[TommyDale]

Rude people who talk loudly on their cell phones should always be told that they are rude, whether they are in an airplane at 30,000 feet or in a restaurant. People who let their phones ring loudly and disrupt others are boors. I have always wanted to see someone yank the phone from their hand, and throw it onto the floor and stomp it into a million pieces.

[Huck]

People are so obnoxious with their cell phones. I can totally see people seated in one section of the plane calling a friend/sibling/coworker seated elsewhere on the same friggin plane.

[LIConFem]

"Rude people who talk loudly on their cell phones should always be told that they are rude, whether they are in an airplane at 30,000 feet or in a restaurant."

Yet no one ever says a word to the rude people who talk loudly while NOT on their cell phone. But whip out that phone and say "Hi" to granny, and the self-righteous whiners will hit the ceiling.

[Beagle8U]

"I have always wanted to see someone yank the phone from their hand, and throw it onto the floor and stomp it into a million pieces."

LOL...Just last month at a board meeting at my sportsman's club, I told those present that the next cell phone that rang, I would do exactly that.

That was after the 3rd. one in 5 min.'s.

Why the hell can't kids today just play on a CB radio, at least those would be out in their truck?

[Spiff]

Rude people who talk loudly on their cell phones should always be told that they are rude, whether they are in an airplane at 30,000 feet or in a restaurant. People who let their phones ring loudly and disrupt others are boors. I have always wanted to see someone yank the phone from their hand, and throw it onto the floor and stomp it into a million pieces.

Please get over your obsession with cell phones. It should not be the cell phone that is the measure of rudeness here. People who talk loudly in public are often considered rude, whether they are in a restaurant, an airplane, or whatever. It doesn't matter if they're talking into a cell phone or not. I've been quite annoyed by loud talkers on airplanes and they were not talking into their cell phone.

What difference should it make to you or anyone else if I'm having a quiet conversation with my seat mate on the plane or my wife a thousand miles away and 30,000 feet down?

[freebird5850]

My coworker has a cell phone and the ringtone is set to this horrible nursery rhyme and is turned all the way up. I have asked repeatedly for him to turn it to vibrate, which he said no. The other day it was siting on his desk and went off. I took the phone and gave it to my supervisor. It went off again. The coworker, after getting reprimanded by the supervisor, blamed me for loss of productivity while he was loking for his phone. I corrected him in saying he was responsible for my loss of productivity due to his negligence and noise.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Rude people who talk loudly on their cell phones should always be told that they are rude

I agree but you are assuming that these rudeniks actually give a crap about the effect of their behavior on others.