeah, I did that last year. As soon as my plane touched down when I got home from Los Angeles, I texted a friend to let him know I had landed. He was coming to get me, but was 20 minutes away. By the time he got to the airport to pick me up, I had just retrieved my luggage, so I wasn't waiting long. :)

Yeah, I did that last year. As soon as my plane touched down when I got home from Los Angeles, I texted a friend to let him know I had landed. He was coming to get me, but was 20 minutes away. By the time he got to the airport to pick me up, I had just retrieved my luggage, so I wasn't waiting long. :)
See, not every person who texts or calls someone is an idiot.

See, not every person who texts or calls someone is an idiot.
Exactly. Oftentimes, it's gonna take a while to drive to the airport itself. So that's understandable. I've spent enough time in the air; I'd rather not spend any more time at the airport at my destination, especially if it's freakishly huge like Heathrow, Gatwick or O'Hare (to name a few). :lol:

See, not every person who texts or calls someone is an idiot.
yeah i can understand people doing that when they're leaving an airplane or something, obviously. but i think texting in the middle of the road is pretty unnessacary, lol.

Maybe those people are alerting their rides that they just landed.
furthermore, they might be answering calls or texts that they just RECEIVED from people who aren't at the airport.

yeah i can understand people doing that when they're leaving an airplane or something, obviously. but i think texting in the middle of the road is pretty unnessacary, lol.
It's just almost everyone in this thread makes texting and talking on a cell phone seem soooo unnessicary. Hell, maybe the text the girl was sending WAS important.

LOL I've definately done that before. Phone calls are typically awkward and weird, texting is so much better.

and as far as talking on the phone while driving...so long as you aren't dialing numbers while driving, is it really that much different from just talking to someone else in the car?

Hell, maybe the text the girl was sending WAS important.

Yeah, it could have been, but that still doesn't give her a reason to do it while walking in the middle of the street not paying attention to anything around her.

It's just almost everyone in this thread makes texting and talking on a cell phone seem soooo unnessicary. Hell, maybe the text the girl was sending WAS important.
Not important enough to walk blindly into traffic over though; which is the real point of the thread.....

Reminds me of one time that i was driving on the highway and this car was going WAY too slow in the middle lane, so, as i'm passing her, I glance over and saw that she was READING A BOOK (perched on her steering wheel) while driving in 60 mph traffic, on the busiest highway in Canada!!!! :eek: :mad:

and as far as talking on the phone while driving...so long as you aren't dialing numbers while driving, is it really that much different from just talking to someone else in the car?
I would say so because, in a casual convo in a car with a passenger you can sort of half listen, wheras a phone call means you have to pay attention and concentrate much more, as not to miss something important.
(Watch the cel phone driver ep on Mythbusters, it's very revealing)

Not important enough to walk blindly into traffic over though; which is the real point of the thread.....

Reminds me of one time that i was driving on the highway and this car was going WAY too slow in the middle lane, so, as i'm passing her, I glance over and saw that she was READING A BOOK (perched on her steering wheel) while driving in 60 mph traffic, on the busiest highway in Canada!!!! :eek: :mad:
Exactly.

I seen a woman texting in traffic as well. I was wondering why she was going so slow on the freeway. YIKES! I got away from her quick. Stupid b*tch.

Exactly.

I seen a woman texting in traffic as well. I was wondering why she was going so slow on the freeway. YIKES! I got away from her quick. Stupid b*tch.
They are always doing that around here...stupid drivers. :ohno:

LOL I've definately done that before. Phone calls are typically awkward and weird, texting is so much better.
yeah they are pretty awkward, and i might enjoy texting if i wasnt so terrible at it. :/ lol.

im not AGAINST texting, i just think some people are truly addicted to it.

Ok wow, i totally knew someone was going to misinterpret what i wrote. No, i don't think texting and calling people is stupid, i've owned cell phones for 5 years and really, i think they are a great thing to have. But the whole point of this thread, is the morons who use them at the wrong times, such as driving (taking a non-emergency call or texting) and crossing a street (texting). I don't think a single person posting in this thread is making cell phones sound unnecessary.

Also, for people who use cell phones immediately getting off a plane..be aware of your surroundings. A lot of bad people like to take advantage of this situation (you being distracted) and try to pickpocket or steal things from you. This almost happened to someone i know.

Ok wow, i totally knew someone was going to misinterpret what i wrote. No, i don't think texting and calling people is stupid, i've owned cell phones for 5 years and really, i think they are a great thing to have. But the whole point of this thread, is the morons who use them at the wrong times, such as driving (taking a non-emergency call or texting) and crossing a street (texting). I don't think a single person posting in this thread is making cell phones sound unnecessary.
well i agree. i dont have a problem with calling/texting people for fun but some people do it at ridiculous times, or never.stop.doing.it.

Hell, we've all made mistakes. Cut the girl some slack.

I have to admit the only way my best friend and I communicate most of the time is through texting, lol.:lol: However, I never text while I'm driving and I only text during class if it's an emergency. My mom will text me when she knows I'm in class if she needs to tell me to pick up my sisters or something, but I usually wait til class is over to answer her.

I text alot, but I only get 250 a month so I dont do it all the time, and it can get annoying so i generally just call the person

I think Junecleaver's thread is to talk abt the dangers of not paying attention while texting/using the cellphone.

I mentioned a woman texting while driving ON THE FREEWAY. Sonny reiterated that same experience.

It is not abt using a cellphone but how and when it is used and how a young girl could have been hit by a car. Junecleaver had the great sense of a careful driver to note what this girl did, come out into traffic without paying attention. What if there had been a driver who was not so astute and had hit the girl? How many people have caused accidents because of them using their cellphone while driving? That is the point that she is making with this thread. It seems some people can't pay attention to the world around them while they are on their phone.

Which is why I refuse to have a cellphone. I had one before but it wasn't worth it to pick it up while I was driving, or shopping or doing anything else that I needed to do. What do you need to tell me that you can't wait til I get home? Leave me a message. I have a car phone in my SUV but I only use it when I am NOT driving.