spending any time at all figuring out why your call dropped
How many years have we had and used cell phones now? in fact, when they first started, it was nothing but dropped calls. yet here we are, in the year 2010, and some people still resume their phone calls with ‘what happened??’.
can we all accept to just resume the call without the need to explain why it cut off? there is no reason to spend any time at all to tell someone your phone drops a call every time you’re in that area, or you don’t know why you got disconnected, or figuring out whose phone was messing up…
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moving your cell phone from your ear to talk directly at the microphone
I’m hoping my title is clear enough so that you know what i’m talking about. i’m sure you’ve seen these people—in my experience, they are women, typically older, who for some reason, feel the need to remove their phone from their ear, move it directly in front of their mouths, talk at it like it’s a radio device, and then place it back up to their ear to listen to the response.
my only thinking is that they are so unbelievably old that they used to use those old phones that literally could only handle either you talking or you listening, but never both at the same time.
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that guy who talks loudly on his cell phone anywhere
Is it necessary to yell into your cell phone? i often wonder this, because it seems like i am surrounded by people who feel the need to shout their words at the person on the other end.
i really don’t need or want to be a part of their conversation, but apparently they don’t feel the same way. that’s cool, guy, that you went out last night. that’s even cooler, guy, that your hot friend came out with you. neat. really.
what speaks louder than their voice is the fact they’re at a coffee shop, or at dinner, or at a barnes and noble alone. lets hope it stays that way. the world does not need more loud talkers.
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people who disagree with everything you say
Ok, so i think these people’s brain pathways are locked into something like this:
you make a statement to them (example: i really like taking tests in the afternoon. it’s nicer to have time in the morning to do some last minute work.)
they hear the statement
it follows one of two routes:
1) agree with them (DETOUR, SEE ROUTE #2)
2) disagree with them, they can’t possibly be right.
2.5) example response: i actually prefer morning tests, its nice to get them out of the way.
while this may seem trivial, it most certainly is not, because this simple formula/pathway is literally applied to every single thing.
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ads that say they’re doing something against the better judgement of their management team
So I just heard this ad for a product that said they are going to be giving out free samples, against the better judgement of their management team.
now, I understand what this ad is trying to say. they’re trying to make it seem like they’re saying ‘no’ to the ‘man’ and letting you get some free stuff, and we’re supposed to be thankful for some rogue team inside the company getting away with this treachery.
except…a few things come to mind.
- does anyone really believe this? what kind of company would really have these kind of issues? where the marketing team randomly goes out and does their own thing, without any clearance from the other parts of the company?
- and, more importantly, if they are going against someone’s better judgement, then aren’t they incredibly dumb? if someone has better judgement than what they’re doing, then presumably it means that they aren’t going to make any money giving it away for free. that even with a free sample, people still won’t come back and buy the product…
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sitting next to you in a row of empty seats
Why do some people not have the sense of personal space instilled in them? what happened in their lives that somehow promoted the need to always be way too close to others.
the total lack of social awareness is what kills me about this problem. people love having room. it’s probably why im sitting in a row that is completely empty, because i want to make sure i have as many seats as possible as a buffer to anyone who might have annoying habits (chewing gum, sniffling too much, the perpetual head nodding, etc). do these people not have any friends that give them the heads up about their awful habit? and if they do, are their friends this socially unaware as well?
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having smoke blown at your face
Do I really need to explain this one?
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cell phone while checking out
This one really upsets me—even though I don’t work at a counter job, seeing people who stay on the phone while ordering at a counter or checking out at the grocery store bothers me. its pretty rude. can your phone call really not wait a minute or two?
i understand the need to take a phone call every now and then…but at the very least, ask the person on the line to hold, press mute or whatever you need to do, and place the phone down. its pretty easy and you might even make the person working the counter happy. maybe. depending on where you’re at, they might never be happy.
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double clicking web links
I am amazed that there are people that still double click web links…have they ever tried just clicking once? do they notice that it immediately begins working and transfers them over to a new site?
it’s no wonder why there are so many mechanisms on payment sites to disable the submit button once it’s been clicked once.
maybe one day I’ll live in a world where people will actually understand the very basics of computing…
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