NEXTEL phone beep = redneck mating call?

[tikipirate]

I was trying to enjoy a tasty piece of gristle asada at Monterey's this afternoon when I heard the all-too-familiar burble-beep of a Nextel phone. Not just a few times either. Mister press-to-talk carried on a full-length convo, holding the phone at arms length as if it were a skull and he was performing the soliloquy from 'Hamlet'. I was about to commit murder most foul and shove the king-sized Monterey steak knife between his eyebrow, but he mercifully sauntered off.

What is it with people? It's Saturday, so he's not talking to the jobsite. How can a personal call be remotely personal when it sounds like it is coming through mission control?

One hears the burble-beep everywhere...

At the Tiki Bar, Joe Lunchpail calls home and sez, (burble-beep) "I have to stay late at the Miller job." (burble-beep)

At the Brass Rail, some chick with Farrah hair tells her boyfriend to, (burble-beep) "Hurry up and git here. And wash that gol-durn drywall dust off this time." (burble-beep)

At the restaurant, (burble-beep) "Where you at? Oh, there you are!"

A cell phone at a social activity is enough of a party foul, but a regular phone only rings once or twice. (Except when it is buried in the bottom of a diaper bag and mom has just finished painting her nails.) Nextel phones are a plague. Is there no way to lower the volume of the burble-beep? Or is it some sort of status symbol in these parts?

God bless y'all real good.

 

[RoseRed]

 

[MMDad]

I was trying to enjoy a tasty piece of gristle asada at Monterey's this afternoon when I heard the all-too-familiar burble-beep of a Nextel phone. Not just a few times either. Mister press-to-talk carried on a full-length convo, holding the phone at arms length as if it were a skull and he was performing the soliloquy from 'Hamlet'. I was about to commit murder most foul and shove the king-sized Monterey steak knife between his eyebrow, but he mercifully sauntered off.

What is it with people? It's Saturday, so he's not talking to the jobsite. How can a personal call be remotely personal when it sounds like it is coming through mission control?

One hears the burble-beep everywhere...

At the Tiki Bar, Joe Lunchpail calls home and sez, (burble-beep) "I have to stay late at the Miller job." (burble-beep)

At the Brass Rail, some chick with Farrah hair tells her boyfriend to, (burble-beep) "Hurry up and git here. And wash that gol-durn drywall dust off this time." (burble-beep)

At the restaurant, (burble-beep) "Where you at? Oh, there you are!"

A cell phone at a social activity is enough of a party foul, but a regular phone only rings once or twice. (Except when it is buried in the bottom of a diaper bag and mom has just finished painting her nails.) Nextel phones are a plague. Is there no way to lower the volume of the burble-beep? Or is it some sort of status symbol in these parts?

God bless y'all real good.

They are one step above speaker phones. Both have their place and time. There's a guy at work that ONLY uses his speaker phone. When he was my equal, I would tell him to call me back and then hang up. Now he's my customer, so I have to deal.

Nextel can be used at normal voice levels, and the burble-beep can be muted or even silenced. Anyone who doesn't do that is rude and arrogant. I don't blame the phone, because these are the same people who would stand up and yell across a restaurant if they weren't on the phone.

Bottom line: it is rude and arrogant, but get used to it. It'll be ten times worse in five years. It's kind of like the traffic around here. Ten years ago you were probably irritated by the traffic, but now you look back with nostalgia about how good it used to be.

 

[ladylara]

*applauds tiki*

that is... awesome! i second everything you said.

 

[Sharon]

One hears the burble-beep everywhere...

At the Tiki Bar, Joe Lunchpail calls home and sez, (burble-beep) "I have to stay late at the Miller job." (burble-beep)

 

[onebdzee]

I've had a Nextel phone for about 4 years now....and I, unlike some, do not answer the phone in a resturant, in a line at a store, or anywhere else that has more people than me and my kids around....

I personally think it is RUDE that someone answers the phone while eating, standing in line at the store or in a movie!....it's no one else's business what I'm doing, how I'm doing it, nor "where I'm at"....whether they are standing next to me or they are trying to call me....if I didn't tell them these bits of info about me, then they don't need to know....

I put my phone on vibrate and that's where it stays all the time....that way I don't disturb other peoples lives with my life....

even the "direct-connect" thingy(yes, I am a women ) has a vibrate mode where you push the button and talk like you are on a phone

 

[Mikeinsmd]

I put my phone on vibrate and that's where it stays all the time....that way I don't disturb other peoples lives with my life....
even the "direct-connect" thingy(yes, I am a women ) has a vibrate mode where you push the button and talk like you are on a phone

NOW I know why you keep in in your pants and insist I keep calling.....

 

[MMDad]

NOW I know why you keep in in your pants and insist I keep calling.....

I was thinking that explains why it's always muffled. I guess she had to get one of those "moisture proof" phones.

 

[onebdzee]

LOVE THAT NEXTEL!​

and thanks Mikey ....don't forget to start calling me in about a half hour....just 15 tonight will work

 

[Otter]

Maybe thats why Pete was off his game today, he didn't like the running conversation I was having with Larry while I was beating his pants off.

 

[bcp]

Maybe you all just dont understand

IM IMPORTANT,,

and you all need to know it.

 

[onebdzee]

Maybe you all just dont understand

IM IMPORTANT,,

and you all need to know it.

I'm more importanter than you....you can tell by my vibrating jeans






THANKS MIKEY :blush:....it was good....*WHEW*....smoke 'em if you got 'em

 

[MMDad]

Maybe thats why Pete was off his game today, he didn't like the running conversation I was having with Larry while I was beating him off.

 

[vanbells]

I believe Cingular finally released their PTT service within the past month or so. I usually turn the speaker phone off in public places when I get a PTT call or excuse myself from the table.

 

[AK-74me]

Great post, I've felt this way for years, God love the volunteer fireman but they are the worst offenders. I mean they love sitting in Applebees talking about their personal life for the world to hear.

 

[LooseTooth]

...holding the phone at arms length as if it were a skull and he was performing the soliloquy from 'Hamlet'.

This is funny. Did he at any point during the conversation exclaim "Take thee to a nunnery!"

 

[LexiGirl75]

 

[LexiGirl75]

How come you all call it burble bleep. I just say Chirp or chirping. I don't like that either. We have signs up in our office that no cell phones are allowed and I use to not want to remind people but now I can't help it. I will let someone make a call if I am helping them with their case and it is relevant for them to get more info but otherwise I point and direct them to the lobby.

I can't understand those who use the bathroom and are on the cell phone. Now, I know why one of the other ladies in my office won't speak on a client's cell phone if the client wants her to explain it to the person on the phone. YUCK

 

[onebdzee]

Ill call you more often does it vibrate when i text you 50 times a day lmao.No wonder your words are slurrred when u type me back <<joking yall

I have text?

Mikey how come you didn't tell me I had text?

and does it make the phone vibrate more if you text me?

 

[Mikeinsmd]

I have text? Mikey how come you didn't tell me I had text? and does it make the phone vibrate more if you text me?

Sure you do.... I'll send you a longggggggggggggg dirty message. Stick the phone down there now & get ready.