Comments on: Thanks for sharing http://www.munidiaries.com/2008/08/13/thanks-for-sharing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thanks-for-sharing Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:39:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jeff http://www.munidiaries.com/2008/08/13/thanks-for-sharing/comment-page-1/#comment-203 jeff Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:13:26 +0000 http://www.munidiaries.com/?p=385#comment-203 ha! yeah, headphones do the trick -- sometimes. but some mouths are so loud and insistent that they'll supersede your tunes. i don't think we need a no-cellphone policy, though. in a perfect world, i'd chase the issue upstream and simply work on people's awareness of their surroundings. in this imperfect world, i like the idea of bitching to friends about it ... and posting on this site, natch. ha! yeah, headphones do the trick — sometimes. but some mouths are so loud and insistent that they’ll supersede your tunes.

i don’t think we need a no-cellphone policy, though. in a perfect world, i’d chase the issue upstream and simply work on people’s awareness of their surroundings. in this imperfect world, i like the idea of bitching to friends about it … and posting on this site, natch.

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]]> By: Jenny http://www.munidiaries.com/2008/08/13/thanks-for-sharing/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Jenny Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:41:52 +0000 http://www.munidiaries.com/?p=385#comment-200 The staring NEVER works for me. I think people feel invisible when they're on the phone. Does Muni need a no-cellphone policy? I have a feeling it would be as effective as the no-drink and no-food policy - both unheeded. Maybe we should all just be more vocal and tell people to shut up from time to time. My strategy: throw on the headphones. The staring NEVER works for me. I think people feel invisible when they’re on the phone.

Does Muni need a no-cellphone policy? I have a feeling it would be as effective as the no-drink and no-food policy – both unheeded.

Maybe we should all just be more vocal and tell people to shut up from time to time. My strategy: throw on the headphones.

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]]> By: tara http://www.munidiaries.com/2008/08/13/thanks-for-sharing/comment-page-1/#comment-188 tara Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:05:14 +0000 http://www.munidiaries.com/?p=385#comment-188 If someone's getting details about something urgent, such as evening plans or meeting places (and doing it quietly), I don't care. But I've got a similar, also annoying, story of someone who also broke those rules. Also on a 31, a woman whipped out her phone and started gossiping about a friend's love life, and about how she had an annoying day at work, blah blah blah. It was a 7 p.m. with a beverage conversation, not a crowded bus convo, for sure. THEN HER BOSS CALLS (and I know this because she tells her friend she has to go because it's her boss), and proceeds to have an HR conversation about her "integrity" and why she made a decision she did, and why she didn't tell her boss something. My solution is to stare at the person the whole time. If they get testy and wonder what you're looking at, say you assumed they were putting on a show. If someone’s getting details about something urgent, such as evening plans or meeting places (and doing it quietly), I don’t care. But I’ve got a similar, also annoying, story of someone who also broke those rules.

Also on a 31, a woman whipped out her phone and started gossiping about a friend’s love life, and about how she had an annoying day at work, blah blah blah. It was a 7 p.m. with a beverage conversation, not a crowded bus convo, for sure.

THEN HER BOSS CALLS (and I know this because she tells her friend she has to go because it’s her boss), and proceeds to have an HR conversation about her “integrity” and why she made a decision she did, and why she didn’t tell her boss something.

My solution is to stare at the person the whole time. If they get testy and wonder what you’re looking at, say you assumed they were putting on a show.

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