JCShutout wrote:I always thought it was weird to see a ton of people walking to class, and over half of them hooked into an ipod or a cell phone. You're walking with 500 co-eds... human interaction anyone? That's where I meet most new people. Do we just HAVE to listen to music 24/7?
I try to use my cell phone as little as possible, and I haven't really used my ipod in forever, but I still don't want to interact with the people around me. I'm really one of those people who doesn't mind interacting but won't if I don't have to.
Since we've gotten to talking about computer labs and cell phones though, I hate it when people have correspondences, hang up, have the same person call them back with more info, hang up again, have them call again to find out what's the latest...lather, rinse, repeat. If you're going to do this, please put your phone on vibrate. I really don't want to hear "Crank Dat" every five minutes.
It doesn't really bother me, its just weird to me that so many go out of their way to ensure that they don't interact with new people, and then those people [expletive] to me about how they're lonely. (not you obviously, just a lot of people I know at school are like this)
Most of the things listed don't bother me at all, but yeah, in the computer lab, put the damn phone on vibrate even if you don't expect a call. That's just being considerate.
one of my least favorite things about the cell phone is how attached people are to it and how they feel they absolutely HAVE to answer a call, no matter what they're doing at the time.
I get very annoyed when I'm hanging out with people and everything has to stop because someone calls them on the phone. You just kind of have to sit there through their entire conversation just because some other person decided to call them right then. Maybe I should just leave and give you a call to garner your attention.
Kyle wrote:A guy I work with does it (he also rolls up his sleeves of his shirt [something else I hate, by the way] because he's egotistical); I also see people walking around campus doing the same thing.
I do that at work because it's comfortable in the summer.
It's also hott. I feel less like a tool when I roll up the sleeves of a dress shirt to my elbows.
Kyle wrote:A guy I work with does it (he also rolls up his sleeves of his shirt [something else I hate, by the way] because he's egotistical); I also see people walking around campus doing the same thing.
I'm not sure what's wrong with rolling up shirt sleeves.
Kyle wrote:A guy I work with does it (he also rolls up his sleeves of his shirt [something else I hate, by the way] because he's egotistical); I also see people walking around campus doing the same thing.
I'm not sure what's wrong with rolling up shirt sleeves.
Unless you're talking about short sleeved shirts...
Kyle wrote:A guy I work with does it (he also rolls up his sleeves of his shirt [something else I hate, by the way] because he's egotistical); I also see people walking around campus doing the same thing.
I do that at work because it's comfortable in the summer.
It's also hott. I feel less like a tool when I roll up the sleeves of a dress shirt to my elbows.
Yeah, I never don't roll my sleeves up. It is more casual, it is cooler (temp) and it is more comfortable. In fact, I'm wearing a blue button down shirt right now with the sleeves rolled up.
docellis wrote:I walk and talk with my cell phone to avoid interacting with people. Isn't that why everyone does it?
At the junior college I used to go to, there is a bridge over a busy street that everyone has to cross to get to campus, so it funnels tons of people through it. I went to 3 different area high schools so I knew waaaaaay too many people and most of them not worth delaying what I was doing to exchange pleasantries. The pretend I'm texting or calling someone move was a mainstay in my arsenal. That and the IPod/head down move.
I'm a d-bag then, because when I go on my morning and afternoon breaks, I go outside and walk, but I also make any phone calls that I need to make while I'm walking.
