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Internet access is one thing. But the day they have cellphone access on planes will be (god willing) full of bloodletting and apocalyptic reckoning. I don't hav
by mynameishere 18y ago
Internet access is one thing. But the day they have cellphone access on planes will be (god willing) full of bloodletting and apocalyptic reckoning. I don't have a cellphone, and it is an utter mystery to me how cell users are OBLIVIOUS to the intense social disruption they cause by their one-sided shouting-match competitions consisting more-or-less entirely of:
CALLER: I'm going to blah-blah-blah [at 115 decibels]
CALLEE: [unheard]
CALLER: Yeah, I'm just going to blah-blah-blah [at 120 decibels]
CALLEE: [unheard]
CALLED: Yeah, I'm blah-blah-blah bullshit bullshit more bullshit times 100 [at 125 decibels]
- mooism2 18y agoOn long distance trains, we solve this by having quiet carriages, where phone calls are banned (also game playing is banned unless you turn the sound off). This doesn't quite work because there aren't enough staff to fully enforce it on a train, but presumably staffing ratios are better on a plane. A plane isn't exactly the same environment as a long distance train, granted, but it seems an obvious first thing to try.