Yes, We Can HEAR YOU NOW!
Problem:
You’re in a small confined space (pick one: a doctor’s office waiting room, a plane stuck on a runway, the nail salon). You’re being treated to a LOUD, one-sided, oh-so-boring, play-by-play description of the cell phone-ista’s latest daytime drama ad nauseum (“She did what? Oh. My. God. You have to be kidding. So what did you say? Really? You said that? So then what happened?").
Please, please, please: give me a good line – short of SHUT UP! – to utter the next time I’m trapped in cell phone purgatory to get the offender to dial it down, or better yet, switch to text-messaging.
Comments
sometimes i laugh if the conversation is unavoidably funny...they smile and either get off the phone and chat or talk quieter. usually, your first involuntary reaction is best (i.e, roll eyes, laugh, etc)
I just start answering the persons questions or reapeating everything they say for example:
CellPhonePerson: OMG no he didn't?
Me: mmmhmm yes he did!
CPP:Um excuse me I'm on the phone, do you mind?
Me:Um excuse me I'm on the phone, do you mind?
My friends love it when I do this at restarants and I've even had some people clap when I do it. So i've had some good results with this one.
I wish I had a good line to use when my cousin was on the phone, gossiping with a girlfriend, at my aunt's funeral.
Some times I just stare at the offending party - you know, "if looks could kill".
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! lol x
