Really Though?
Tonight I had the joy of waiting on the most ridiculous woman I’ve seen in a while. And being that I’m fighting off a cold, I wasn’t able to put on my shiny face and hide my disdain for her. Not that she was smart enough to know what my problem was with her anyway.
Seated at a booth with her husband, she proceeded to stretch out her nasty, bare legs across the bench seat and sit with her back to the wall. A grown ass woman in a sit-down restaurant. Then she hopped on her cell phone and never stopped yapping into it. Not even when her food was in front of her. Her poor husband just sat there staring at his plate and eating quietly, like he was alone at the table.
How fucking low class can a person be? Restaurants are NOT your living rooms, people. Putting your feet up and blabbing into your phone is not acceptable restaurant behavior. If you don’t know this, you need to stick to drive-throughs and taco stands.
Peace and READ THIS.
P.S. This is my 100th post. 
Tags: cell phones, manners
May 27th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Dude! Did you see how big the phones were in that article? And that was just a few years ago!! (The woman in the picture looks like she’s talking on a Sesame Street phone or something . . .)
I may be addicted, but at least I retreat to the bathroom to play with my CrackBerry. I never use it at the table. So so TOTALLY wrong!! (And her poor husband . . . he should have called her from his cell phone just to get some attention!!)
PS: Didn’t I warn you NOT to get a pearl? What were you thinking? That keyboard is a hot mess. Seriously. But you probably don’t have man-hands like I do.
And congrats on your 100th post!!!
Holy CRAP!! I just looked at my numbers and I just hit 300. See?! If it weren’t for you I’d totally overlook this stuff.
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May 28th, 2008 at 12:57 am
Fashion - LOL- I know, right? Her big yellow phone made me laugh too! As for me… I am very respectful of my dining companions as well. My phone goes on vibrate as soon as we approach the restaurant.
I didn’t read your warning about the Pearl until it was too late! FACK. (I should have bookmarked that post. However, please feel free to email me warnings in the future as I am too lame to get them in time.) I don’t have it yet though, so the jury’s still out. I ordered it online (AT&T doesn’t carry the 8100 white one) so I’ll be getting it Friday.
In the meantime… Keep loving your CrackBerry and I’ll keep being horribly jealous. Fack! LOL
May 28th, 2008 at 1:21 am
It makes me mad, too, to see people in restaurants on cell phones. What makes me even more angry is how it is becoming accepted practice to talk on your phone WHEREVER you are! It’s just so tacky sometimes.
Congrats on 100!
May 28th, 2008 at 2:34 am
Hi, Leigh! Yeah, I’ve had enough of rude cell phone abusers. And thanks for the congrats on my 100th!
Oh and Fashion - Congrats on your 300th!!
May 28th, 2008 at 5:50 am
Contratulations. Let’s hope they’re just your first 100 posts…
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May 28th, 2008 at 8:39 am
Congratulations! 100 posts! Not NEARLY enough from a creative person like you. Let’s aim for a thousand! Ten thousand! One thigh-slapping, thought-provoking post at a time, of course.
I’m glad that you write. You’re very good at it.
I am a firm believer in the use of cellphone jammers. People are just too stupid to understand or care about etiquette. Ergo, deprive them of the means to be offensive.
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May 28th, 2008 at 8:55 am
HOLY CRAP…memories…that was one of my pet peeves waitressing too. People who throw their legs up on the booth and sit with their backs to the wall, and even more so, the people whose legs are too long so their feet hang out into the aisle and you have to walk around them. Cell phones used to piss me off, but almost even more than cell phones, it used to piss me off when people wouldn’t look up from the conversation with the person across from them to give me their orders. You stand there feeling like an idiot, and then get dirty looks if you interrupt them…I used to stand there, count to 10, and if they didn’t stop talking, I would walk away. And stay away for like…10 minutes. Bwahah.
May 28th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Oh yeah!! I totally forgot to comment about that graphic–I need some of those forms!!!
PS: What’s with all the FACK-ing? Are you trying to lose the NC-17?
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May 28th, 2008 at 11:38 am
well good gawd…she’s dead wrong, but i would be a little concerned if my man didn’t speak up. i like for them to roar once in a while…don’t just let me run all over you. she’s wrong though.
i hate the phone. people walking around with these things in their ear…..it used to look crazy people talking to themselves, now it’s like oh…. they’re on the phone.
if i was that man i would throw the phone on the ground and stomp it with my boots.
women talk about being ingored…when they have someone they don’t pay attention to them then wonder why they left them for someone else.
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May 28th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
I love this post.
I can’t stand it when people blab on their phones in public. For some people it’s almost like they want people to hear about their stupid lives - as if they’re the most fascinating SOBs on earth.
Congrats on your big 100! That’s a great milestone.
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May 28th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Nietzsche - Thank you so much!
Marvin the Martian - I didn’t even realize I’d hit 100. LOL… I saw it a little after I published it. And thank you for your kind words.
I heard about cell phone jammers on the news once and thought they were GENIUS. The only reason I’d never use one is that I’d hate for someone to miss an emergency call because of some asshole who’s blabbing about their foot fungus.
Angi - Oh LORD I know! In my 16+ years in this industry, I’ve only had ONE person apologize for being on their phone when I was trying to assist them.
I do the SAME thing you used to- stand there for a few seconds and if ignored, I walk away and STAY away for a while. That usually guarantees that phones are down and they are ready for me when I get back.
After all, other people need service too and they shouldn’t suffer because I’m stuck at the table of a jackass who can’t interrupt their cell call.
Fashion - I downloaded the parking ones and the cell phone ones. I can’t WAIT to use them!! And I’ve been saying FACK lately because it’s something my friend Christina says that makes me laugh. No worries though… There are plenty of fucks to be said here. LOL
Natural - I couldn’t be with a man who tolerated that kind of rudeness either. I felt so bad for him; clearly she was the dominate one in their relationship. It just saddens me that this has become the “norm”.
Jeff - So glad you liked it! I never thought of that before but you raise a valid point- maybe people DO think we all wanna hear about them. How self-absorbed can one be? And thanks for the congrats!
May 28th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Congrats on your 100th post. Here’s looking forward to many more.
People on the phone in restaurants piss me off. I want to have a nice quiet dinner not hear a conversation about what ailment you have on ass and what you intend to do about it.
It happens here a lot. people have no cell phone manners whatsoever. Some even have the cheek to use their cells while watching a movie!!!
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May 29th, 2008 at 12:21 am
Hi Nick Phillips! Thanks for the congrats!
Your cell at a movie reminded me of the time I went with a friend to a movie and his phone rang. I gave him the “stank eye”, because I couldn’t believe it wasn’t on silent, then he ANSWERED IT! I was so appalled! I kept glaring at him and telling him to get off of his damn phone. Finally, when he saw that I was about to smack the phone away from his head, he ended the call and put it on silent.
It is just amazing to me the utter and total RUDENESS of others. And blabbing into your phone within earshot of strangers is RUDE. No one wants to hear your conversation; you’re NOT that interesting. Just annoying.
Ok, I think my fit is over now. LOL
May 29th, 2008 at 5:18 am
That is annoying…here everywhere you go they just put up signs every 10 feet telling you not to use your phone
This of course doesn’t mean anyone actually reads it!
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May 29th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Ah Yes! You bring back such wonderful memories of when I was a server….. those were the days. However, there are a few memories that stick out more than the others…. like the time I walked up to a table full of “LOUDS” (See FashionParamedic.com for the meaning) and as soon as a got there there were scowls on each face - like they all smelt something really bad and comments on how discussed they were at what was on the menu and “Don’t you guys have anything else besides SWINE on the menu?!?!” Now there were two going back and forth, ON and ON talking smack about the menu and shaking there head in disbelief. I could see people at the other tables getting irritated. If you don’t like what WE serve then get the Hell out of this restaurant a go somewhere else! You know, where they don’t serve swine! Why are you bitchin’ at me “The Server” if you don’t like what you see. Like I’m going to magically change the menu because you’ve been bitchin’ for 15 mins. Like I said “Those were the days.”.
May 29th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Chelle - I know! I see signs all the time… And people ignoring them. Dumb asses.
Lisa Lisa - I get LOUDS sometimes too but instead of allowing them to make their poor restaurant choice MY problem, I tell them that I did not create the menu. I also feel free to tell them that I did not cook their food, nor did I make their cocktails. It amazes me that people actually blame their servers for shit they have no control over. LOL
May 29th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
LOL —- well said! I love that card to, damn I could use a few of those.
Congrats on your 100th post! woohoo!
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May 29th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Go to FashionParamedic.com! She has the links to download the cards for that!
June 4th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Hey, now! just cause you hit 100 posts doesn’t mean you can stop!
I’m needing my Corrina fix!
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June 4th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
I’ll only stop when all my fingers fall off. HA
June 13th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Now that was a good rant!
Congrats on your 100th post
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June 13th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Thank you Dawn!