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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Tess Anderson on May 02, 2013, 06:35:43 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022789354
this guy:
Thu May 2, 2013, 07:08 PM
MindPilot (10,750 posts)
If you are making a fundraising call, and the person answering the phone says "I'm driving"...
please do not keep talking and invite them to pull over.
This is a day I didn't drive my nice new car with the fancy-schamcy built-in voice-activated Bluetooth. I'm not on the phone much--I get maybe 3 calls a month, so usually when my phone rings it is important. At this particular moment I'm in stop & go traffic on the freeway which is pretty much a full time job with a manual trans. (I don't know how truckers do it; they all must have bionic left legs.) So I answer the phone, set it to speaker and put it down on the console. The guy from Human Rights Campaign starts his spiel, I say "I can't right now, I'm driving". He keeps talking. I say "sorry, gotta go--driving". He says, "well you can pull over and we can take care of this with a credit card". I look at the four lanes of cars inches apart between me and either shoulder, "seriously?" I laugh and hang up.
Yeah, I know you need money and do good things with it, but when someone says "can't talk; driving", say "bye" and HANG THE **** UP!
Response to MindPilot (Original post)
Thu May 2, 2013, 07:12 PM
markpkessinger (3,049 posts)
1. Did anything prevent YOU from hanging up?
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It's not like you were at the mercy of the caller. As to your statement to the effect of, "When my phone rings, it's important," obviously that is untrue, as evidenced by this phone call. You were not compelled either to answer the phone in the first place (and indeed you probably shouldn't have if you were driving), nor were you compelled to stay on the line for a single second more than you wanted to.
Sounds to me like you are trolling here.
Response to markpkessinger (Reply #1)
Thu May 2, 2013, 07:19 PM
MindPilot (10,750 posts)
6. So you have manged to call me a liar and a troll in one post.
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Awesome!
edit: spelling
:rotf:
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Or he's trying to play the "Pam card" and show off his cool gadgetry to the lower-caste DUmb****s.
"Hey, looky here, asswipes! I'm so important I have a BLUETOOTH!"
Yeah, you and every other asshole with $29.
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Or he's trying to play the "Pam card" and show off his cool gadgetry to the lower-caste DUmb****s.
"Hey, looky here, asswipes! I'm so important I have a BLUETOOTH!"
Yeah, you and every other asshole with $29.
I don't know.
Is there anything that screams "lower caste" louder than walking around with one of those stupid bluetooth gadgets stuck in your ear?
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Or he's trying to play the "Pam card" and show off his cool gadgetry to the lower-caste DUmb****s.
"Hey, looky here, asswipes! I'm so important I have a BLUETOOTH!"
Yeah, you and every other asshole with $29.
You forgot that he is also pointing out the fact that he has two cars, his fancy one and a beater.
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Thu May 2, 2013, 07:08 PM
MindPilot (10,750 posts)
my nice new car with the fancy-schamcy built-in voice-activated Bluetooth
DUmp cred post.
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I don't know.
Is there anything that screams "lower caste" louder than walking around with one of those stupid bluetooth gadgets stuck in your ear?
To be fair, many states now prohibit cell phone usage (including texting) while driving, and this is one way to get around that. That being said, those self-important pompus assholes who stand in line at Starbucks, the grocery store, restaurants, etc., with that shit stuck in their ears and carry on entire conversations, oblivious to those around them that are having to put up with said jerk?
I have one and use it in the truck, or when I'm playing poker to listen to music on Pandora. Other than that, pretty much never used.
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I remember years ago when the first pagers came out and how big and clunky they were. At the time there were people who had to make it known they had them. Then the slimline ones came out and then the walky talky phase and finally the cell phone and then later the bluetooth.--Yep some people just have to think they are important.
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I remember years ago when the first pagers came out and how big and clunky they were. At the time there were people who had to make it known they had them. Then the slimline ones came out and then the walky talky phase and finally the cell phone and then later the bluetooth.--Yep some people just have to think they are important.
Old lady asks, what in the Hell is a Bluetooth ?????
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Old lady asks, what in the Hell is a Bluetooth ?????
Wireless, battery powered earpiece.
OR, the wireless connection itself between a cellphone and whateverthehell it will connect to. (headsets, computers, speakers, your car, etc.)
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Who cares what he has really?
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Old lady asks, what in the Hell is a Bluetooth ?????
That device which makes everyone using one look like an idiot talking to themselves.
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Old lady asks, what in the Hell is a Bluetooth ?????
(http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.5063505426383097&pid=15.1)
Don't let Nads show you up, Vesta. Wiki is an address bar away.
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Old lady asks, what in the Hell is a Bluetooth ?????
It is a short range personal wireless IP network set up between devices. It is mostly used in in configuration for a cell phone and a wireless headset/piece, but it is increasingly used in other configurations. Modern cars increasingly have radios with bluetooth transcievers so that the car speakers and a mic located near the driver can be used without using hands.
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I'm not on the phone much--I get maybe 3 calls a month
Another DUmpmonkey that is sooooooooooper likeable and has hundreds of friends.
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It is no longer possible to know who is a walking schizophrenic and who has Bluetooth.
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I'm not on the phone much--I get maybe 3 calls a month
:rotf:
I drive my family/friends nuts, because I keep my phone turned off to save the battery charge.
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It is no longer possible to know who is a walking schizophrenic and who has Bluetooth.
I like 'em.
I work for the Postal Service, and when people see the "crazy mailman" walking down the street talking to himself, the tend to leave you alone. :-)