Monday, December 14, 2009

Domestic Goddess Asks, You Answer

Okay so this more of Annoyed Domestic Goddess Rants, You Listen and Then Possibly Agree With Her. But seriously, what on earth is the purpose of those "touch to talk" phones. And by that, I mean, those phones that beep and the caller's voice comes out immediately on speaker phone***. They are essentially walkie-talkies. And I JUST DON'T GET IT! Is is that difficult to place and receive a call? To hold a phone up to your ear for prolonged seconds of time? To plug in a Bluetooth? To text? Seriously! What is their purpose?

And yes, this question is pointed at you, man on Metro at 5:30 am who was having a conversation using touch-to-talk (about the Redskins. I know because I heard the whole thing). Around minute 17 of the "beeeeep" "Speakerphone Voice", he also became the proud recipient of a Rebecca Rage Glare. To which he told the Speakerphone Voice, "um, yeah, I better end this call." (Note: For safety’s sake, I RARELY bust out aforementioned glare in public. But at 5:47 am and my annoyance level already maxing out at 10, I make no promises.)

***And don't even get me started on the use of speaker phones in public places!!!

Posted by rebecca at 7:12 PM
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  1. I freaking HAAAAAAAATE those phones! I wish I could go back in time and prevent the conception of the person who invented them!!! The really messed up thing is that those phones have the ability to be used in "walkie talkie mode" while holding it up to your ear and using it like a regular phone, but the who use them WANT you to know that they have one of those phones and they're super cool because they can have walkie talkie conversations. UUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH!

    Unfortunately, I feel your rage on this topic on a regular basis because we have a lot of construction going on in my building and ALL of the construction workers seem to have them. And when they're working hard (aka sitting on their butts taking an extended break) they'll be down in the common area at the end of the hallway and their entire conversation echoes throughout my office area. I've had to give the Katie Death Stare to them on multiple occasions, but it doesn't seem to do anything. One of these days I'm going to loose my $#!% on one of them...
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  2. oh man, I hate that stare...
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