tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post6630737894345882322..comments2023-12-31T20:43:08.499-05:00Comments on THE STILETTO GANG: In Defense of the Busy SignalUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-44427244304715097852010-10-06T21:56:29.788-04:002010-10-06T21:56:29.788-04:00Mags, I forgot to answer "the look"!
Hm...Mags, I forgot to answer "the look"!<br /><br />Hmmm . . .<br /><br />I'm going to say that I have no use for and even a smug disdain for Face Book and Twitter and Four Square. I'm with Betty White: that stuff looks like a huge waste of time.<br /><br />I'm not a fan of the drive-through for food or drinks.<br /><br />Oh, and I don't like sprinkler systems. They're a tremendous waste of a valuable and costly resource--water--all to have an unnatural green lawn (yep, the concept of the lawn is more sales pitch and tradition than any sort of "natural" occurrence).<br /><br />Oh, and in actual gadgets, the GPS! They are brilliant for people who have road jobs or when you are getting a rental car on vacation in a place you aren't familiar with, but if I see one more idiot revving up their little over-lord to simply run an errand in their own town, I'll hurl.<br /><br />Lastly, though it's not a gadget it does seem to be something people find useful: I hate like poison the "emoticon" and abbreviations like "LOL". They are an affront to language and intellect and I can't stand them. Go ahead, I dare you. Send me a message with some mock winking-eye punctuation or tell me that your bringing the funny because you tacked on "LOL". Ick.Vicky Politonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-13295208599022411922010-10-06T19:57:57.498-04:002010-10-06T19:57:57.498-04:00I hate when people call me and then tell me they h...I hate when people call me and then tell me they have another call and they'll call me back. How rude is that? I am guilty of not answering the phone when they do call back, because now it's my time and you lost your time with me.<br /><br />What I truly don't like is when I'm in conversation with you and you get a cell phone call and you answer and instead of saying I'll call them back, you immediately forget that I'm there and hold a phone conversation. My answer to that is I walk away. I don't like it when it is done to me while eating out as well.Druhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978384022143035332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-86579796000823899992010-10-06T17:29:14.140-04:002010-10-06T17:29:14.140-04:00You want to put people into a state only otherwise...You want to put people into a state only otherwise induced by the Vulcan Nerve Pinch just tell them that sometimes you just don't answer the phone because you're busy with work or reading, or enjoying face-to-face conversation, or in no mood to talk.<br /><br />Also, one of my sisters taught me long ago that it's okay to point out to people that you have things like a phone, answering machine, email, etc. for YOUR convenience, not THEIRS.Vicky Politonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-83591277212850174662010-10-06T11:22:02.160-04:002010-10-06T11:22:02.160-04:00Jumping up and down waving, "Me, too, me, too...Jumping up and down waving, "Me, too, me, too!" We don't have call waiting at Chez McBride-Spitznagel either. I hate when I'm talking to people and the beeping starts...and they finally come back and say, "Gotta go, it's so and so." Which has me thinking, "Oh, boy, so now I know for sure that so and so is more important than I am." I realized, too, that when I did radio interviews via phone, the beeping would inevitably start and I couldn't hear the questions being asked me. So I finally said, "Enough!" I have fought with the phone company so often over bills that I finally made Ed call them to straighten our crazy bills out. All I want is the land line to dial out and ring when someone's dialing us. I don't need it to do special tricks. Oh, and I also have the oldest flip (cell) phone on the planet, which doesn't do texting or emails or photos. I only turn it on when I'm in the car and might need directions or emergency assistance. Yes, I am a dinosaur, and I aim to stay one as long as I can.Susan McBridehttp://SusanMcBride.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-45609719356863123052010-10-06T10:48:27.666-04:002010-10-06T10:48:27.666-04:00I'm with you. And frankly, I don't get tha...I'm with you. And frankly, I don't get that many phone calls that people are tripping over each other to try to reach me. If it's that vital, they can come over and tell me what's so important in person =)Zitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934983183390982361noreply@blogger.com