Mobile crimes — continued
Rax, Where’s Mike? and Loulou have recently added some fantastic mobile crimes to the Top 10 Mobile Crimes thread on the SMS Text News discussion forums.
We’ve gone way past 10 now.
A few nuggets:
- Saying “I’m on a train” more than once when you’re on a train. (Where’s Mike?)
- People who insist on keeping their phones on silent so they can’t be disturbed, but then take them out and check them every 5 minutes in case they have a text or call. (Loulou)
- Leaving on your key tones on so that everbody is forced to listen to ever letter you input into the SMS you are in the middle of composing… beeb-beeb-beep… beep….
Have you got more pet hates? I’d like to document as many as possible and turn them into a How-To feature, I reckon (or actually, a How-Not-To feature!). Please do add yours to the thread!
1. Having any pop tune as your ring tone, especially Marvin Gaye’s Sexual Healing.
Posted by Andrew Whitehouse on October 19th, 2007 at 12:22 pm.2. Holding your phone like it’s a mouth organ while speaking into it
3. Trying to drive at the same time
4. Having a noisy pop ring tone and (with the phone in your hand) letting it play for a few rings to savour your wonderful tune before answering
5. Not having voice mail
6. Have a wired handsfree kit and holding the microphone wire close to your mouth