In article >,
Dave Smith > wrote:

> 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.

I've found that cell phone users almost invariable seem to talk more
loudly on the phone than they do to a person sitting across from them. I
can always tell when someone goes from talking to the person at their
table, to talking to someone on a cell phone--THE VOLUME OF THEIR VOICE
SHOOTS UP.

I really don't want to hear their life story. If I'm especially irked,
I'll comment as I pass by: "Good luck with that cream for your rash."

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