Hi,
And second, jamming cell phones in movie theatres is kind of giving up, basically accepting that people have no manners and that you can do nothing about it. How should they learn good manners then? If in a theatre somebody's cell phone rings, this person immediately becomes the target of all kinds of angry remarks and social pressure from the rest of the audience. Sure, some people are not susceptible to this, but some people do learn from this kind of embarrasing moment and make sure that it will never happen again. Jamming cell phones would deny them that lesson.
-Kylearan
DeeBye,Mar 16 2006, 07:40 AM Wrote:After my dad suffered a heart attack, I kept my cellphone on me at all times to wait for updates from my mom. Thankfully he recovered, but if I found out that anyone was messing with my cellphone signal during that time I would have been all kinds of angry.I do, for two reasons: First, I had been in a similar situation you described, and went to the theatre for some distraction which helped my stress level a lot. I wouldn't have done this if my cell phone would have been jammed there (I had it on vibrate, of course).
I don't have any beef with cellphone blocking movie theatres.
And second, jamming cell phones in movie theatres is kind of giving up, basically accepting that people have no manners and that you can do nothing about it. How should they learn good manners then? If in a theatre somebody's cell phone rings, this person immediately becomes the target of all kinds of angry remarks and social pressure from the rest of the audience. Sure, some people are not susceptible to this, but some people do learn from this kind of embarrasing moment and make sure that it will never happen again. Jamming cell phones would deny them that lesson.
-Kylearan
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