Now, I'm no fan of mobile 'phones but I don't, generally, have an objection to other people having one.
Except when they forget the bit about them being mobile.
One of the horrors of the modern office, which God knows is Hell on Earth to begin with, is the mobile 'phone that somebody has left on their desk while they go away and play with a photocopier, get a butty from the shop down the road, go and gawp at the bloke who's brought in the new literacy group, that sort of thing.
So there we are, stressed out, running round taking telephone calls for people sitting in their offices not taking telephone calls, in between trying to keep at least one wheel left on the wagon. And then you hear something shout: "Answer me you bastard!" And continue to shout "Answer me you bastard!" for the next five minutes until the caller cottons on that nobody's there. Then, just as you settle down after this nonsense, somebody else's 'phone starts playing some bit of (c)rap music. Very loud. And repeat... Then "Answer me you bastard" tries again. And then a cock crows...
Do your workmates a favour before they kill you: either carry your mobile with you so that you can answer it when somebody rings you or else turn down the sound. A lot.
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A rant a day keeps the doctor away.
This is very true, Gerald.
collect the errant phones, turn them off and stow them in a drawer! that's what teachers do to students, sugar, who leave mobiles unattended. xoxoxo
Or make the ring-tone some nice relaxing Tibatan chanting instead of The Smurfs' version of Livin' La Vida Loca.
A point of pedantry here Kev. The label 'mobile' phone is misleading. The phones themselves are not (unless I am even further behind the times than I think I am) mobile. Their users are (in most cases - hence the causes of your your rant)
I prefer to refer to them as 'portable' phones. Clear, concise and accurate. What's wrong with that? Almost as annoying as when people say "I met with so and so yesterday...." You meet with disaster or ill-fortune and the like - *you* *don't* *meet* *with* *people*!!!
Right, I'm off to stick pins in an effigee of Nick Clegg...
Have a grand weekend.
xxx
Bob
Fules... leaving their mobiles lying around like that is just inviting unscrupulous people to read and forward the most embarsssing of their text messages.
Just saying...
Do what Savannah says. Now!
I feel that this is particularly heartfelt. And close to the bone. Mine is on vibrate, which at least means that you can't hear the ringtone. But you can hear the buzzing of the vibration. Not sure which is worse.
Just pick up a pile of old newspapers, and bury it. The ringer and voices will be so muffled that you'll completely forget about it, probably until the next day (since that lazy phone-owner doesn't keep track of his/her phone anyway).
!!! Hear hear. Literally. xxx
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