Comments on: Cell Phone Use is off the Hook http://blog.drphil.com/2009/11/19/1843/ Dr. Phil- Start A Change Reaction Sun, 19 May 2013 02:33:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Armando http://blog.drphil.com/2009/11/19/1843/comment-page-3/#comment-20964 Armando Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:41:59 +0000 http://blog.drphil.com/?p=1843#comment-20964 only 85 percent of Americans own cell phones? no way :) i guess those 15% just lost their phones and waiting for replacement. only 85 percent of Americans own cell phones? no way :) i guess those 15% just lost their phones and waiting for replacement.

]]> By: Nancy http://blog.drphil.com/2009/11/19/1843/comment-page-3/#comment-17943 Nancy Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:23:25 +0000 http://blog.drphil.com/?p=1843#comment-17943 Maybe because I am 60, am on disability so am home all the time, and have no friends around town to chat with thiat I do not own a cellular telephone (which I never refer to as a cell phone). I find my cordless landline telehone with no answering machine or voice mall is all I need. I cannot afford to go out to eat and so have not experienced the "joys" you and commenters have described, but if these situations were to happen to me, I wonder if I would have the guts to call a server over to tell the jerk they are disrupting others' meals and to end their call until they have left the restaurant. It is a peeve of mine, BTW, to see The New York Times referred to as the New York Times. The word "The" is a part of the paper's name and should be capitalized just as New York Times is. I do love your show, and look forward to Friday's. I wish my dispersed family would wach as maybe some of the discord some show toward others would disipate a little. Maybe because I am 60, am on disability so am home all the time, and have no friends around town to chat with thiat I do not own a cellular telephone (which I never refer to as a cell phone). I find my cordless landline telehone with no answering machine or voice mall is all I need. I cannot afford to go out to eat and so have not experienced the “joys” you and commenters have described, but if these situations were to happen to me, I wonder if I would have the guts to call a server over to tell the jerk they are disrupting others’ meals and to end their call until they have left the restaurant. It is a peeve of mine, BTW, to see The New York Times referred to as the New York Times. The word “The” is a part of the paper’s name and should be capitalized just as New York Times is. I do love your show, and look forward to Friday’s. I wish my dispersed family would wach as maybe some of the discord some show toward others would disipate a little.

]]> By: a g http://blog.drphil.com/2009/11/19/1843/comment-page-3/#comment-17891 a g Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:25:07 +0000 http://blog.drphil.com/?p=1843#comment-17891 i have heard the "deal closers", pompous fools who think that talking about business dealings in publiic on a cell is cool. there are the "pillow talkers" .the first category btw.is mostly guys. the second mostly gals. the pillow talkers give us info with details,that might make hugh heffner blush. or gushy relational stuff that has no business being a part of the sonic landscape of a bus interior. we lack discretion and consideration. i have only had a cell for a short time and got rid of it. i don't want to be part of a grid hook up 24/7. give me some modicum of privacy[whatver little is left to have in this digital age]. it is sadly/comical,how people often talk louder than necessary on a cell phone. you'd think they'd just invented the darn things yesterday! i have heard the “deal closers”, pompous fools who think that talking about business dealings in publiic on a cell is cool. there are the “pillow talkers” .the first category btw.is mostly guys. the second mostly gals. the pillow talkers give us info with details,that might make hugh heffner blush. or gushy relational stuff that has no business being a part of the sonic landscape of a bus interior. we lack discretion and consideration. i have only had a cell for a short time and got rid of it. i don’t want to be part of a grid hook up 24/7. give me some modicum of privacy[whatver little is left to have in this digital age]. it is sadly/comical,how people often talk louder than necessary on a cell phone. you’d think they’d just invented the darn things yesterday!

]]> By: Janet Albanese http://blog.drphil.com/2009/11/19/1843/comment-page-3/#comment-16237 Janet Albanese Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:03:09 +0000 http://blog.drphil.com/?p=1843#comment-16237 I agree with Dr. Phil on this one. Yes, I have a cell phone but it remains on OFF unless I'm calling someone on it. No one has my number and I only use it if I'm in trouble. I never, EVER, use it when I'm driving. If I have to make a call I'll pull off the road. I hate talking on it and when I'm home that's when I like to get phone calls. Not when I'm running around town doing errands. But it is nice to be able to ask a question to someone while I'm shopping or something like that. I agree with Dr. Phil on this one. Yes, I have a cell phone but it remains on OFF unless I’m calling someone on it. No one has my number and I only use it if I’m in trouble. I never, EVER, use it when I’m driving. If I have to make a call I’ll pull off the road. I hate talking on it and when I’m home that’s when I like to get phone calls. Not when I’m running around town doing errands. But it is nice to be able to ask a question to someone while I’m shopping or something like that.

]]> By: Tinie http://blog.drphil.com/2009/11/19/1843/comment-page-3/#comment-13587 Tinie Mon, 10 May 2010 00:51:20 +0000 http://blog.drphil.com/?p=1843#comment-13587 Dr. Phil, I'm one of the those 15 % that do not have a cell phone... I still only have a land line...I don't like cell phones and never really saw a reason to get one. And I'm only 23... If anyone calls me when I'm not home they can leave a voice mail or call me at work in emergency... Or email me. I don't plan to get a cell phone, everyone in my family "needed" one. But land lines works just fine for me... Dr. Phil,
I’m one of the those 15 % that do not have a cell phone… I still only have a land line…I don’t like cell phones and never really saw a reason to get one. And I’m only 23… If anyone calls me when I’m not home they can leave a voice mail or call me at work in emergency… Or email me. I don’t plan to get a cell phone, everyone in my family “needed” one. But land lines works just fine for me…

]]> By: Rachèl http://blog.drphil.com/2009/11/19/1843/comment-page-3/#comment-12831 Rachèl Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:05:28 +0000 http://blog.drphil.com/?p=1843#comment-12831 dear Dr. Phil i'm 15 years old and i live in Holland, but i watch your show everyday because i think it's very interesting! you told in your show that you read every comment so i hope you will read this one too. and yes i think it's also irritating when someone shouts in his cellphone, i think that when you get a phonecall you walk out of the restaurant and call outside love, Rachèl dear Dr. Phil
i’m 15 years old and i live in Holland, but i watch your show everyday because i think it’s very interesting!
you told in your show that you read every comment so i hope you will read this one too.
and yes i think it’s also irritating when someone shouts in his cellphone, i think that when you get a phonecall you walk out of the restaurant and call outside
love,
Rachèl

]]> By: BMS http://blog.drphil.com/2009/11/19/1843/comment-page-3/#comment-12557 BMS Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:44:43 +0000 http://blog.drphil.com/?p=1843#comment-12557 I am one of the 15%. I have never owned a cell phone, and have no plans to. My husband inherited one from a deceased relative, but it goes unused unless we are going on a long car trip. Even then, I think it has been used a grand total of 5 times in a year. My kids are 9 and 8 - no plans to get phones for them either. They just aren't as necessary as people think they are. There have been maybe 10 occasions over the last 8 years in which I thought, hmm, this would be a trifle easier if I had a cell. But on all those occasions, I was able to do what needed to be done with just a little extra effort. Yep, even dealing with car problems. A lot of the situations in which people feel they NEED a cell phone are situations that could be dealt with just fine with a little preplanning. I'm not saying no one should have one - if you want one, knock your socks off. But truly, they are not akin to oxygen, and you don't instantly cease to exist without one. I am one of the 15%. I have never owned a cell phone, and have no plans to. My husband inherited one from a deceased relative, but it goes unused unless we are going on a long car trip. Even then, I think it has been used a grand total of 5 times in a year. My kids are 9 and 8 – no plans to get phones for them either. They just aren’t as necessary as people think they are. There have been maybe 10 occasions over the last 8 years in which I thought, hmm, this would be a trifle easier if I had a cell. But on all those occasions, I was able to do what needed to be done with just a little extra effort. Yep, even dealing with car problems. A lot of the situations in which people feel they NEED a cell phone are situations that could be dealt with just fine with a little preplanning. I’m not saying no one should have one – if you want one, knock your socks off. But truly, they are not akin to oxygen, and you don’t instantly cease to exist without one.

]]> By: sudabeh http://blog.drphil.com/2009/11/19/1843/comment-page-3/#comment-11869 sudabeh Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:09:00 +0000 http://blog.drphil.com/?p=1843#comment-11869 I use my cell phone only in unexpected and accidental situations like flat tire at night in the middel on nowhere, and ask for help. Normally i have a rotary phone on the kitchen wall that works fine for me when I am at home and alone. I have noticed some people specially young females hide behind their cell-phone to ignore their difficult encounters with their sorroundings, some use it to chat rediculously to make them feel important. Being intruppted, is not a pleasant feeling no matter where we are, it better be very important or I call it rude and ignorance. I use my cell phone only in unexpected and accidental situations like flat tire at night in the middel on nowhere, and ask for help. Normally i have a rotary phone on the kitchen wall that works fine for me when I am at home and alone. I have noticed some people specially young females hide behind their cell-phone to ignore
their difficult encounters with their sorroundings, some use it to chat rediculously to make them feel important. Being intruppted, is not a pleasant feeling no matter where we are, it better be very important or I call it rude and ignorance.

]]> By: Nanda http://blog.drphil.com/2009/11/19/1843/comment-page-3/#comment-11865 Nanda Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:58:51 +0000 http://blog.drphil.com/?p=1843#comment-11865 Americans are some of the rudest people on Planet Earth. Their obnoxious behaviour has been going on for a long time and only now it has started to become noticable to their fellow Americans. In 1984, I was in London doing the rounds of the museums. Everyone would speak in hushed tones if they ever needed to communicate, however, whenever you hear a commotion--you'd see a family --kids running amock and adults yelling at them.Everyone would smile knowingly and mouth--Americans. This was decades ago and has it changed? Americans are some of the rudest people on Planet Earth. Their obnoxious behaviour has been going on for a long time and only now it has started to become noticable to their fellow Americans. In 1984, I was in London doing the rounds of the museums. Everyone would speak in hushed tones if they ever needed to communicate, however, whenever you hear a commotion–you’d see a family –kids running amock and adults yelling at them.Everyone would smile knowingly and mouth–Americans. This was decades ago and has it changed?

]]> By: Rebecca http://blog.drphil.com/2009/11/19/1843/comment-page-3/#comment-11845 Rebecca Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:52:56 +0000 http://blog.drphil.com/?p=1843#comment-11845 I have a friend who I see infrequently. But when she does visit my home, she always brings along her laptop and is online with it the entire time of her visit, talking to me but also interacting with facebook, etc. Now this friend is the X generation, and I'm a boomer, and I don't know about gen-Xers, but we boomers were taught to give a person talking to us our ENTIRE attention, including eye contact as a matter of curtesy. Is her behavior unacceptable and rude or am I just old fashioned and behind the times? I have a friend who I see infrequently. But when she does visit my home, she always brings along her laptop and is online with it the entire time of her visit, talking to me but also interacting with facebook, etc.

Now this friend is the X generation, and I’m a boomer, and I don’t know about gen-Xers, but we boomers were taught to give a person talking to us our ENTIRE attention, including eye contact as a matter of curtesy.

Is her behavior unacceptable and rude or am I just old fashioned and behind the times?

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