I can understand the annoyance in movie theaters and perhaps some restaurants
but why is our tolerance so low when it comes to hearing keitai ringing or
people communicating through them..
we tolerate the noise of cars, buses, factories, neighbors, co-workers, the
screaming
employees at Starbucks in Roppongi.
Perghaps we will see an addition to the Yoyogi-koen sign
No dogs, no running, no skating, no biking, no throwing balls, no talking,
next to the NO FUN sign.
Daniel Scuka wrote:
> >
> > BTW An Israeli firm has developed a cell phone blocker which
> > can be installed by hospitals, airplanes, etc... I have
> > personally been bothered a lot recently by the quantities
> > and volumes of cell phone users in the many airport lounges
> > I frequent. The problem is not just the talking, but the
> > apparent fact that people feel they need to talk loudly when
> > using a cell phone, and the fact that they tend to walk
> > around at the same time.
>
> The keitai will force societies the world over to establish rules of
> etiquette, just like the advent of any new technology which affects how
> humans interact.
>
> Perhaps this time, though, societies won't adapt to the technology-->maybe
> the technology will adapt to societies. Instead of hotel and airport
> managers feeling forced to establish screened & shielded
> cell-phone-signal-free areas, can't we get the phones to be smarter? If the
> central server knows where the user is to +/- a few metres, can't the phone
> automatically switch to vibrate mode when required? As for the loud talking
> and walking around, perhaps a basic lesson in the grammar schools of the
> future (along with wash your hands before dinner and don't speak with your
> mouth full of food) will be "don't be obnoxious when making a call on your
> personal communicator." Once little Johnny or Sally have to sit a detention
> after school for breaking that rule, they'll will grow into responsible
> adults, perhaps?
>
> --Daniel
Received on Mon May 8 05:48:06 2000