OT: For Future Potential Cell Phone Users

14 years ago

If you contemplate getting a cell phone and using it while grocery shopping here's how to acquire the skill by practising at home.

1.Start smack dab in the middle of one end of your hallway (super market aisle) so there is no possibility of being passed.

2. Put one hand to your ear with your feet 13 inches apart, cock your head toward the phone (they must be quite heavy).

3. Waddle very very slowly along swaying side to side taking 3 inch steps being careful to fully block the hallway (aisle). Stare vacantly.

4. Just before the end of the hallway (aisle) stop (block it) and take 2 full minutes to 'finish' the conversation.

5. The phone works by voice power not electricity.

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grandms
14 years ago
Yep, I have been caught by such users. They must have really practiced to perfect their stance. LOL!
mikie_gw
14 years ago
I get the block the shelf space guys in HomeDepot. They shuffle sideways, back & forth with crooked necks, right in front of the item you are trying to grab.
I've learned to look down at their shoes with a funny expression so I can distract them long enough to bump them out of my way.
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DA_Mccoy
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My "favorites" are the ladies who stand yaking in the middle of the aisle totally oblivious to anything or anyone around them. Then they become indignant when you excuse yourself and ask them to move.

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14 years ago
When I talk on my phone , I try to get to a place that is not being in the way
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I hate, hate, hate it when someone is on the phone in the ladies room. Am I the only one who feels exposed when someone is connected and you are in a private moment?
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14 years ago
AND ..... when at the checkout after everything's tallied and bagged, act surprised that you actually have to pay for the stuff while rooting thru all the "gotta have" junk in your purse for that scratched-up card that the card reader may or may not read ....... must be some kinda conspiracy to make sure everyone in line behind you has plenty of time to peruse all that last minute impulse buy junk at the checkout..... and get caught up on all that good celebrity gossip and space alien sightings. On the plus side, I did learn that Elvis is still around.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
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pkponder I am with you 100% and the worst is when they are saying hello and of course you think they are speaking to you and you start to reply and then they say wait someone in the next stall thinks I am talking to them. Just who do you call while sitting on the john?? I mean do you want to be the person on the other end of that call? NOT ME. ewewww.

Try being in a wheelchair or electric card and getting by those same people that are blocking the aisle. And if you accidentally touch them they look at you like they will sue you. Well get the heck out of everyones way.

and don't get me started on the bluethooth people that appear to be just talking to no one and you wonder are they talking to you? or are they just freaks? And unfortunately my husband now uses his bluetooth at work, I do not allow him to use it when he is with me or in public! Mine has never been out of it's box. I do not use my phone while driving and rarely in stores and NEVER in a bathroom. I guess I just do not need to speak to anyone that badly unless it is emergency related. and for that I have onstar.

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