Hold on a sec' I'm on the phone.

Check out this Youtube video that I saw this morning and tell me if it pisses you off the way it does me. If it does than I am glad to know that I am not the only one who has a burning hatred for the irresponsible use of cell phones that is so fucking rampant in today's society.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE6OpSdtvz8

Take two successful actors who are performing a play in what looks like a fairly small venue not because they need the cash but rather because they love what they do and throw in some fuck nut with a ringing cell phone and what do you get?

Here's a suggestion, if you're going to an event such as this (or even the movies or out to eat) how about turning your fucking cell phone off or better yet, leave the stupid thing at home for once. Jesus, people with cells are worse than the biggest meth or heroin addict you've ever heard of. What would some of these people do if they literally could not use their phones for a little while? You'd think it was the end of the world.

Things I have seen involving irresponsible, silly, or just plain ignorant cell phone use:

1.) I saw a girl yesterday pushing a bike down the sidewalk because it is hard to ride and text at the same time. Look if you're more concerned with texting than getting somewhere why not carry something less burdensome than a bike like maybe a paper weight or large glass ash tray? That way when you finally come to the realization of how numb you are for opting to walk and text rather than ride and actually get somewhere you can bash your puny fucking brains in. Idiots.

2.) All the time I see younger people (mostly girls) walking with their friends and yapping on a cell phone. One will be talking a mile a minute while the other one is staring at her own feet because (surprise, surprise) she doesn't have anyone to fucking talk to. How fucking rude can you be than to hang out with one friend while talking to another on the phone? Of course this sight is getting rarer as most people are now seen all hanging out together and all talking on the phone as well. Holy shit, how many people do you know? If I wanted to hangout with one friend and talk to another on the phone at the same time I would most likely be standing beside the very person I was talking to on the phone. I feel bad for my daughter because there will come a time when she is staring at her feet while all her friends that are 'hanging out' with her, all talk to someone else on the fucking phone. Idiots

3.) This summer I saw a girl talking on a cell phone while jogging. I don't mean she was trotting along here and there as she was basically walking either. No, this girl was obviously jogging for exercise. Now, there's a conversation I would love to be on the other end of. Actually I wouldn't mind being on the end of a call involving my wife and a lot of panting and groaning, but not if it is because she is jogging while trying to fucking talk to me. Idiots.

Does anyone else feel a migraine coming on yet?

4.) I saw a girl trying to talk on a cell at a concert. Was it Zamphir, master of the pan flute? No, it was KISS and one of the loudest shows I have ever been too. My ears actually hurt before I put in some ear plugs. (I know, I know. However far my youth may be behind me at least I can still hear all the wonderful new noises my body now makes throughout the day.) So here's this girl screaming into her cell phone, which she answered for some unknown reason, about how she can't hear anything that is being said because she is at a KISS concert. Uh gee, you fucking think so? Idiots.

5.) I had to wait in line behind some asshole with an ear phone at a Dunkin' Donuts to finish his call because that was more important than actually placing an order. That's not only rude, it's damned arrogant to think that no one else is as important as you are and to make everyone else wait for something that could be done elsewhere. I wanted to tell him to get the fuck out of the way so I could actually get my morning coffee and try to lose the feeling of wanting to kill another human being who didn't have the common courtesy to get off the fucking phone for 30 seconds. Idiots.

6.) I followed a woman from the parking lot into a Wal-Mart and she was on the phone. I made it a point to follow her at a distance to see how long she stayed on the phone and when she finished her shopping and got back into her car she was still on the original call. She went through the checkout line on the fucking phone. Wow, as your friendly Wal-Mart cashier it sure makes me feel extra special to know that you can't even get off the phone long enough to make even the smallest of gestures to make me feel like a human being and not an extension of the fucking cash register. The really shitty thing about this was that I had to go back into the store to get what I needed because I had just wasted a half hour following that dumb ass around. Does that make me a stalker? Idiots

The stories go on and on but you get the idea. The point is that people are ignorant assholes for the most part and they should learn some basic etiquette concerning cell phone use. I would like see cell phones licensed with very specific laws about where and when they could and couldn't be used. I would like to see laws passed that allow the use of active cell phone jammers in private businesses in the U.S. so that business owners could decide if they wanted cell phone use in their establishments.

Would people be so interested in yapping on the phone if they still had the corded models hanging off the wall in the kitchen? They treat cell phones like some miracle from the heavens. Get off the fucking cell already, it is just a phone for Christ's sake.