Cellphone Jerk

[Mr Hero]

"An open letter to the snotty barista at the Coffee Bean on San Vacente Boulevard:
I know there were twenty people behind me in line,
But I was on a cell phone call with my mother.
Didn't you see me hold up my index finger?
That means I'll order my soy decaf hazelnut latte in just a couple minutes.
So what's with the attitude lady?
No tip for you! "

[BrenDAnn]

There is a small convenience store close to where I live, they got so tired of the cellphone crowd that they have a sign stating you will not be helped while on the phone.. and they stick to it.. makes me happy to shop there.

God, I wish I could put a sign like that up. Unfortunately, Corporate would have a conniption if I did. Surely, they'd consider it "bad customer service" or something along those lines. *sigh* A girl can dream though. A girl can dream. Oh, also, I'm one of those rare people that ends a phone call when I'm at the checkout when I'm shopping. What? It's called being polite!

[Racket_Man]

Makes one long for a slip-on dog-zapping collar...

AND the handy dandy remote thru the phone 120V phone zapper.

[brucetiki]

There is a small convenience store close to where I live, they got so tired of the cellphone crowd that they have a sign stating you will not be helped while on the phone.. and they stick to it.. makes me happy to shop there.

An increasing number of stores are doing this, which is brilliant IMO.

If someone calls me when I'm in line somewhere, I'll let them know that I'm in line somewhere, and will tell them to hold while I'm being served. You'd be amazed the number of times my mates will ignore this and keep talking to me even though my phone will be down as I'm being served (and then have the gall to ask why I put the phone down on them).

[EricKei]

God, I wish I could put a sign like that up. Unfortunately, Corporate would have a conniption if I did. Surely, they'd consider it "bad customer service" or something along those lines. *sigh*

Lessee...NOT waiting for cell users in line allows you to process the other customers that much faster -- after all, they don't have to wait for that person to finish their call. I would call making the user step out of line EXCELLENT customer service! ...for everyone standing behind them in line, anyway.

[wolfie]

"An open letter to the snotty barista at the Coffee Bean on San Vacente Boulevard:
I know there were twenty people behind me in line,
But I was on a cell phone call with my mother.
Didn't you see me hold up my index finger?
That means I'll order my soy decaf hazelnut latte in just a couple minutes.
So what's with the attitude lady?
No tip for you! "

And didn't you see me hold up my middle finger? That means instead of hazelnut, your latte will have bitter almond flavour.

[AmethystSquirrel]

Honestly? I'll talk to them even more when they're yakking.

I do that, or respond to what he was saying on the phone.

A couple times I have had the SCs get annoyed but I say something to the effect of "Oh sorry sir, I assumed you were talking to me since I am here in person."

[XCashier]

"An open letter to the snotty barista at the Coffee Bean on San Vacente Boulevard:
I know there were twenty people behind me in line,
But I was on a cell phone call with my mother.
Didn't you see me hold up my index finger?
That means I'll order my soy decaf hazelnut latte in just a couple minutes.
So what's with the attitude lady?
No tip for you! "

Weird Al for the win! (Gotta say, he looks pretty good as Jim Morrison!)

[dragon_wings]

When I get customers in my line that are on their phone I won't say anything to them except maybe their total. Unless they're a regular and apologize.
The one time I was on the phone with my girlfriend when I went into a store to pick up a couple things I ended up putting my phone in my pocket as I got more then I was expecting and I couldn't hold the phone and my items. Once I paid I stuffed as much as I could into my mini backpack and grabbed my phone again and apologized to my girlfriend. Of course she was the one that told me to put my phone in my pocket so she wasn't offended. :P

[Kanalah]

My mom will sometimes call me while she is in the line at a fast food place. Or in a drive thru.

Once I figure out where she is, I hang up.

Of course when we're out someplace together because she "wants to spend time with me" she on the phone/texting her boyfriend and work buddies the whole time. *sigh*

[Magic And Pancakes]

One time I had someone come up to the front desk yapping on their cell phone. I didn't know if they wanted to check-in, wanted information about rates or whatever because they were too busy with their oh-so-important phone call to let me in on it. While they were busy yapping away, the front desk phone rang and it was someone calling to make a reservation, so I took it. About halfway through the reservation, douchebag was done with his phone call and then he got annoyed because he had to wait two minutes before I finished mine.

I hate people.

[wolfie]

Roughly what proportion of these cellphone jerks have made an intelligent choice of which phone to buy, i.e. small size with rounded edges? After all, that should minimize trauma to the patient when it becomes a rectal foreign body.

[Tama]

The funny part about THAT is that nurses at the ER will never believe that the SC didn't put the thing there.

[dalesys]

The funny part about THAT is that nurses at the ER will never believe that the SC didn't put the thing there.

"Can you believe this dummy didn't even have it on vibrate?"