What do you do if a nearby diner is speaking loudly on their phone?

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  • Ron Stevens - 14 years ago

    I cant stand people that are rude cellphones. I simply turn on my cellphone jammer for a short minute and they think they lost the signal in the building and they go outside. Problem solved.

  • Scott - 14 years ago

    Where can I get the cellphone jammer?

  • Ed Jackson - 14 years ago

    I join in on the conversation by making agreeing or disagreeing with the person talking out loud. When they tell me to butt out, I just tell them "if I can hear you talking, I'm part of the conversation". They get the point.

  • MW - 14 years ago

    I have a pocket cellphone jammer. I don't care if they are "illegal" or not. I consider cellphone noise like secondhand smoke. Why should I have to be involved in their conversation? I don't want it.
    Is using the jammer an issue with emergency? Nope. I'll turn it off if they decide to choke on their meat.

  • JC - 14 years ago

    We usually move tables. There is a restaurant we go to that always has loud cell phone talkers -- we go there because the food is good and we know the waitstaff. We ask our server to move us to another table. The cell phone talkers usually are too self absorbed to notice.

  • Tim Grady - 14 years ago

    I grab their phone and drop it in their drink. I'm a big guy so no one screws with me. People who talk loud on cell phones don't get the message or they wouldn't be doing it. You can't fix stupid - but you can abuse it.

  • Treese - 14 years ago

    I ask to be moved away from the loud person, if staring at them or saying something to them doesn't work.

  • AKchic - 14 years ago

    I will only say something if the person is being VERY loud (i.e., drowning out other conversations) or vulgar (I don't want to hear about your sexual exploits, nor do my kids need to hear it).

    In turn, I keep the volume of my cell phone either very low, or set it to vibrate only when I am in a restaurant. I also expect (and keep) my kids quiet in public. It isn't hard to keep four boys under 12 quiet when you train them up from a young age to be that way in public, and when they know the consequences of failing to meet that expectation (i.e., no movies for the night, or no restaurant visits for a specific period of time).

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