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Cell Phone Horrors
The complaints are familiar and frequent: People on cell phones talk too loud, they use them at inappropriate times, and they just don't seem to care if they are bothering anyone. Even sometimes, you hear someone responding a phone call even from a wash room, where the caller has already entered without even knocking the door.
The horror stories are famous too. Cell phones at funerals, cell phones at weddings, cell phones in class, and of course, cell phones in restaurants. President Bush has a well-known low cell-phone tolerance. He gives a withering evil eye to those whose cell phones ring during his public appearances.

According to the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, nearly two-thirds of Americans use a cell phone, which means getting out of reception range is about the only way to avoid those irritating habits. The gurus of good behavior have a simple explanation for fascination with these flashing, buzzing, chiming gadgets.

"It's like children getting new toys," they say. "But the excitement is over. People should be over it now."

Traditionally quiet places like movie theaters, opera houses, orchestra halls and live theater venues are now compelled to remind patrons to turn off their cell phones or other devices before a performance. Washington's Metrorail system has put up signs discouraging inconsiderate talkers. "Yes, we're all very interested in what you're having for dinner tonight," reads one sign, accompanied by a picture of a wide-mouthed Metro rider yelling into a cell phone. The second line says, "Please keep your phone conversations to yourself."

Some churches in Mexico have installed short-range cell phone signal jammer to thwart members of their flock who lack cell phone self-control during mass.

The jammer have caught on in Japan, India, and France but their use is illegal in the United States.

While some are clamoring for cell phone restraint, cell phone companies are lobbying the Federal Aviation Administration to permit cell phones on commercial airline flights. But in a poll by the Association of Flight Attendants and the National Consumers League 63 percent of respondents wanted to keep current restrictions in place.

But new tricks and features for cell phones just keep on coming, so the novelty never seems to wear off. Cameras, games, ring tones, e-mail capabilities cell phones can have all of these things and more.

Anyway, people need to pay attention to common sense etiquette rules to govern their behavior with cell phones and other electronic devices. The critics recommended tapping the offender on the shoulder and asking them to please lower their voice or take their gadget outside. -NetVideo