WME Prize-A-Day, Day 3

Here's my story... I was flying to Chicago and my flight was delayed. When we finally boarded the plane we wound up sitting on the tarmac for over an hour waiting to be cleared for takeoff. The guy sitting next to me talked during the entire time our plane was waiting to take off. He was loud and just obnoxious to deal with. I'm dreading the day when cell phone will be permitted to be used in flight.

I was at a wedding reception and the best man read his toast off of his vx6700. The bad part was that it didn't surprise anyone and most thought it was a great idea.

My father is a pastor. He was performing a wedding when right at the very end, when he was about to say "What God has joined together, let no man put asunder" someone's cell phone rang. My mom was in the congregation and said everyone started reaching for their pockets and purses to see if it was theirs. My dad, impromptu, changed the vows to "What God has joined together, let no man ...nor cell phone...put asunder. :)

I was out walking down the street in Beverly Hills last year when I felt a sudden THWACK on my head. When I woke up, I was lying on the sidewalk and Naomi Campbell was hovering over me apologizing.

in the car, a friend of a friend started going nuts - really annoying!

My grandfather was dying of cancer and literally on his death bed in the hospital. My whole family rushed down to the hospital where we were told that he wasn't going to make it and that we should probably say our goodbyes. We were all circled around his bed when one of my ghetto cousins flips open her cell phone, calls up her baby daddy and starts loudly talking about how my grandfather is dead and how long it took him to die when HE'S STILL ALIVE (though ABOUT to die) and CAN HEAR HER along with everyone else standing right next to her in the room!! Not only was that out and out disgusting, callous and rude but it's against hospital policy to use cell phones on the premisses! Talk about someone not being invited to next year's Thanksgiving dinner! Grrr...

Two years ago my family and I were at a wedding for my father's cousin, with the extended family in attendance. Just as the Rabi was about to ask the vows, my brother's phone rings(I think it was set on the loudest possible setting). My brother is 18 at this time and we live in Texas so his ring tone is some kind of western bonanza theme with galloping horses and a bull mooing and snorting in the background. He tried as fast as he could to turn it off, but it was too late the Rabi had already stopped. Later, we found out it was one of his friends trying to figure out how to use his dvd player (obviously something you'd need to keep your cell phone on during a wedding for).

I work on a manufacturing floor. We are not supposed to have cell phones on us while we are on the floor, but it's always been "overlooked" by management until we hired an 18 year old kid who spent a good six hours one night in the bathroom text messaging his girlfriend. Now the rules are enforced heavily, and the kid is on the bad side of every one of his 150 co workers!

I hate when people use cell phone in the public restroom while taking a sh*t. Have heard fights, romnace, broken promises while unloading the dump. How romantic:)

I'm a stundent preacher and the worst social blunder I saw was a gentlemen who received a call during church, stood up to answer it and proceeded to take the call during the sermon! Would not have been so bad if he had not been sitting near the front!

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My friend was on holidays in a beautiful hotel and was speaking with his magnific pda while walking from the reception to the room. Just when he was bordering the swimming pool a litlle and funny child crossed me and give me a slight strike in the arm and the phone simply flied... direct to the swimming pool! It was very interesting the fireworks it provoked...

I was playing in a tennis tournament, and during a match, one of the opponents' cellphone rang. By USTA rules, we automatically won the point. Sssshhhh!

My wife saw my new Qtek 9100 (I paid $700.03 for it) and wanted to hold it. Well she did and it fell which resulted in the screen breaking.

I didnt talk to her for a couple of days.

More than once I have seen some one continue their conversation while going in to the men’s room, complete their business and walk out.

I was waiting for an elevator, annoyed that the person beside me was talking loudly on their phone. I was somewhat comforted that he would surely stop talking once we boarded the elevator. We got on the elevator, and not only did he NOT stop talking, he talked louder since he probably had a bad connection. Worse yet, he was last to get on and faced the rest of us, his back to the door. NO ONE does that!

The other day in the grocery store, I saw someone doing their entire shopping trip via cellphone with her husband/boyfriend (discussing what to buy etc.). Talk about annoying- make a list or bring hubbie along!

Middle of a wedding, a ring broke total silence - and worst of all no one would silence it, it continued to ring until I assume voicemail picked up.

I hate it when some people are on the phone and go to the loo and continue talking. The guy at the other end gets to hear all the background restroom noises during the conversation. What if the other guy is about to have lunch....!!!

Ok This may be more of a pet peeve but,

Sitting in an resturant and some guy get's on his Cell and starts going on about some deal he is making like he is the only/most important person in the place (the cooks in the back could have probably followed what he was saying). If you must take a call where other are trying to enjoy a meal please be courtious and keep it to your self.

Cheers
BR

A friend of mine at work and I went to a computer convention. While we were there, he walked around with his WM device trying to see if he could hack in to every bluetooth and WiFi device he could see. Not to actually do any harm, just to see if he could. MOS... be careful with your security, he was able to get in to quite a few devices.

When I take my kid to the playground, I see other parents checking their phones for email instead of watching their children. Sometimes that's me, though.