Dog3 wrote:

> Yes, we had a cell phoner at the table next to us last week. It was
> annoying as hell. I did not care what his daughter was doing right that
> second and who she was with, yadda, yadda, yadda. It was made worse by his
> boom voice which carried across half the central US.

Arghhhh! Cell phones in restaurants. The other day I was sitting in a tim
Hortons enjoying a coffee and doing my crossword puzzle. A lady at the next
table had a cell phone call. It's bad enough that so many people have long
and obnoxious musical pieces to alert them of incoming calls. She was 6 feet
from the door and could have taken her call outside, but no, she had to take
the call right there and speak loud enough for all to here. Then she decided
to make a call to her mother to arrange for her father to stay where he was
because a real estate agent was on her way to look at the house. Wasn't I
lucky to be privy to all that information.

On Saturday I was at a wedding. Almost everyone there seemed to be having a
good time. One young lady must have been bored to tears. On a least a half
dozen occasions I happened to notice that she was either taking a call, making
a call or checking messages. Luckily, I was on the far side of the next
table, so I was not subjected to the content of her call. The people seated
with her were not so lucky. I could not help but be struck by the rudeness of
her behavior. She seemed more interested in contacting her friends by cell
phone than in enjoying the celebration.

Dinner ran a little late that night and while getting some fresh air I
noticed several people walk out to the parking lot to make calls. I did
overhear a couple of those calls, all of which were to check up on children. I
appreciate that they took their business outside so as not to interrupt the
party.