Talking on the Cell Phone... Seriously!?

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   I don't mind the occasional "Hey, I'm running late.  I'll be there in 20 minutes." or "Yeah, sorry you had that judge for your case... listen, I'm in the car right now, can I call you back?", but this morning, the slug we picked up went WAY too far.

	We picked up a slug at Horner Road going to DC.  As we passed Edsall Road, the slug's cell phone rings.  She starts her conversation... and continues her conversation ALL THE WAY into DC... talking about her kids, school, comparing with her friend's kid's school, her divorce... blah blah blah...

	To top it off, when we confronted the slug, she made it seem like WE were the ones who was overreacting.  We weren't mean when we confronted her (although there were a few choice words I would have like to have said... but I kept it to myself), but she bailed out before her requested stop, slammed the door and we didn't even get a "Thank you" out of her.

	I'm not trying to sound mean, but I'm paying for the gas and maintenance in my car as well as parking in DC.  I'm offering a stranger a ride in my car for FREE... the least this slug could have done was to show some courtesy and not yap on the phone almost the whole ride to work.  

	The mornings are for relaxing (for me, sleeping - especially when I work two jobs and running on 3 hours of sleep; my husband drives our car) and the afternoons are for unwinding after a stressful day of work, but SERIOUSLY!?  

	I'm not telling all cell phone users to turn off their phones before getting in the car (that would be traumatic enough for ME!), but at least show me and my husband the courtesy and respect and not carry on a 20 minute conversation throughout the car ride to and/or from work!

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adwiggins Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 18 Dec 2008 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote adwiggins Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Talking on the Cell Phone... Seriously!? Posted: 18 Dec 2008 at 8:37am
	I don't mind the occasional "Hey, I'm running late. I'll be there in 20 minutes." or "Yeah, sorry you had that judge for your case... listen, I'm in the car right now, can I call you back?", but this morning, the slug we picked up went WAY too far. We picked up a slug at Horner Road going to DC. As we passed Edsall Road, the slug's cell phone rings. She starts her conversation... and continues her conversation ALL THE WAY into DC... talking about her kids, school, comparing with her friend's kid's school, her divorce... blah blah blah... To top it off, when we confronted the slug, she made it seem like WE were the ones who was overreacting. We weren't mean when we confronted her (although there were a few choice words I would have like to have said... but I kept it to myself), but she bailed out before her requested stop, slammed the door and we didn't even get a "Thank you" out of her. I'm not trying to sound mean, but I'm paying for the gas and maintenance in my car as well as parking in DC. I'm offering a stranger a ride in my car for FREE... the least this slug could have done was to show some courtesy and not yap on the phone almost the whole ride to work. The mornings are for relaxing (for me, sleeping - especially when I work two jobs and running on 3 hours of sleep; my husband drives our car) and the afternoons are for unwinding after a stressful day of work, but SERIOUSLY!? I'm not telling all cell phone users to turn off their phones before getting in the car (that would be traumatic enough for ME!), but at least show me and my husband the courtesy and respect and not carry on a 20 minute conversation throughout the car ride to and/or from work!

aurorav Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote aurorav Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Dec 2008 at 12:56pm
	Shame on that slug! She should have been respectful and gotten off the phone immediately. I've been in a car with a slug on the phone who was clearly on a conversation that could've waited. I was so irritated! I was hoping the driver would say something, but they never did. During another ride, the driver did say something to the other slug. He very politely apologized and terminated his call. You had every right to say something. LaLa

colossus911 Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 19 May 2006 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote colossus911 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Dec 2008 at 11:18am
	RADIO - Simple soulition, slug gest on radio, takes more than 2 min, they get the 200 decibel radio talk show in the back ground till they get off the phone. Simple, works great...